Table of Contents
1 Experience Washington, D.C 7
Ultimate Experience 8
What's Where 18
Washington. D.C. Today 20
What to Buy 22
Under the Radar 24
Free Things to Do in D.C 26
What to Read and Watch 28
D.C. with Kids 30
2 Travel Smart 31
Know Before You Go 32
Getting Here and Around 34
Essentials 38
D.C.'s Top Festivals 45
Great ltineraries 46
Washington. D.C. Black History Walk 48
Best Tours in D.C 50
Contacts 53
3 The National Mall 55
Neighborhood Snapshot 56
4 Downtown 85
Neighborhood Snapshot 86
5 Capitol Hill and Northeast 113
Neighborhood Snapshot 114
6 Foggy Bottom 141
Neighborhood Snapshot 142
7 Georgetown 159
Neighborhood Snapshot 160
8 Dupont Circle and Kalorama 177
Neighborhood Snapshot 178
9 Adams Morgan 193
Neighborhood Snapshot 194
10 U Street Corridor and Shaw 203
Neighborhood Snapshot 204
11 Upper Northwest 225
Neighborhood Snapshot 226
12 D.C. Waterfront 237
Neighborhood Snapshot 238
13 Arlington 251
Neighborhood Snapshot 252
14 Side Trips from Washington, D.C 269
Welcome to Side Trips from Washington, D.C 270
Alexandria, Virginia 273
National Harbor 283
C&0 Canal National Historic Park 285
Mount Vernon, Virginia 287
Woodlawn, Virginia 289
Gunston Hall, Virginia 290
Annapolis, Maryland 292
Baltimore 300
Index 309
About Our Writers 320
Maps
The National Mall 58-59
Downtown 90-91
Chinatown and Penn Quarter 92
Capitol Hitl and Northeast D.C 116-117
Foggy Bottom, the West End, and the White House 144-145
Georgetown 164-165
Dupont Circle and Kalorama 180-181
Adams Morgan 196
U Street Corridor, Logan Circle, Shaw, and Columbia Heights 208-209
Upper Northwest 228-229
D.C. Waterfront 240-241
Arlington and Northern Virginia 256-257
Alexandria, Virginia 274
Mount Vernon, Woodlawn and Gunston Hall 289
Annapolis, Maryland 294
Baltimore, Maryland 302-303
Fodors's Features
The Mall: America's Town Green 65
On the Hill, Under the Dome: Experiencing the Capitol 119
Arlington, the Nation's Cemetery 259
