
Lorien Hotel & Spa in Alexandria: The newest of Kimpton’s vast empire in the DC area (the 11th!), Lorien Hotel opened last February with a dreamy color palette, clawfoot tubs, and a trifecta of food destinations from Chef Robert Wiedmaier. Even better, it’s just a couple blocks from the Metro on cute King Street, with all the antiques shops, crab-slinging restaurants, and ice cream parlors you could, er, dream of.
Hotel Palomar–Arlington: Ranked #1 hotel in Arlington on TripAdvisor, this, yes, Kimpton hotel also sits just a couple blocks from the Rosslyn Metro, with some rooms overlooking the Potomac and Georgetown (and from some you can even see the Washington Monument). Also: ultra-comfy beds, nightly wine tastings, pet-friendly.

Ritz-Carlton, Pentagon City: Located, literally, at the front door of the Metro and Pentagon City shopping mall/district, this Ritz has emerged, more interestingly for voyeurs like us, as “ground zero of Washington scandal culture,” according to Washington Post gossip columnists a couple of years ago. Probably most famous is the 1998 Linda Tripp-Monica Lewinsky drinks session that resulted in Lewinsky spilling the beans about her affair with the prez. More recently, the hotel was reportedly a favorite rendez-vous destination for the DC Madam, the late Deborah Jeane Palfrey.
Bethesda Doubletree: Within walking district of the Metro in downtown Bethesda, this 269-room high-rise offers fluffy beds, some rooms that have been treated by PURE for allergy sensitive guests, and, naturally, those amazing Doubletree chocolate-chip cookies. Nothing too fancy but the place consistently garners good TA reviews and has a good location, especially if Bethesda and upper northwest DC are your scenes.

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