Cold War and Spy Tours of D.C. and Europe

05/19/2026

For Facebook Members near the Richmond, VA area:

SPY TOUR OF WASHINGTON, DC
With the Shepard Center of Richmond, VA
June 18, 2026

Deadline to sign up is May 31, 2026

Click here to sign up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScZnWLVoU-zl2LVt2KMHYN4HF9738WCGPBHtqIxXQsBetXo3w/viewform

Your mission, if you choose to accept it, will be to locate various espionage sites in Arlington, Washington, and Georgetown; observe the former café where a Soviet spy escaped from his CIA handlers; listen in on a briefing about Civil War espionage at Lafayette Park; tour the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC; and/or visit drop points used by agents such as FBI spy Robert Hanssen or CIA spy Aldrich Ames.

Since its earliest days, Washington, D.C. has been the scene of international intrigue, espionage, and intelligence activity, as the U.S. government has tried to learn the plans of other countries while keeping its own plans secret. Key players in this non-ending drama include personalities as diverse as Rose Greenhow, Herbert Yardley, Major General “Wild Bill” Donovan, Aldrich Ames, and Robert Hanssen. This charter bus tour will introduce you to many of the locations in and around Washington that have been associated with intelligence and counterintelligence activities for the past two hundred years. Some walking is required.

Cost is $160 per person that includes $25 for a membership in the Shepard Center of Richmond.

Schedule:
7:30 – 9:30 Pick up from Shepard Center of Richmond and drive to Washington, DC
9:30 – 12:00 Bus tour of espionage sites in Arlington, Washington, and Georgetown
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch on your own at food court below International Spy Museum
1:00 – 3:00 Tour International Spy Museum.
3:00 – 5:30 Return to pick up location

Sites may vary. Start times and return times depends on traffic, road conditions, and pick up location. All times indicated are approximates. Please email gpowersjr(AT)garypowers.com for more info.

11/10/2025

Hello Spy Tour of DC Members,

Hope all is well. I am pleased to announce my April 2026 Cold War Espionage Tour of Berlin, Northern Germany & Denmark.

Travel Dates: April 16 to 26, 2026 11 days/9 nights.

$200 Discount Code - SPYTOUR26

Join author, historian and lecturer Gary Powers Jr. on this exciting, 11-day tour of fascinating Cold War and espionage related sites in Germany and Denmark with overnight stays in Berlin, Kiel, Aalborg, Copenhagen and Rostock.

What's Included on this Tour: Round-trip air transportation from Washington, DC 9 nights in centrally-located, four-star hotels. Full-time, professional CHA Tour Director throughout. Valuable insight & informative commentary by Gary Powers Jr. Breakfast daily at hotels & six, three-course dinners. On-tour transportation by private touring motorcoach. Ferry crossing between Denmark and Germany. Sightseeing tours & visits/entrances to sites listed below:

Full Tour Price: $5,995 per person
Land Only Price: $5,295 per person (airfare & airport transfers not included)
Repeat Gary Powers travelers will receive a $200 discount!
Prices above are based on double occupancy in hotels. A $850 single room supplement is required for travelers without roommates.
Book by December 15, 2025 with a required deposit of $495. Final payment is due by January 15, 2026.

Berlin Airlift Memorial • Checkpoint Charlie Museum • Glienicke Bridge • Teufelsberg or "Devil's Mountain" • Soviet War Memorial • DDR Museum • German Spy Museum • Laboe Naval Memorial & Museum • Submarine U-995 • Aalborg Defense & Garrison Museum • Regan Vest Cold War Bunker • Rebild Centre • Thingbaek Mines • Odense Bunker Museum • Copenhagen Resistance Museum • Ejby Bunker • Cold War Museum Stevnsfort • Rostock Documentation & Memorial Site • Rechlin Aviation Museum (Visits subject to change based on availability)

Want more information? Ready to enroll? Visit: www.cha-tours.com/garypowers/2026

Hope you can join me on my next adventure. Let me know if you have any questions.

Gary

04/03/2022

Interested in a corporate outing, fundraiser, team building experience, or group outing? Consider booking a Spy Tours of Washington, DC for the summer or fall.

10/18/2021

Starting to book Spy Tours for 2022. If you have an interest in booking a tour, let me know.

06/21/2019

If you would like to book a Spy Tour of Washington, DC for a group of 30-50, please PM me or send an email to gpowersjr (at) garypowers.com.

https://wtop.com/j-j-green-national/2019/06/city-of-secrets-big-tech-big-talk-frame-the-future-of-spying-in-washington/

The days of face-to-face spy recruiting in Washington have not faded away, but are being reinforced by new technology. In Part 3 of WTOP’s series “City of Secrets,” National Security Correspondent J.J. Green explores how foreign agents are using social media to recruit spies.

06/20/2019

If you would like to book a Spy Tour of DC for a group of 30-50 people send me a PM or email me at gpowersjr (at) garypowers.com. Francis Gary Powers Jr

https://www.facebook.com/663654571/posts/10159513502619572/

Ana Belen Montes, a Defense Intelligence Agency analyst, lived a quiet life in D.C.. She was also engaged in an espionage operation against the U.S. In Part 2 of WTOP’s series “City of Secrets,” national security correspondent J.J. Green explores how her former colleagues exposed the plot.

06/18/2019

If you would like to schedule a group Spy Tour of Washington DC for 30-50 people, please PM me or email me at gpowersjr(at)garypowers.com and I will send you over rates and options. Francis Gary Powers Jr

https://wtop.com/j-j-green-national/2019/06/city-of-secrets-an-estimated-10000-dc-residents-are-spies-heres-how-they-blend-in/

Washington, D.C. revolves around secret meetings, information and documents. Woven into that orderly bedlam are sophisticated networks of foreign nationals whose sole purpose is to steal secrets — spies. And there are more of them in the area than you may think.

06/27/2012

Some of the espionage agents you will learn about on the Spy Tour of DC