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Four Seasons Hotel, D.C.

• T+L 500 Winner

COST: $$$$

Spacious and rambling, this Four Seasons sits on an unassuming patch of Georgetown real estate. Guest quarters are split into two wings; currently the east wing's 151 newly renovated rooms are the best bet. All have stylish contemporary furniture, a muted palette of mauve and sage, chic lithographs in gilt-edged frames, and brand-new bathrooms with soaking tubs and separate glass-and-stone showers. (The 60 west-wing rooms, furnished more traditionally with antiques but with so-so bathrooms, are up for a matching redo by summer 2008). The fitness center here is grand, comfortable, and flooded with light from floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the C&O Canal.

Tip: You'll never go thirsty here; look for thoughtfully placed urns of hot chocolate (in winter) and icy lemonade (in summer) throughout the hotel.

Room to Book: 617, a Presidential Suite, has a beautiful green-and-gold canopy bed you won't have to make any campaign contributions to sleep in.

As Featured In...

From Travel + Leisure, Nov 2003

“Review domestic policy over a global menu—Belgian waffles, dim sum—on Christmas Day when the Four Seasons Hotel in Georgetown holds its extremely popular jazz brunch (make sure to reserve in advance)....” MORE>>

– “Where to Go for the Holidays”

From the T+L 500

Interconnected red-brick buildings with stylish interiors, on Georgetown's eastern edge.

Stats:

211 rooms; 1 restaurant; 1 bar.

Competitive Edge:

The 28-year-old property is as polished and up-to-date as ever, after a $40 million renovation to the East Wing in 2005.

Rooms to Book:

5th- and 6th-floor Deluxes ending in 07 have C&O Canal views.

Don't Miss:

A workout in the 3-level fitness center overlooking the canal.

Last updated January 2008 lastArticle = 11/2003 and lastAward = 01/2008