Take a journey around Capital Region USA

There are many ways to travel the huge distances around the States but, in the Capital Region USA, you can make your journey one of the best parts of your whole holiday experience. Capital Region USA offers a diverse and eclectic selection of transport options.

Best for the Traditionalists... The Chesapeake & Ohio Canal (C&O) National Historic Park is one of America's most distinctive and most visited national parks. The best way to experience the canal and its environment is from a boat pulled along by a mule on the towpath, just as it would have been in the 1870s. The boat trips are guided by park rangers who are a font of knowledge and tell stories of life on the 184.5 mile long historic waterway. Immerse yourself further in this bygone era by booking into one of four restored historic lockhouses. Each house is over 170 years old and provides an insight into living conditions at particular times throughout the canal's history. Visitor centres for the C&O National Historic Park can be found in Great Falls in Maryland and Georgetown in Washington DC.
See: nps.gov

Best for Letting the Train Take the Strain...Enjoy the ease and convenience of Amtrak's high-speed rail travel through the Capital Region. Take in beautiful spring-time scenery, whilst seated at one of the spectator windows, on a comfortable, high-speed train that offers quality on-board service. Amtrak's route in the Capital Region offers a daily roundtrip service from Washington, D.C. to Lynchburg, Virginia, with stops in several picturesque Virginia towns, including Manassas - from which you can discover some of the region's Civil War history, and Charlottesville - home to Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.
For details of routes, timetables and costs, go to: amtrak.com

Best for the Adventurous... A unique way to glide around Washington DC's parks, the White House, US Capitol and the Washington Monument is to take a DC Segway Tour. The Segway Human Transporter is a self-balancing, personal transportation device designed to go anywhere people do. Easy to operate, the two-wheeled high-tech gyroscope automatically responds to your body's movements, "sensing" when it should speed up and slow down. Or why not combine a Segway tour with a DC Duck experience, where you explore the city from the Potomac River in an original WWII DUKW amphibious vehicle, for a truly different city sightseeing experience?
See: citysegwaytours.com/washington-dc & dcducks.com

To find out more about journey options in the Capital Region USA, visit: CapitalRegionUSA.co.uk