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The 19-foot seated Lincoln inside the Lincoln Memorial on a private Washington DC limousine tour

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Lincoln Memorial Tour by Limousine

Private Lincoln Memorial tour by DC limo: the 19-foot Lincoln, 36 columns, the Reflecting Pool, narrated as you ride. From $440 on a private 4-hour tour.

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4 hours From $440 · 6 vehicle options Pickup: your hotel

Tour highlights

  • The 19-foot seated Lincoln in Georgia white marble
  • 36 Doric columns, one per state at Lincoln's death
  • The Reflecting Pool toward the Washington Monument
  • The steps of the 1963 'I Have a Dream' speech
  • Gettysburg Address and Second Inaugural, carved inside
  • Door-to-door pickup, narrated as you ride

Every tour, your private vehicle

This tour runs in any of these. Pick by group size.

Executive Sedan

1-3 passengers

Black Mercedes-Benz S-Class executive sedan, Smart Limo Rental Washington DC executive sedan tour vehicle

A Mercedes-Benz S-Class executive sedan for up to 3 guests. Quiet, smooth, and easy to step in and out of at every stop.

4-8 hours tour

$440 / 4 hours

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Executive SUV

1-6 passengers

Black full-size executive SUV, Smart Limo Rental Washington DC tour and chauffeur vehicle

A full-size executive SUV seating up to 6, with the space and window views families ask for.

4-8 hours tour

$480 / 4 hours

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Stretch limousine

1-10 passengers

Black Lincoln stretch limousine, Smart Limo Rental Washington DC tour vehicle

The classic black stretch limousine for up to 10. Turns a night tour into the celebration itself.

4-8 hours tour

$540 / 4 hours

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Mercedes Sprinter

1-13 passengers

Black Mercedes-Benz Sprinter passenger van, Smart Limo Rental Washington DC group transport

A black Mercedes Sprinter for up to 13, with high ceilings and walk-in comfort for bigger parties.

4-8 hours tour

$560 / 4 hours

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White Hummer limo

1-18 passengers

White Hummer H2 stretch limousine parked in front of the US Capitol dome, 18-passenger DC limo, Smart Limo Rental Washington DC

The white stretch Hummer seats 18 and makes the entrance. Built for birthdays and bachelorettes.

4-8 hours tour

$760 / 4 hours

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Mini bus

22-32 passengers

Black executive mini bus for DC sports team and corporate group transportation, Smart Limo Rental

A private mini bus for 22 to 32 guests. One vehicle, one route, the whole group together.

4-8 hours tour

$720 / 4 hours

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The route, stop by stop

This is our standard itinerary, in the order the chauffeur drives it, and it is fully customizable: add a stop, skip one, linger longer, or swap the order, just by telling your chauffeur. Stops are where you get out for photos and to walk up; the drive-by highlights are landmarks the route passes along the way.

Main stops

Tap any stop for the details.

U.S. Capitol

The home of the Senate and the House. The chauffeur circles the East Front and the West Front inauguration steps for photos before the route heads down the Mall.

The White House

Photo stop at the President's residence, with north and south facade views from Pennsylvania Avenue and E Street.

World War I Memorial

The domed District of Columbia War Memorial, a quiet marble tribute set among the Mall's trees and often missed on bus tours.

World War II Memorial

The Rainbow Pool ringed by 56 granite pillars and two arches, honoring the WWII generation. A powerful place to pay respects.

Washington Monument

The 555-foot marble obelisk at the center of the Mall. Prime open ground for photos in every direction.

Thomas Jefferson Memorial

A domed rotunda on the Tidal Basin with a 19-foot bronze Jefferson and the words of the Declaration carved into the walls.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial

Four open-air granite rooms with cascading waterfalls and statues, one for each of FDR’s terms. One of the most distinctive memorials in the city.

Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial

The Stone of Hope rising from the Tidal Basin shore, ringed by the civil rights icon’s own words. Quietly moving in any season.

Korean War Veterans Memorial

Nineteen stainless-steel soldiers advancing through the field, striking by day and haunting at dusk. A solemn tribute often overlooked.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

The black granite Wall etched with more than 58,000 names. The most affecting stop on the route for many visitors.

Lincoln Memorial

The marble chamber and the 19-foot seated Lincoln at the head of the Reflecting Pool. Dramatic by day, and the columns stand out sharply once the floodlights come up.

