Best Boutique Hotels in Washington DC
DC's boutique hotel scene has moved well beyond the K Street corridor — Georgetown, Logan Circle, and the Capitol Hill neighbourhood all have properties worth seeking out.
Washington DC spent decades as a city of grand government hotels and little else. The past ten years have changed that. Logan Circle, Georgetown, Adams Morgan, and the Capitol Hill neighbourhood all have independent properties with genuine character — the result of local investment in neighbourhoods that the tourist circuit mostly misses.
Georgetown
The Graham Georgetown is the neighbourhood's design hotel of record — a converted townhouse with a rooftop terrace that looks over the C&O Canal. Rosewood Washington DC at CityCenterDC is the capital's most thoughtfully designed recent opening, with a restaurant that's earned a following entirely independent of the hotel.
Logan Circle & Dupont
The Kimpton Donovan Hotel on Thomas Circle has the rooftop pool that makes a Washington summer bearable. The Logan Circle neighbourhood — independent restaurants on 14th Street, the Phillips Collection nearby — is the best base in the city for guests who want something other than monuments.
Capitol Hill & Navy Yard
The Capitol Hill neighbourhood has matured as a hotel destination in step with its restaurant scene. Yours Truly DC on Rhode Island Avenue occupies a 1926 building and has one of the most thoughtfully curated lobbies in the city. The Navy Yard, a former industrial waterfront, now has several well-designed properties overlooking the Anacostia River.
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