Official Visit Alexandria Visitors Guide 2020 Official Visit Alexandria Visitors Guide(clon | Page 14

EXP LOR E T H E REG I ON
With Alexandria as your home base, adventures await.
Named the #1 Best Value U.S. Travel Destination 2018,
Money magazine calls Alexandria a “charming, inex-
pensive outpost for travelers to the D.C. area.” Sightsee
via water taxi or hop on the Metrorail as you head into
Washington, D.C. Pay your respects to our nation’s
bravest at Arlington National Cemetery. Meet America’s
TAKE FLIGHT
Step inside two
hangars and see
thousands of aviation
and space artifacts,
including the Space
Shuttle Discovery
and a Lockheed
SR-71 Blackbird
at the Steven F.
Udvar-Hazy Center, a
companion site to the
Smithsonian museum
on the National Mall.
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GET OUTDOORS
Escape to the great
outdoors at Great
Falls Park, an 800-
acre national park just
35 minutes from Old
Town Alexandria, or
cruise along Skyline
Drive in Shenandoah
National Park, less
than two hours from
Alexandria.
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icons at moving and memorable landmarks, includ-
ing the Lincoln Memorial, Washington Monument
and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial. See the new
dinosaur and fossil exhibit at the Smithsonian National
Museum of Natural History or explore the National
Museum of African American History and Culture.
TRY YOUR LUCK
Board the water
taxi and head to
the other side of
the Potomac for a
night out at MGM
National Harbor,
where entertainment
abounds. Enjoy the
extravagant interior
as you experience
everything from
world-class acts
to thrilling casino
games.
RAISE A GLASS
Sip your way through
a tour of Loudoun
County, D.C.’s wine
country, home to
more than 40 unique
wineries and tasting
rooms. Just an hour
and a half out of
the city, you’ll feel
like you’ve been
transported to Napa.
BE INSPIRED
Set on the campus
of the historic D.C.
Workhouse and
Reformatory, the
Workhouse Arts
Center, just 45 minutes
from Alexandria,
invites you to discover
artist studios, galleries
and the Workhouse
Prison Museum, which
tells the story of 72
suffragists housed
there in 1917.