Drive-by highlights along the route

Between the stops above, your chauffeur points out the landmarks that make up official Washington. No extra time, no extra cost, just part of the drive.

  • Supreme Court. The highest court in the United States.
  • Library of Congress. The largest library in the world.
  • U.S. Navy Memorial. A tribute to the men and women of the Navy.
  • Senate Office Buildings (Russell, Dirksen, Hart). Where senators keep their offices.
  • House Office Buildings (Cannon, Longworth, Rayburn). Where House members work off the floor.
  • U.S. Botanic Garden. A living plant museum at the foot of the Capitol.
  • National Museum of the American Indian. Devoted to Native American culture and history.
  • Voice of America. The historic U.S. international broadcasting headquarters.
  • National Air and Space Museum. One of the most visited museums in the world.
  • Hirshhorn Museum. The Smithsonian’s modern and contemporary art collection.
  • Department of Energy. A landmark federal headquarters on the Mall’s south side.
  • Pennsylvania Avenue. The inaugural parade route Presidents travel from the Capitol to the White House.
  • Old Post Office (now the Waldorf Astoria). A landmark clock tower on Pennsylvania Avenue.
  • Department of Justice. Headquarters of the U.S. Department of Justice.
  • FBI Headquarters. The J. Edgar Hoover Building, home of the Bureau.
  • National Museum of Natural History. The Smithsonian’s natural history collection.
  • National Museum of American History. Home to the Star-Spangled Banner and Americana.
  • National Museum of African American History and Culture. Devoted to the African American story.
  • Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Where U.S. paper currency is printed.

What our guests say

5-star rated on Tripadvisor & Viator

More than 240 travelers have reviewed our private Washington DC limo tours across Tripadvisor and Viator, and the same praise repeats: the chauffeur-guide who knows every monument, the on-time hotel pickup, and a day that felt effortless. Read our Tripadvisor reviews and our Viator reviews for yourself.

Guests who took the Lincoln Memorial Tour by Limousine most often mention the monuments and memorials and the on-time hotel pickup. Amin is the chauffeur guests name for knowing the city and being easy to be with all day. The same details repeat: guests saying they would book again and a spotless, comfortable vehicle. Each review below links to the Tripadvisor or Viator listing it was posted on.

  • Anna R, reviewer photo from Tripadvisor
    Anna RAugust 2026
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    ★★★★★

    Good value for a large group

    For 10 people (4 adult and 6 kids/teens), this was a great alternative to the other night tours. We even got to see some of the less known memorials at the Pentagon! Very friendly and helpful driver.

  • Jonathan K, reviewer photo from Tripadvisor
    Jonathan KJuly 2026
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    ★★★★★

    DC tour

    The driver was super knowledgeable about the different monuments and allowed us to experience them in whatever order we wanted stopping at different ones for us to take pictures and explore along the route. Extremely worth it for my family and I.

  • Teresa J, reviewer photo from Tripadvisor
    Teresa JJuly 2026
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    ★★★★★

    Awesome experience

    Awesome experience from the booking to the tour. Amin was super from the first communication until we returned. It was very easy and we got to see all of the sights with him dealing with traffic. He picked us up and returned us to our hotel and waited at each stop so we did not have far to walk. My kids loved every…

  • C_G, reviewer photo from Viator
    C_GSeptember 2025 · Executive SUV
    view postViator

    ★★★★★

    Great tour of all the monuments.

    Our tour guide, Amin, was excellent! Dropped us off at the most optimal places to see the sites.

  • anthonysoprano, reviewer photo from Tripadvisor
    anthonysopranoJuly 2025
    view postTripadvisor

    ★★★★★

    Wonderful tour

    Our guide Amin was fantastic! He went above and beyond to make the tour all we could ask for. We saw every monument and then some

  • Christopher H, reviewer photo from Tripadvisor
    Christopher HMay 2025
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    ★★★★★

    Great experience - great driver, expert guide

    We had a great experience and would highly recommend. We booked a four hour hop on, hop off excursion and opted to pay extra for a tour guide in addition to the driver. Our group was 18 family members in town for college graduation, ranging in age from 8 to 80. We had some ideas of the stops we wanted, and Teri our…

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Lincoln Memorial Tour by Limousine: the full guide

