Washington, D.C. area guide

What to do around The Wharf

Revitalized Potomac waterfront boardwalk: dining, music venues, river views. A Washington, D.C. area guide with nearby places, food stops, walking routes, and a map you can open when you arrive.

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What should I do near The Wharf?

Revitalized Potomac waterfront boardwalk: dining, music venues, river views.

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Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater

Source-backed place · Theaters and music

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater

A Tony Award-winning national center dedicated to American voices, this pioneering theater was the first racially integrated venu…

Source-backed place · Theaters and music

Pearl Street Warehouse

An intimate nightlife fixture at The Wharf, this venue hosts national musical acts in a 300-person room featuring full-service ba…

Americana-themed Wharf hall with balcony seating and a curated lineup of folk, blues, and roots music nightly

Source-backed place · Theaters and music

Union Stage

A dynamic live music and performance venue located at 740 Water Street SW, dedicated to creative expression for everyone.

Cozy basement-style Wharf venue with great pizza where indie and R&B acts deliver intimate, standing-room-only shows

Spa Pendry

Source-backed place · Spa Wellness

Spa Pendry

A world-class luxury wellness sanctuary located on the second floor of the modern Pendry Washington DC hotel in The Wharf's water…

A calm Wharf sanctuary with treatments plus access to the heated terrace pool.

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Free Gyde walk · Dupont Circle & Embassy Row

Dupont Circle & Embassy Row

A 1.6-kilometer stroll through the heart of Dupont Circle and out along Massachusetts Avenue, Washington's storied Embassy Row. Eight stops…

8 stops 1575 m 44 min

Free Gyde walk · Historic Georgetown

Historic Georgetown

A roughly two-and-a-half-kilometer walk through Washington’s oldest neighborhood, with six stops spanning a historic hilltop campus, univer…

6 stops 1.5 mi 50 min

Free Gyde walk · National Mall & Memorials

National Mall & Memorials

A roughly four-kilometer walk along the western National Mall and Tidal Basin, linking eight of Washington's great memorials and monuments.…

8 stops 3.2 mi 77 min