Washington DC - City Trails

Here’s a book that’s seriously streetwise. Lonely Planet Kids’ City Trails: Washington DC features colourful themed trails, from history and culture to food and nature, that reveal amazing facts and intriguing tales that kids won’t find on the tourist routes or inside the average guidebook. We’ll show them where to find Henry the giant elephant, oyster sandwiches, the Grand Canyon on a ceiling, and lots more! 


Join Lonely Planet explorers Marco and Amelia as they hunt for more secrets, stories and surprises in another of the world’s great cities.    


Themed trails include:


DC Time Travel

City Sounds

Statue City

Animals Around Town

World of Words

Street Stroll

Powerful Places

Only in DC

Eat the Streets

The Green Scene

Win Washington

Look Up!

Brilliant Buildings

Washington G-G-G-Ghosts!

Underground Washington

Rich Pickings

Water World

Go Washington

Showtime!


Also available: City Trails – London, Paris, New York City, Rome, Tokyo, Sydney


About Lonely Planet Kids: Come explore! Let’s start an adventure. Lonely Planet Kids excites and educates children about the amazing world around them. Combining astonishing facts, quirky humour and eye-catching imagery, we ignite their curiosity and encourage them to discover more about our planet. Every book draws on our huge team of global experts to help share our continual fascination with what makes the world such a diverse and magnificent place – inspiring children at home and in school.