No video
What to do in ALEXANDRIA // OLD TOWN Alexandria, Va
Рет қаралды 41,624
Күн бұрынWhat to do in ALEXANDRIA // OLD TOWN Alexandria, Va
In this video, we'll visit Old Town Alexandria for a quick day trip of this gorgeous town nestled on the Potomac River, and eat some great food! DON'T CLICK THIS: bit.ly/3kMzZDs
🔔 Subscribe for more Videos🔔:
/ thedetourduo
We tried to see as much as we could within only a few hours, so we made a quick little guide for you if you are seeing Alexandria in only one day!
Hopefully this video helps guide you when you are looking for a few things to do in Alexandria, Virginia. The video will have locations of everywhere we stopped, but also check out the rest of the description for addresses.
#Alexandriava #oldtownalexandria #alexandriavirginia
▶ THE GEAR
Insta 360: amzn.to/3yTc9vW
Sony 7R iii: amzn.to/37MKLUx
Sony ZV-1: amzn.to/3yNHiAJ
Saramonic microphone: amzn.to/3yQ4kXM
Rode video microphone: amzn.to/3m3U1vH
Swing's Coffee
501 East Monroe Avenue, Alexandria VA 22301
Misha’s Coffee
917 King St, Alexandria, VA 22314
Wooboi Hot Chicken
531 Montgomery St
Wooboi Hot Chicken is a more recent addition to Alexandria, and it doesn’t shy away from the heat (consider yourself warned about the #5-level spice).
Don Taco
808 King St, Alexandria, VA 22314
This taco and tequila bar bucks tradition with their namesake item. Fillings range from the usual suspects like pork belly and Mexican short rib, to head turners like fried oyster, lamb chimichurri, and buffalo chicken.
The Peoples Drug
103 N Alfred St
The People’s Drug serves relaxed comfort food like Cuban and French dip sandwiches alongside seasonal cocktails like a wasabi martini. The menu has a few eclectic touches, including satay skewers and edamame. The tiny space is carryout only for now, but that includes cocktails
Spite House
The spite house is the narrowest house in America. built in 1830, is 7 feet wide, about 25 feet deep and a whopping 325 square feet in two stories.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Watch all of our City Tours: • Big cities and bright ...
Click these LINKS to see where we get our MUSIC and SOUNDS:
Music: www.musicbed.com
Sound FX: www.epidemicso...
✅ Recommended playlists:
• DMV Travels 🧜♀️
✅ For business inquiries contact us at detourduocontact@gmail.com
✅ Let's connect:
Facebook - @thedetourduo
Instagram - thedetour_duo
Blog - thedetourduo.com/
@TheDetourDuo 2 жыл бұрын
🔔 Have you subscribed? 🔔: bit.ly/3kMzZDs Old Town Alexandria Virginia is one of the most charming cities in America. If you're looking for a place to kind of relax outside of D.C., then check out Alexandria.
@alexandriasouthernarlingto1269 2 жыл бұрын
Alexandria is such a beautiful city, I feel lucky to live there :)
@TheDetourDuo 2 жыл бұрын
I love the energy in the city and the commute isn't bad either
@youngneo2956 Жыл бұрын
I am living in San Antonio TX is Alexander and good place for single black men?
@user-pf9wl7hw4c 4 ай бұрын
yes
@lyndilynn3130 2 ай бұрын
Great colors & video! Looking forward to seeing more of you guys on fare drop too ❤ Keep being your authentic selves, thats what we love!
@TheDetourDuo Ай бұрын
Thanks!! We certainly want to maintain how we do things even if that means growth is slow sometimes
@JourneywithJenandDrew 2 жыл бұрын
THIS IS UNREAL!! Prefect mix of great voiceovers, excellent editing & a dash of humor - love it Also as we learn more about editing we are enjoying noticing some of the subtle things you add like all the layered sounds 💯💯💯💯
@TheDetourDuo 2 жыл бұрын
Yes!!!! As an editor it's always a good feeling when someone notices the little nuances. Sound design is so important and yet it's almost always unnoticeable
@TheDetourDuo 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Can only improve on your craft. Try everyday to get a little better
@FrugalTravellers 2 жыл бұрын
Oh my word, I am in love with this video! You guys are incredible, you're both so personable and naturally funny, your filming is professional-level, and this is one of the best videos I've seen this year! You guys will be huge! ~ Mandy
@TheDetourDuo 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mandy! Slowly working our way up. They say you got to get better with each video right?
