After breakfast this morning, you can stretch your legs on a walking tour of the capital city of the world's last remaining superpower. Your historian or journalist guide will take you along the two miles of the National Mall, taking in the Jefferson, Lincoln and Washington Memorials, as well as the White House and Capitol building, and explaining the 200-plus years of political intrigue that have swirled around the city.

This morning you will pick up a hire car for the day and head out of the city, making for the Blue Ridge Mountains. About an hour-and-a-half outside the city you will find the Shenandoah National Park, where you can hike to some beautiful vistas, waterfalls and lakes.

This morning you will get back to pounding the streets of DC, as you take in more of the city. You will make your way back to the Smithsonian for a privately guided tour of the Museum of American Art and National Portrait Gallery, where you can look at America's history through the prism of the country's art. From here, you will move on to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, whose eclectic collection you can explore independently.

The bad news is that this is your last day in DC. The good news is that we can book you onto an evening flight so you have a full morning and more to explore anything you've missed to date. Come late afternoon you will be privately transferred to the airport for your flight home.