{"id":166,"date":"2009-01-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-09T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/top-free-activities-in-dc\/"},"modified":"2016-12-17T13:44:44","modified_gmt":"2016-12-17T19:44:44","slug":"top-free-activities-in-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/top-free-activities-in-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Top free activities in DC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=250,height=180,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/washingtondc_overview_intro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Washingtondc_overview_intro\" height=\"180\" alt=\"Washingtondc_overview_intro\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/washingtondc_overview_intro.jpg\" width=\"250\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 5px 5px\" \/><\/a>With President-elect Barack Obama&#8217;s inauguation on January 20, all eyes on on Washington D.C. <a onclick=\"window.open(this.href, '_blank', 'width=250,height=180,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\" href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/migrated\/washingtondc_overview_intro.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whether you&#8217;re planning to visit for the big event or in the future, our partners at Away.com have assembled a handy list of <strong>57 free-for-the-people activities<\/strong> in and around the nation&#8217;s capital. <\/p>\n<p>See which monuments, museums and festivals made the &quot;<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.away.com\/travel\/2009\/01\/dc-for-free-50.html\">D.C. for Free<\/a>&quot; list. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Related Orbitz resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/App\/PerformSDLPDealsContent?deal_id=wasdc&amp;cnt=PKG\">Washington DC hotels<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pixel.newscred.com\/px.gif?key=YXJ0aWNsZT05NjY2OTQ3YTkzYmU3OGU5NGQyZGVmNTc3ZGIzYzc4Nw==\" alt=\"\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" class=\"nc_pixel\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With President-elect Barack Obama&#8217;s inauguation on January 20, all eyes on on Washington D.C. 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