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The capital city that John F. Kennedy once panned for its “Southern efficiency and Northern charm” continues to rebuild itself into the world-class cultural and culinary capital it was always meant to be. Sure, it’s still a showcase for the nation’s historical treasures, but D.C. has also become a burgeoning hub for music and—more surprisingly—a foodie’s playground, with hotter-than-thou restaurants opening seemingly every week. Among the political and nonpolitical upheaval, though, the nation’s capital eternally thrills at being the wheeling, dealing center of power for the United States and, in some ways, the world.

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8 Hotels 13 Restaurants 24 Activities

Destinations: Georgetown · The Mall · White House/Downtown · Penn Quarter · Georgetown · Dupont Circle · Adams-Morgan · U Street · Capitol Hill · NW Washingon · Anacostia, SW Washington, and SE Washington

Themes: Arts + Culture · Food + Drink · Hotels + Resorts

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Swann House

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Dupont Circle | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

A nip of sherry from a crystal tumbler in this house's aristocratic sitting room may make you feel like a guest in a very elegant private home—and
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Sofitel Lafayette Square Washington, D.C.

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White House/Downtown | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

In some way, every Sofitel is a Parisian hotel, and despite the inescapable fact of its location in downtown Washington, the Lafayette is no except
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Ritz-Carlton, Georgetown

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Georgetown | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

As unlike its regal sister hotel downtown as it's possible to be, this converted 19th-century incinerator in the heart of Georgetown is low-key, mo
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The Hay-Adams

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White House/Downtown | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

One of the city's finest hotels, this rebuilt 19th-century residence also boasts what is arguably the city's best location: directly across Lafayet
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Willard InterContinental

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White House/Downtown | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

This opened-in-1816 hotel remains steeped in Washington history, even though the rooms where Lincoln lived, Coolidge governed, and Martin Luther Ki
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Ritz-Carlton, Washington, D.C.

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Dupont Circle | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

Only seven years young, the downtown Ritz-Carlton feels like an old-fashioned grand hotel, where bellmen wear white gloves and the clubby old-boy b
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Four Seasons Hotel, D.C.

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Georgetown | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Maine | Freeport & Mid-Coast | Midcoast

Spacious and rambling, this Four Seasons sits on an unassuming patch of Georgetown real estate. Guest quarters are split into two wings; currently
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Mandarin Oriental, Washington D.C.

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White House/Downtown | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

You could be forgiven for misidentifying this Mandarin outpost, opened in 2004 and gorgeously set on the Tidal Basin, as some sort of Pan-Asian emb
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Cashion's Eat Place

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Adams-Morgan | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

Since chef Ann Cashion first opened this upscale Southern comfort-food joint in 1995, it's become a neighborhood institution. Her menu, with its Ne
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Charlie Palmer Steakhouse

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Capitol Hill | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

Close enough to the Capitol to qualify as a third house of Congress, the streamlined, modern halls of this temple to red meat resonate daily with t
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Two Amys

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Adams-Morgan | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

As genuine an Italian pizzeria as you'll find this side of the Atlantic, Two Amys has a wood-burning oven, a pizza license from Naples, and suitabl
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Blacksalt

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NW Washingon | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

It's a testament to Blacksalt's seafood that the tony fish market in front detracts in no way from the ambience (or smell) of the tony restaurant i
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Vidalia

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Dupont Circle | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

Like Washington itself, Vidalia serves up sophisticated city flavors colored by a slight but unmistakable Southern accent. Long lauded as an oenoph
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Sushi-Ko

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Georgetown | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

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Etete

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U Street | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

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Ben's Chili Bowl

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U Street | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

This humble joint is a mecca for chili-dog lovers as well as a time capsule, since it was one of the few neighborhood businesses that survived the
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Komi

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Dupont Circle | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

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Rasika

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Penn Quarter | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

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National Gallery of Art

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The Mall | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

The two architecturally opposed buildings that make up this museum jointly contain one of the world’s most extraordinary art collections. The domed
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National Archives

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The Mall | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

Pieces of paper, no matter how famous, aren’t quite as fun to look at as other sights in the neighborhood. Still, seeing the original Declaration o
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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The Mall | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

Even for those who didn’t lose friends or family members in the Vietnam War, Maya Lin’s pair of stark, polished-granite, 250-foot-long walls, inscr
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Frederick Douglass National Historic Site

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Anacostia, SW Washington, and SE Washington

Cedar Hill, the graceful hilltop home where Douglass lived from 1877 until his death in 1895, provides an intimate look at the daily life of the gr
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International Spy Museum

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Penn Quarter | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

A must-visit for both wannabe spy kids and their John le Carré-reading parents, this terrific interactive museum gives you the chance to try your h
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White House

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White House/Downtown | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

To take a guided tour of the most iconic political building in the Western world, you’ll need to make arrangements well in advance—by submitting a
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Washington Monument

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The Mall | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

Five hundred and fifty-five feet of monolithic tribute, the monument to our first president stands in the center of the Mall like a watchtower over
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Supreme Court

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Capitol Hill | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

The nine justices known to D.C. locals as “The Supremes” hold court—literally—in this Neoclassical palace across from the Capitol. When they’re he
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Phillips Collection

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Dupont Circle | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

The city's first museum of modern art is its richest, with a fine collection of paintings from the late 19th to mid-20th centuries showcased in the
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National Zoo

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NW Washingon | U.S. and Canada | U.S. | Washington, D.C.

A 163-acre reserve carved out of Rock Creek Park, the Smithsonian's zoological arm is a long-standing family favorite, where creatures from aardvar
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