A Lincoln Memorial tour by limousine is a private, chauffeured visit to the Lincoln Memorial run as part of a wider 4-hour Washington DC monuments tour. A career chauffeur who knows DC picks up your group from any hotel, drives to the memorial, narrates its history while you ride, and drops you at the steps so you walk straight up to the statue. The Lincoln Memorial sits at the west end of the National Mall, dedicated May 30, 1922, with a 19-foot seated Abraham Lincoln carved in Georgia white marble inside a colonnade of 36 columns. The best way to see it without parking hassle, Mall heat, or a shared bus schedule is from a private vehicle that stops there as one anchor of a longer monuments circuit. The tour starts from $440 in an executive sedan, with a 4-hour minimum.

The memorial is the most visited monument on the Mall, and it rewards arriving rested rather than footsore. On a private tour the chauffeur handles the route and the legal stopping points, so the only thing your group does is climb the steps, stand in front of Lincoln, and turn around for the long view east down the Reflecting Pool to the Washington Monument. Because the tour is private, you can linger here as long as the light is good, then move on to the rest of the circuit at your own pace.

What is the Lincoln Memorial and why visit it?

The Lincoln Memorial is a Greek temple-style monument to Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president, who led the Union through the Civil War and signed the Emancipation Proclamation. Architect Henry Bacon designed it, sculptor Daniel Chester French carved the 19-foot seated Lincoln, and it was dedicated in 1922. People visit for the scale of the statue, the view down the Reflecting Pool, and the ground where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the “I Have a Dream” speech in 1963.

It is also a quietly literary place. The south chamber wall carries the full Gettysburg Address, and the north wall carries Lincoln’s Second Inaugural with its closing line, “with malice toward none, with charity for all.” Above the statue runs the epitaph by Royal Cortissoz: “In this temple, as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the Union, the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever.” Reading those walls in person, with the marble Lincoln looking out over them, is the part most photos miss.

Lincoln Memorial history at a glance

A short, accurate reference for the stop, the kind of context your chauffeur fills in as you drive up:

  • Dedicated: May 30, 1922.
  • Architect: Henry Bacon. Statue sculptor: Daniel Chester French. Muralist: Jules Guérin.
  • Commemorates: Abraham Lincoln, who preserved the Union and ended slavery.
  • The statue: 19 feet tall, carved from Georgia white marble, weighing 175 tons. French enlarged it from an early 10-foot design so it would not look small inside the 60-foot chamber.
  • The columns: 36 fluted Doric columns, one for each state in the Union at Lincoln’s death in 1865, each 44 feet tall.
  • Inside: the Gettysburg Address (south wall) and the Second Inaugural Address (north wall).

Full official detail is on the National Park Service Lincoln Memorial page and the Lincoln Memorial entry on Wikipedia.

What can you see at the Lincoln Memorial at night?

After dark the Lincoln Memorial becomes one of the best stops in the city. Floodlights wash the 36 columns and reach the seated Lincoln inside the chamber, so the marble glows against a black sky. The crowds thin, the steps empty out, and the long view east down the Reflecting Pool to the lit Washington Monument lines up cleanly in a single frame.

The approach matters. From the south along Ohio Drive the lit columns separate from the dark sky better than they do at any daytime angle, which is why our DC Night Tour often saves Lincoln for after the Reflecting Pool goes still. The memorial is open 24 hours, so a night visit is a real option, not a workaround. Couples and photographers tend to prefer it lit; families with young children usually take it by day. Either way the chauffeur parks close so the walk from a warm cabin to the steps and back is short.

How does a private limo tour of the Lincoln Memorial work?

The Lincoln Memorial is one of 11 walk-up stops on our standard 4-hour DC Monuments Tour, so you do not book it alone. The chauffeur picks your group up at your DC, Maryland, or Northern Virginia address, drives the monuments circuit, and stops on Henry Bacon Drive at the foot of the Lincoln steps. You walk up to the chamber, spend 20 to 30 minutes, then ride on to the next stop while the chauffeur narrates the history between sites.

The vehicle never drives onto the Mall itself, which is pedestrian-only. Instead the chauffeur uses the legal drop points that ring the memorial, lets your group out steps from the entrance, and circles back when you are ready. That is the practical advantage over walking or a fixed bus loop: no parking hunt on Ohio Drive, no long hike from a distant lot, and no waiting on 40 strangers. The full stop-by-stop route and the roughly 19 narrated drive-by landmarks are laid out above. Because the tour is private, you can give Lincoln extra time or reorder the run just by asking.

