CAPITOL
Description:
Enjoy a walk around Virginia’s People’s Park – home to statues, monuments, and memorials including one designed to be a presidential crypt, that celebrate our rich history. See the Executive Mansion, continuously occupied by Virginia’s Governors since 1813. This in-depth tour features a visit inside the country’s first neo-classical government building, designed by Thomas Jefferson, that has served as the Commonwealth’s Capitol since 1788 as well as the Capitol of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
HIGHLIGHTS:
– The Commonwealth’s Capitol
– Two statues of George Washington
– The Executive Mansion
– Shockoe Hill
– Old House and Senate Chambers
– Virginia’s Women’s, Native American and Civil Rights Memorials
NOTE: We will enter the Capitol Building.
Tour Information:
– Cost: Adults $25, Child under 10 $15
– Tickets: Required
– Duration: 2 hours
– Parking: Plentiful on-street parking is
available within a block of departure
– Departs: St. Paul’s Church on Grace St.at 9th St.
– Concludes: At point of departure
– When: Sunday at 3 pm, Click Here for Calendar and availability
The Details & Finer Print
Our tours are limited to 14 guests including children
Please Read our Covid Safety Policy found here.
NEW Sanitized Personal Listening Devices for Guests
We are pleased to announce a “new-to-Richmond” method of delivering walking tours, using small sanitized, “Listening Packs,” worn with a neck lanyard. These receivers, together with sealed personal single-use earphones enable listening to the tour guides’ narration throughout the tour, and allows for social distancing
Capitol Tour Policies:
Tickets are required. A minimum of 2 adults is necessary to conduct the tour. Please arrive no later than 15 minutes prior to the tour to check in, receive your sanitized listening pack and personal earphones and gather your group (if this applies.)
We use a ticketless booking system and all you’ll need is your name and confirmation at check in, If guests are late to the beginning of the tour, their place may be released and given to another party at time of departure.
SPECIAL NOTE: Concealed weapons, with or without a permit, are NOT permitted in the Capitol Building or on Capitol Square. Please leave any weapons behind.
REFUND POLICY:
Groups of 4 and fewer MUST cancel at least 24 hours before the tour to receive a full refund. Groups of 5 or more MUST cancel at least 3 days before the tour. NO REFUNDS are available on the day of the tour.
Cancellation Policies:
If we have fewer than 2 adults registered for a tour, we may have to cancel. We try to make this decision at least 2 hours before departure time. All guests will be notified of any cancellations via text and/or phone. For this reason, please make sure that you have provided us with a phone number to reach you on the day of your tour.
Weather: Our tours happen rain or shine. Please dress accordingly, wearing comfortable walking shoes, sunscreen and other sun protection during the dog days of summer. If we encounter extreme conditions and are forced to cancel the tour, you may reschedule for a later tour or receive a full refund.