@ChanceB02 2 жыл бұрын
Great video! I delivered wine and beer in Alexandria and surrounding area for about 5 years. So many great spots out there… I loved The Chart House (water views) , Virtue Feed & Grain, Chadwick’s, Landini Bros…. Planet Wine is my favorite little wine shop. All those parks on the water…. Glad y’all enjoyed!!!
@TheDetourDuo 2 жыл бұрын
Those sound like great spots! A lot of things by the waterfront were closed when we were there because of the flooding that happened, but we'd had a lot of great recommendations for next time.
@Explorcation 2 жыл бұрын
Alexandria seems charming. What a beautiful time to visit to see the leaves change ...and the Halloween decorations. You are right about bringing the stretchy pants😆 sounds like there are tons of food and drink options.
@TheDetourDuo 2 жыл бұрын
Can't lie to folks. Had to speak from experience with the stretchy pants 🤣
@Explorcation 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheDetourDuo i love the honesty LOL
@haydeep8524 8 ай бұрын
Recently came across your videos, and they are so entertaining while still being informative.Love the content! Subscribed!
@TheDetourDuo 8 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching. We're thinking of doing a return trip to Alexandria soon and updating this video
@GladysandKenny 2 жыл бұрын
Alexandera does look so charming. The food looks delicious but my favorite are the pretty colorful buildings. Lol that sandwich was super hot 🥵 😂 love the holiday decor. The trolleys is a nice touch.
@TheDetourDuo 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 🤗 Love that area in general. Georgetown is my favorite. Only negative is it's so close to DC and there are 3 airports so drone flying is almost impossible
@romanandfizah 2 жыл бұрын
Nice video, a wonderful and enjoyable tour. Looks so beautiful. Thank you for sharing. Enjoy your day guys !
@TheDetourDuo 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@Boss42n 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. Loved living in Old Town Alexandria. Lots of good places to eat, close walk to the Metrorail and Amtrak, great atmosphere. We still visit every once in a while; only 30 miles from our current home.
@TheDetourDuo 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching. Where's new home for you!
@Boss42n 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheDetourDuo Manassas. On the edge of Old Town. You should make a video of this area. Lots of breweries and restaurants.
@TheDetourDuo 2 жыл бұрын
Not a bad idea! How does it compare?
@Boss42n 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheDetourDuo smaller old town area, but packed with a lot of restaurants. Farmers market on Thursdays and Saturdays. Lots of festivals, celebrations and summer concerts.
@lindsayhengehold5341 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video about Alexandria!
@TheDetourDuo 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@CarlosGomez-gh1kg 2 жыл бұрын
Dope! Me and my wife will definitely come check it out when we're in Virginia later this year.
@TheDetourDuo 2 жыл бұрын
When you coming this way? I'll probably be in Florida by then
@sourpuss310 2 жыл бұрын
Such great production quality. It feels like I'm watching something from The Travel Channel
@TheDetourDuo 2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow thank you! Wish we can be that good. 😅
@user-vi3jd7mm1k 8 ай бұрын
I want to try your food after you said that! No cap.
@TheDetourDuo 8 ай бұрын
respect. Food was good as hell lol
@hannahrozenberg3411 9 ай бұрын
I’m in love! Definitely must visit someday!
@TheDetourDuo 9 ай бұрын
You should!
@Roadmap2Adventures 2 жыл бұрын
Love this video guys. Love how you were saying it’s not that hot while crying 😂The food and cocktails looked delicious! The buildings look so charming.
@TheDetourDuo 2 жыл бұрын
Haha it was a slow building heat. The first couple bites really weren't that bad. 😅
@winstong7438 2 жыл бұрын
This channel will get more views. Underrated
@TheDetourDuo 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!!!
@realestatepierre 2 жыл бұрын
Love the video
@TheDetourDuo 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@Outlawes 2 жыл бұрын
Love the name of your channel… just off that I feel like we’d really get along! We’ve also never even heard of Alexandria but you’ve managed to paint it in such an awesome light. Awesome job… looking forward to seeing more 🙌
@TheDetourDuo 2 жыл бұрын
Hey thank you! Where are y'all based?
@Outlawes 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheDetourDuo we’re currently based in Mexico! But our locatation is never really permanent 😂
@TheDetourDuo 2 жыл бұрын
How it should be! Yeah we checked out a few of your videos. You guys should be working for national geographic or something!
