Tysons Corner, Virginia
Northern Virginia's commercial center, in McLean, about fifteen miles and twenty-five minutes west of downtown Washington – two of the region's largest malls, the Silver Line Metro into the city, Dulles airport a short drive beyond, and one Forbes Four-Star Ritz-Carlton tower joined to Tysons Galleria.
The neighborhoods
Georgetown
The oldest quarter of the city – Federal rowhouses, M Street's shops, the C&O Canal and the Potomac at the bottom of the hill – with three of the ten hotels, one at the Pennsylvania Avenue end, one on the canal and one in the old incinerator on the waterfront.
White House, Downtown & West End
Lafayette Square, 16th Street, Pennsylvania Avenue and the West End – six hotels within a walk of the White House, the Smithsonian museums on the Mall and the Kennedy Center.