K Street
Photograph: Elan FleisherK Street, Washington, DC

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Getting around in DC
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Getting around in DC

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Donovan House
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Donovan House

This contemporary hotel features guestrooms in purples and browns with hanging egg chairs, cylindrical-shaped showers and iPod docking stations. Floor-...

Sofitel Lafayette Square
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Sofitel Lafayette Square

From the outside, the Sofitel looks like a typical big-city American hotel, but there’s a clue to some subtle differences: a French flag flying alongside...

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W

The venerable old Hotel Washington has had the W treatment, and it’s every bit as fabulous as you might imagine. Key historical fittings remain in the...

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Comfort Inn Downtown

A well-appointed hotel, Comfort Inn Downtown provides 100 surprisingly decent and, of course, comfortable rooms in an up-and-coming neighborhood three blocks...