Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Birchmere
LIVE MUSIC
(
www.birchmere.com
; 3701 Mount Vernon Ave; tickets $15-35; box office 5-9pm, shows 7:30pm;
Pentagon City then 10A)
Known as 'America's Legendary Music Hall,' this is the
DC area's premier venue for folk, country, Celtic and bluegrass music. The talent that
graces the stage is reason enough to come, but the venue is pretty great too: it sort of
looks like a warehouse that collided with an army of LSD-savvy muralists. Located north
of Old Town Alexandria off Glebe Rd.
Tiffany Tavern
LIVE MUSIC
(
www.tiffanytavern.com
;
1116 King St; King St)
The food is kind of lame and the
beer selection weak, but the live bluegrass (from 8:30pm Friday and Saturday) hits the
spot at the well-worn Tiffany Tavern. It gets a little rough and a lot raucous on the best
nights, when Yuengling on tap, mandolin and fiddle equal hours of roots-music magic.
Information
The
visitor center
(
703-838-5005;
www.visitalexandriava.com
;
221 King St;
9am-5pm)
issues parking permits and discount tickets for historic sites.
Getting There & Away
To get to Alexandria from downtown DC, get off at the King St Metro station. A free
trolley makes the 1-mile journey between the Metro station and the waterfront (every 20
minutes, from 11:30am to 10pm).
Mount Vernon
One of the most visited historic shrines in the nation,
Mount Vernon
( 703-780-2000,
800-429-1520;
www.mountvernon.org
;
3200 Mount Vernon Memorial Hwy, Mt Vernon; adult/child
$17/8; 8am-5pm Apr-Aug, 9am-4pm Nov-Feb, to 5pm Mar, Sep & Oct)
was the beloved home
of George and Martha Washington, who lived here from the time of their marriage in
1759 until Washington's death in 1799. Now owned and operated by the Mount Vernon
Ladies Association, the estate offers glimpses of 18th-century farm life and the first pres-
ident's life as a country planter. Mount Vernon does not gloss over the Founding Father's
slave ownership; visitors can tour the slave quarters and burial ground. Other sights in-
Mount Vernon adult/child $30/15)
, 3 miles south of the estate.
