Trip IdeasFodor's Family Washington D.C. with Kids, 1st Edition
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About This Book
Fodor’s. For Choice Travel Experiences.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. While you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Washington, D.C.!
•Fodor’s Family Washington, D.C. with Kids is a new series combining the city's best experiences, restaurants, and hotels with the age-appropriate information, tips, and ideas you need the most when visiting Washington with your family. Handpicked selections by local parents cover a variety of interests and tastes, so you make the choices for a perfect trip, every time.
•Plan your trip to Washington, D.C. more easily than ever with key information at your fingertips: Detailed maps, age-appropriateness ranges, kids admission prices, family-friendly hotel amenities, and top five lists of the very best things to see and do in every neighborhood we cover.
•Where can you find the best ice-cream place on Capitol Hill? The most worthy playground in the Upper Northwest? A public bathroom in the White House area? Our “Where Can I Find?” charts created by local parents give you the neighborhood-by-neighborhood inside scoop.
•See Washington, D.C. in a different way with fun “Treasure Maps” showing you and your family the sometimes hard-to-find spots where famous movies were shot or where real history was made.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Fodor’s helps you unleash the possibilities of travel by providing the insightful tools you need to experience the trips you want. While you’re at the helm, Fodor’s offers the assurance of our expertise, the guarantee of selectivity, and the choice details that truly define a destination. It’s like having a friend in Washington, D.C.!
•Fodor’s Family Washington, D.C. with Kids is a new series combining the city's best experiences, restaurants, and hotels with the age-appropriate information, tips, and ideas you need the most when visiting Washington with your family. Handpicked selections by local parents cover a variety of interests and tastes, so you make the choices for a perfect trip, every time.
•Plan your trip to Washington, D.C. more easily than ever with key information at your fingertips: Detailed maps, age-appropriateness ranges, kids admission prices, family-friendly hotel amenities, and top five lists of the very best things to see and do in every neighborhood we cover.
•Where can you find the best ice-cream place on Capitol Hill? The most worthy playground in the Upper Northwest? A public bathroom in the White House area? Our “Where Can I Find?” charts created by local parents give you the neighborhood-by-neighborhood inside scoop.
•See Washington, D.C. in a different way with fun “Treasure Maps” showing you and your family the sometimes hard-to-find spots where famous movies were shot or where real history was made.
Visit Fodors.com for more ideas and information, travel deals, vacation planning tips, reviews and to exchange travel advice with other travelers.
Table of Contents
About This Book ............ 5
What’s Where ............ 6
Top Experiences ............ 8
If Your Kid Likes ............ 10
Bad-Weather Plans ............ 12
For Free ............ 13
When To Go ............ 15
Chapter 1: Exploring Washington, D.C. ............. 17
The Mall ............ 20
The White House Area & Foggy Bottom ............ 37
Capitol Hill ............ 42
Downtown ............ 49
Georgetown ............ 62
Upper Northwest ............ 66
Chapter 2: Where to Eat ............ 71
Chapter 3: Where to Stay ............ 93
Chapter 4: The Performing Arts ............ 121
Performance Venues ............ 122
Music ............ 127
Theater & Performance Art ............ 129
Song & Dance ............ 133
Chapter 5: Sports & the Outdoors ............ 137
Parks & Nature ............ 138
Participation Sports ............ 145
Spectator Sports ............ 153
Chapter 6: Shopping ............ 157
Family Fun. ............ 173
Travel Smart Fodors Family: Washington D.C.. ............ 179
Getting Here & Around ............ 180
Essentials ............ 190
Index ............ 201
About Our Writers ............ 208
Maps
Visiting Museums on the Mall ............ 22
Visiting Memorials ............ 25
White House & Foggy Bottom Area ............ 39
Capitol Hill ............ 44
Downtown ............ 52
Where to Eat in Washington D.C. ............ 76-77
Where to Eat in Georgetown & Glover Park ............ 83
Where to Eat in Adams-Morgan & Woodley Park ............ 88
Where to Stay in Washington D.C. ............ 98-99
Treasure Map ............ 174-175
What’s Where ............ 6
Top Experiences ............ 8
If Your Kid Likes ............ 10
Bad-Weather Plans ............ 12
For Free ............ 13
When To Go ............ 15
Chapter 1: Exploring Washington, D.C. ............. 17
The Mall ............ 20
The White House Area & Foggy Bottom ............ 37
Capitol Hill ............ 42
Downtown ............ 49
Georgetown ............ 62
Upper Northwest ............ 66
Chapter 2: Where to Eat ............ 71
Chapter 3: Where to Stay ............ 93
Chapter 4: The Performing Arts ............ 121
Performance Venues ............ 122
Music ............ 127
Theater & Performance Art ............ 129
Song & Dance ............ 133
Chapter 5: Sports & the Outdoors ............ 137
Parks & Nature ............ 138
Participation Sports ............ 145
Spectator Sports ............ 153
Chapter 6: Shopping ............ 157
Family Fun. ............ 173
Travel Smart Fodors Family: Washington D.C.. ............ 179
Getting Here & Around ............ 180
Essentials ............ 190
Index ............ 201
About Our Writers ............ 208
Maps
Visiting Museums on the Mall ............ 22
Visiting Memorials ............ 25
White House & Foggy Bottom Area ............ 39
Capitol Hill ............ 44
Downtown ............ 52
Where to Eat in Washington D.C. ............ 76-77
Where to Eat in Georgetown & Glover Park ............ 83
Where to Eat in Adams-Morgan & Woodley Park ............ 88
Where to Stay in Washington D.C. ............ 98-99
Treasure Map ............ 174-175
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