What else is near the Lincoln Memorial?

The Lincoln Memorial anchors the densest cluster of monuments in the city, which is why it works so well as one stop on a wider tour rather than a standalone trip. Within a short walk you reach three war memorials, and a short drive brings the Tidal Basin trio into range.

  • The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Maya Lin’s black granite Wall etched with more than 58,000 names, is a few minutes’ walk north.
  • The Korean War Veterans Memorial, with its 19 stainless-steel soldiers, sits just south across the path.
  • The World War II Memorial closes the east end of the Reflecting Pool, with 56 granite pillars around the Rainbow Pool.
  • The Washington Monument rises beyond it, and the Jefferson, FDR, and Martin Luther King Jr. memorials ring the nearby Tidal Basin, all standard stops on the same 4-hour circuit.

We cover these two in their own pages: see the Jefferson Memorial tour and the MLK Memorial tour for the two best-known Tidal Basin memorials.

When is the best time to visit the Lincoln Memorial?

Any time works because the memorial is open 24 hours and free, but the light changes the experience. A 9 to 10 am start gives soft morning light on the east-facing steps and the lightest crowds of the day. Late afternoon backlights the columns and warms the marble. Midday in July and August is hot on the open approach, so an earlier or later start is more comfortable.

For photographers and couples, after dark is the standout window, when the floodlit columns and the lit Washington Monument both land in the Reflecting Pool. Cherry blossom season, late March into mid-April, adds color to the nearby Tidal Basin stops on the same route. Whatever the season, the chauffeur sets the running order so Lincoln catches the best light your timing allows.

Pricing

Starting at $440 for a private tour in the executive sedan (up to 3 guests), with a 4-hour minimum. The Executive SUV is $480 for 4 hours (up to 6 guests). Stretch Limousine from $540. Full vehicle options and pricing in the table above. Book online or call (202) 609-9811.

The Lincoln Memorial is one stop on our standard monuments circuit. Browse all Washington DC limo tours, or compare with the DC Monuments Tour, the DC Night Tour, the Jefferson Memorial tour, and the MLK Memorial tour.

Book this private DC tour

Call (202) 609-9811 or book online. Talk to an expert, 24/7. We will talk through the route, the vehicle that fits your group, and the time of day that shows Lincoln at its best.

Common questions about Lincoln Memorial Tour by Limousine

How much does it cost to visit the Lincoln Memorial?

The memorial itself is free and open 24 hours, with no tickets. It is one of 11 walk-up stops on our private 4-hour monuments tour, which starts from $440 in the Executive Sedan for up to 3 guests or $480 in the Executive SUV for up to 6, with hotel pickup and a chauffeur who narrates the route.

Can you just walk up to the Lincoln Memorial?

Yes. There is no entry line or reservation. On the tour the chauffeur stops on Henry Bacon Drive at the foot of the steps, you walk up to the chamber, and the vehicle circles back when you are ready. Most groups spend 20 to 30 minutes with the statue, the speeches and the Reflecting Pool.

How long does it take to tour the Lincoln Memorial?

About 20 to 30 minutes: climb the steps, stand with the 19-foot seated Lincoln, read the Gettysburg Address and Second Inaugural on the chamber walls, and take the photo down the Reflecting Pool. Because the tour is private you can stay longer, just tell your chauffeur.

Is the Lincoln Memorial lit at night?

Yes. Floodlights wash the 36 columns and reach the seated Lincoln inside, so the marble glows against the dark sky, and the lit Washington Monument lines up down the Reflecting Pool. Our DC night tour runs the same circuit after sunset and usually saves the Lincoln for when the pool goes still.

Can you visit the Lincoln Memorial at night safely?

Yes. The memorial is open around the clock, the Mall is well lit and patrolled by the U.S. Park Police, and on a chauffeured tour you never walk long distances in the dark: the vehicle drops you at the steps and waits close by. Crowds are far lighter after dark than at midday.

How far is the Lincoln Memorial from the White House and the other monuments?

About a mile and a half on foot to the White House, and the Vietnam, Korean War and World War II memorials are all a short walk from the Lincoln steps. The tour links every stop by vehicle, so you walk only inside each memorial while the chauffeur handles the distance in between.

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