Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sleeping
For B&Bs and private apartments citywide, contact
Bed & Breakfast Accommodations
( 877-893-3233;
www.bedandbreakfastdc.com
)
.
If you bring a car to DC, plan on $20 upwards per day for in-and-out privileges (or
stay in Arlington or Alexandria, where some hotels have free parking). Keep in mind that
accommodations prices in DC get hit with a hefty 14.5% hotel tax on top of room rates.
Capitol Hill
Liaison
HOTEL$$$
( 202-638-1616;
www.affinia.com
; 415 New Jersey Ave NW; r from $200; ; Union
Station)
The Liason has jazzed up the accommodation options in Capitol Hill. Modernist
rooms come in a stately slate-and-earth-tones color palette, which creates a feeling that's
the right mix of corporate business and playful fun times. That said, the rooftop is all
about the latter; there's trippy house music and a rooftop pool that seems perpetually oc-
cupied by attractive folks. It's within spitting distance of the Capitol.
Hotel George
BOUTIQUE HOTEL$$$
$$$
( 202-347-4200;
www.hotelgeorge.com
; 15 E St NW; r from $290; ; Union Sta-
tion)
George was the first DC hotel to take the term 'boutique' to a daring, ultramodern
level. The stylish interior is framed by clean lines, chrome-and-glass furniture and mod-
ern art. Rooms exude a cool creamy-white Zen. The pop-art presidential accents (paint-
ings of American currency, artfully rearranged and diced up) are a little overdone, but
that's a minor complaint about what is otherwise the hippest lodging on the Hill.
Downtown & White House Area
Hostelling International - Washington DC
HOSTEL$
( 202-737-2333;
www.hiwashingtondc.org
; 1009 11th St NW; dm incl breakfast $30-55, r
$120-150; ; Metro Center)
Top of the budget picks, this large, friendly hostel at-
tracts a laid-back international crowd and has loads of amenities: loungerooms, a pool
table, free tours and movie nights, a kitchen and a laundry.
