Best Tours - DC Presents:

- The Gargoyle Who Ate DC!

New Dates and Smaller Sized Groups!

We will be doing smaller groups now.  The size of the tours will be limited to 12 people per tour.

Call to take the tour on:

March 4, 2012, 1:30 PM

E-mail address is: outnaway@hotmail.com.

This tour can be done as a private tour for family groups and other groups.  Call 703-597-6283 for more details.

IMPORTANT:  The meeting place will be on the corner of Wisconsin and Massachusetts Aves at the bus stop on northbound Wisconsin Ave.  Please do not inquire inside as they sometimes give out incorrect information.  

Make sure to bring binoculars!

Always a favorite, we'll be doing an outside tour of the gargoyles at the National Cathedral.  These imaginative carvings depict monsters, dogs, cats, birds, horses and even one of the carvers, whose hot temper lead to him being portrayed as a devil whose head explodes in a mushroom cloud!

I had the good fortune to  know one of the last of the old master carvers, Constantine Seferlis, who's sense of humor could no be suppressed.  We will trace his style as it developed from traditional carving of little beasties to lighthearted portrayals of the donors, often times with a visual pun on their name, career or hobby.

We'll also see several different themes to the gargoyles.   Some have religious or moral themes, some realistically portray animals, and others are works of total imagination!

Bring binoculars!  The gargoyles can be very high up, though some of them are close enough to almost touch!

Where:  Meet just past the corner of Wisconsin and Massachusetts Aves at the bus stop on northbound Wisconsin Ave.

The Cathedral is located at the corner of Massachusetts and Wisconsin Ave., NW.  Parking is available in the new underground parking lot.  The Woodley Park or Tenley Town Metro stops are the closest to the Cathedral, but it's about a half hour walk from there.  A cab might help out from the Metro!

Price:  $20 per person

For More Information, contact me at OUTNAWAY@HOTMAIL.COM, or call 703-782-6063.