La visita guiada a pie "Madams of DC"
Descripción
El recorrido a pie de Madams in DC le ofrece un lado totalmente único de la historia de DC que no escuchará en ningún otro lugar. La Guerra Civil transformó por completo la capital, y convirtió Pennsylvania Avenue en un distrito rojo lleno de casas, tabernas, teatros y empresas comerciales. ¡Difícil de imaginar, ahora que está llena de edificios gubernamentales monolíticos! Aprenderás cómo las mujeres que trabajaban en estos burdeles se abrieron camino en la vida, e incluso tuvieron un impacto en los asuntos de gobierno.
Opciones de la excursión
Itinerario
Donde Freedom Plaza ahora solía ser el famoso barrio conocido como Murder Bay. Mientras caminamos por esta espaciosa área abierta que se usa actualmente para festivales y eventos musicales, escuchará todo sobre las tabernas, las casas de juego y los burdeles populares entre los soldados de Northern Arm que solían estar allí.
En la cuadra donde se encuentra actualmente el Trump International Hotel, anteriormente el antiguo edificio de la Oficina Postal, estaba la avenida 11th Street, una subsección del distrito de la Luz Roja en la avenida Pennsylvania, donde la Guardia Provisional Militar hostigó y arrestó a algunos de los estridentes Madams en el barrio.
Continuando con nuestro viaje en el tiempo, aprenderá sobre la vida de las prostitutas en Civil War DC y el papel que desempeñaron en la sociedad, al pasar por el antiguo sitio del mercado urbano central más grande de DC.
Nos detendremos a tomar una copa en Hill Country BBQ (* el costo de la bebida no está incluido), al otro lado de la calle del Templo de la Orden Internacional de Odd Fellows. El IOOF apoyó las artes y el arte de pasar un buen rato. Era común ver a las chicas trabajadoras de clase alta entrar a una gran fiesta organizada por Odd Fellows, del brazo de un oficial del ejército. ¡Escandaloso!
El antiguo sitio de Marble Alley, donde dos de las Madams mejor pagadas de DC tenían una cruel rivalidad.
Una excavación arqueológica descubrió los restos de DC más notorios y caritativos, Madams. El recorrido termina en este, el más glamoroso de las casas de placer de la época de la Guerra Civil de DC.
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Qué incluye
Valoraciones de viajeros
Información importante
- Accesible para silla de ruedas
- Los bebés y los niños pequeños pueden ir en un cochecito o en una silla de paseo
- Se admiten animales de asistencia
- Hay opciones de transporte público disponibles en las cercanías
- Las opciones de transporte son accesibles para sillas de ruedas
- Todas las áreas y superficies son accesibles para sillas de ruedas
- No se recomienda para viajeros con lesiones de la columna vertebral
- Adecuado para todos los niveles de aptitud física
- Los huéspedes deben poder estar de pie durante al menos 2 horas.
Opiniones(77)
INCREDIBLE!!! The most genuinely unique and informative tours I've ever experienced. Incredibly researched. WOW
ABSOLUTELY EXCEPTIONAL! We learned a lot and enjoyed it. Katie is an awesome tour guide which made the experience amazing.
This was a fantastic tour for visitors and locals alike. I felt like I was seeing the city’s history with new eyes. Rich storytelling. Well-researched and constantly being updated, so no two tour experiences is identical. Furthermore, Off the Mall Tours is a small, woman-owned business. I’ll be back for other tours, and maybe even this one again!
I'm so happy you enjoyed the tour Chelsea, and I hope to see you on another one soon!
Katie is the best tour guide! She knows so much about everything DC-related. She made sure to keep her tour intersectional and discussed madams from all walks of life and backgrounds. I learned so much, and I cannot recommend Off The Mall tours enough!
This tour was amazing. Katie is so passionate about the subject. She answered so many of our questions. She brings each of her subjects to life. I also love that she provided so much research and pictures of the city at the time period she discusses. She was perfectly clear when something was her own speculation, and when she was still looking for confirmation of a fact.
Katie is a terrific guide. You can tell she loves what she does by the beaming smile she wears the entire time she's telling you the history of the Civil War brothels and madams. She's meticulously researched her descriptions, and isn't complacent—she continues to do research on the topic. So I imagine the tour is a little different each time as she adds new findings. The tour was a great way to learn about the impact of the Civil War on DC and the fascinating madams who kept the soldiers entertained.
I truly enjoyed this tour. Katie is a fantastic tour guide. I have been on some great tours in the DC area, but this tour is unique. Learning about monuments is interesting but the information is broadly available. Katie does her own research and is still uncovering interesting facts from the Civil War era to the early 1900s. Katie is very well spoken and is a great story teller. She is also kind and friendly, and interacted with each of the members on the tour.
Thank you for your kind review Mark! It was a pleasure having you on the tour. I hope to see you again soon!
Only through a tour like this one can you discover the hidden past of the madames as none of their buildings exist today. The most famous brothels have been torn down and built over, but you can't hide the past. The past will find a way to speak. Our guide gave the women a voice and their stories live on.
Thank you so much for the review, and I'm thrilled you enjoyed the Madams of DC tour! I hope to see you on another tour soon!
Took the Madams of DC tour tonight. The guide was extremely knowledgeable and an excellent storyteller. The information presented was well researched, historically accurate, and yet not boring. The guide welcomed both input and questions from the group. I took this tour at the end of a very long day - when I had a painful blister and was hot, sweaty, and considered ditching because I was so tired - yet I wholeheartedly enjoyed every minute of the tour.
Our guide, Katie, shared her knowledge and insight of the lives of women who once worked in a red-light district, now the central area of DC in an engaging and interactive way. Her narrative was based on her thorough research, which allowed me to understand a topic that would otherwise have been gossipy and judgmental, in light of its political and social context. I could feel her warm and thoughtful gaze toward those women. As a DC resident, I would recommend this walking tour (as well as her other tours) especially to locals because it makes the beaten paths in and around the otherwise inorganic government offices begin to look more colorful than ever.