@Outlawes 2 жыл бұрын
@@TheDetourDuo that is probably the nicest thing anyone’s ever said about our footage! Thanks so much, it really means a lot. May Geo is a dream for sure 🙌
@TheDetourDuo 2 жыл бұрын
I mean it too. The footage and the way you narrate is top notch. Same here. I do a lot of underwater photography and videography. That's the dream gig.
@tutujohnson7356 Жыл бұрын
From a person who live in Alexandria all their life I can explain. Alexandria is solely for families or retired people. It was a cute place to take ur high school dates at but their is no night life. The restaurant there are nice and its so fun when summer times they have events but its rlly not all that when DC is a bridge away. If ur in ur 20s trying to have fun old town is not the place. Not much of franchises in the area which is unique about it. I would say it is beautiful but maybe cause I lived there for so long it doesn't impress me anymore
@TheDetourDuo Жыл бұрын
that's a fair assessment
@user-pf9wl7hw4c 4 ай бұрын
beautiful
@TheDetourDuo 4 ай бұрын
agreed!
@SittinginaTree 2 жыл бұрын
Wait ..as many times as I've been to Alexandria (even lived there) I never knew about the narrowest house
@TheDetourDuo 2 жыл бұрын
There are apparently three others in Alexandria but this one is the smallest one. We overheard a tour as they walked by. They said this place is valued at 560k. Insane!
@VA4Movers Жыл бұрын
ALEXANDRIAAAAA NATIVESSSS🎉
@TheDetourDuo Жыл бұрын
🙌🏾🎉
@exploreaswego 2 жыл бұрын
LOVE YOUR VIDEO and YES to the moving words and yes to the walking scene! Love that you guys have edit your way as it's soooooooooo nice. It's not that HOT! How did you get the zoom in on that FACE!?!? Food looks great, drinks look great, you guys are awesome!
@TheDetourDuo 2 жыл бұрын
So much praise! Thank you. The trick with the zooming image is with Photoshop. It's not hard, but a lot to explain lol. Basically clean select myself out and export just the image of myself as a .png then I need too I can content aware fill or clone stamp the background and export that as a single layer. When you import them both as separate photos you can move them at different speeds.
@TravelSpreeOfficial 2 жыл бұрын
Hot chicken gets me too! - Fain
@TheDetourDuo 2 жыл бұрын
That sandwich was hot! Slow burn. That's how they get you. Take a bite and think it's not bad until it creeps up on you
@annahenry2566 Жыл бұрын
I live in oldtown 🥰
@TheDetourDuo Жыл бұрын
It's so lovely!
@gazella2223 2 жыл бұрын
very good videos I would love to see them go to Pittsburgh. go to the Heinz Museum and bicycle museum
@TheDetourDuo 2 жыл бұрын
We actually have been planning on a Pittsburgh trip but we might push it off til the spring when the weather gets nicer. Looking at trying to go to the bicycle and mattress museum as well as Randy land
@madenew79 Жыл бұрын
We found out about u 2 via AMTRAK 🚂…… then I was scrolling KZfaq and found u again; we’re destined 2 b friends apparently 😂👍🏻👍🏻♥️
@TheDetourDuo Жыл бұрын
Hey, welcome back! you gotta ring the notification bell this time so we stay connected 😁
@madenew79 Жыл бұрын
Done and Done 😉
@TheDetourDuo Жыл бұрын
🙌🏿🙌🏻
@zachvanwolf2123 Жыл бұрын
I almost fell for it. Thinking of the REAL Alexandria in Egypt, Africa.
@TheDetourDuo Жыл бұрын
lol.
@carlosguzman-md2mt 6 ай бұрын
What is the total mass production of this city
@TheDetourDuo 6 ай бұрын
Sorry. Not sure I understand the question
@robbiefazle7802 2 жыл бұрын
This place is fucking disgusting and fucking terrible. Not because there aren't things to do or a bad place to live or really poor, but the people are extremely annoying, rude, bullies, mean trash and bad and plain. If you're a great guy living here who is beautiful and kind, don't expect much kindness from people here and treat you right or give you good comments. People are selfish here. But, it's a good place to live for education, money, jobs and a lot of things to do.
@TheDetourDuo 2 жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear your experience was like that
Sergio Outdoors
Рет қаралды 37 МЛН
Trip Hacks DC
Рет қаралды 17 М.
Better Travelled
Рет қаралды 1,2 М.
Matt n Rach
Рет қаралды 7 М.
Roadmap2Adventures
Рет қаралды 11 М.
Project Gaia
Рет қаралды 10 М.