The Wharf
A redeveloped waterfront district in the southwest, opened in 2017, with a promenade, restaurants, bars, the Anthem music venue and America's oldest open-air fish market.
A waterfront complex about 1.6 km long along the Washington Channel, with dozens of restaurants, hotels and performance venues. Maine Avenue Fish Market, which opened in 1805, is the longest continuously operating open-air fish market in America, and freshly bought blue crabs and oysters, steamed on the spot, are very popular. Water taxis from the piers go to Georgetown, Alexandria and National Harbor. It is free to visit, about a 15-minute walk from the south side of the National Mall, and the Waterfront or L'Enfant Plaza Metro stations are nearby.
Opening hours
All day (varies by vendor)
Nearby sights
- International Spy Museum
- Freer Gallery of Art
- National Air and Space Museum
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- National Museum of Natural History
- Thomas Jefferson Memorial
- National Museum of American History
- National Gallery of Art