Red, White, & Blue : Washington, D.C.

Happy almost President's Day America! I am excited to feature the wonderful city and capital of the United States, Washington, D.C. for this weeks blog post. I have always loved this city for its exciting energy and exclusive excursions that delight and inspire every American citizen.

Once I decided that D.C. was going to be there perfect escape for this week I started doing some research and discovered this awesome travel service called luxeDC. luxeDC is a service that helps plan luxurious trip to DC for individual travel or group/special events. Their services provide its customers with the amenities of a chic hotel collection, outstanding cultural excursions, and award winning dinning and shopping experiences that I would love to share with my readers. I suggest if you are making a trip to DC anytime soon that you explore their website and see what exciting deals they have to offer.

With Washington, D.C. being the home to our nation's capital as well a renown historical landmark, there are so many places to explore. Ideally, I would have to plan a full week vacation to be able to see everything and make it the perfect escape.

The following are my top 10 monuments/memorials/historical landmarks that I suggest any DC tourist to visit:

1. The White House
2. U.S. Capitol
3. Lincoln Memorial
4. Vietnam Veterans Memorial
5. Washington Monument
6. WWII Memorial
7. Jefferson Memorial
8. Arlington National Cemetery
9. Smithsonian Museums
10. Mount Vernon Estate

luxeDC does a fabulous job at giving their customers access to exclusive experiences with the above landmarks. Be sure to check out these inspiring excursions here.

As for hotel arrangements, I suggest to stay at The Hay-Adams hotel located in Lafayette Square across from the White House. This historic hotel is named after the distinguished residents who previously lived on its site: John Hay, Private Assistant to President Lincoln and later Secreatary of State, and Henry Adams, an acclaimed author and descendant of U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.

With having 124 rooms and 21 suits, the Hay-Adams offers rooms with views of the White House, St. John's Church or Lafayette Park. To top off gorgeous views, this hotel also offers fine dinning at their restaurant The Lafayette. Overlooking Lafayette Square and the White House, The Lafayette is known to locals and tourists as Washington's preeminent destination for premium dinning. Ohhhh what a view this restaurant has...

I also highly suggest my readers to adventure over to Georgetown for some fabulous shopping. Located along the Potomac River, the neighborhood of Georgetown is absolutely breathtaking. Their cobblestoned streets are lined with internationally-known brands as well as independent unique boutiques. Shopping near Capitol Hill could not get much better than this!

Exciting new energy is thriving in Washington, D.C. and it is a perfect place to escape to for an unforgettable experience. 

Until next time, Happy President's Day and God bless America!