Need advise !!! Shops at Georgetown Park or....
 

I will visit Washington DC, and from the web I have found that there is a shopping centre called Shops at Georgetown Park. Please advise is it expensive? Are there any other places for good , not expensive shopping for a whole family (not souvienirs) clothes, shoes for men and women and children.
THX in advance

Are you looking for bargains to take home with you?

The Shops at Georgetown Park are likely to be expensive. If you are looking for clothes, I would try Filenes and H&M.

The stores in the Georgetown Park Mall are mixed -- no discount stores or huge bargains, but some moderately priced stores to more expensive. Georgetown itself has the typical chains such as Banana Republic, the Gap etc. as well as some small stores. Filenes and H&M offer some good buys.

Are you looking for brand-name or designer-label clothes at a discount (I guess Ross Stores, TJ Maxx, Marshall's), or are you looking for trendy-looking, but not particularly high-quality clothes (H&M, Zara, even Target, and the like), or something in-between (Macy's and its ilk)?

Hi everyone who responded. Thanks for your replies. In fact I am not looking for designer label clothes. Could you tell me where are Macy's and Fileness? H&M in Geneva was not of a high quality, but the prices were affordable and I was able to find some really good things for my son. As I assume, the big shopping malls are expencive in Washington ?

To find Macy's, TJMAXX, Marshalls, etc, you will need to go to the 'burbs. In Georgetown, there are boutique shops and then there are chains like J. Crew and Lucky Jeans, Polo and Banana Republic. Many of these shops have great sale items. All these shops are within walking distance of each other on M Street and Wisconsin Ave.
Happy Shopping!

There is a Macy's in Downtown DC and a TJ Maxx way up Wisconsin Avenue in the last block of DC before Maryland. Both can be found on the store locator section of their websites.

Both primarily sell crapola made in China which can be purchase anywhere and make me wonder why anyone would waste time in a interesting city shopping for crapola made in China.

There is a Filene's downtown at 14th St NW and F St. There is also one in Mazza Gallerie on Wisconsin Ave in Friendship Heights -- about a 10 minutes ride on the metro Red Line from Metro Center. This is also where TJ Maxx is located. The area has 2 shopping malls and several strip malls with a variety of stores from very expensive to chains like Banana Republic, the Gap, etc. There is a place called Stein Mart which sells discount clothes also. Don't know anything about it.

There is a good Filene's Basement south of Dupont at 1133 Connecticut Ave NW. The H&M in Georgetown is pretty bad - I like the one in Chinatown better. You could take the metro to Pentagon City if you want to do more mall shopping -- there is a wide range of shops there.

The easiest shopping mall to visit near Washington, DC, is Pentagon City. Stop is Pentagon City on the Metro.

The merchandise sold in the Pentagon City Mall is the same you would find anywhere except that the t-shirts (all made in China) say "Washington, D.C."

My personal favorite shopping place in the DC area is Potomac Mills outlet center. Yes...the traffic getting there is a pain (depending on the time of day) but there are some great store!

Many thanks to all of you!!!!!
Please advie on Tyson's Corner (or Mall? not sure) (I have read about that mall from web)
Thanks in advance

Yes, it is a mall, but if you don't have a car, you want to go to Pentagon City.

Without a car Pentagon City would be your best bet for a mall. It's right on a metro line. Tyson's Corner has 2 large malls, but as stated not accessible without a car. In gneral all the malls in the area have pretty much the same stores.
Where r u staying in DC?

I will stay in Hotel Lombardy. I was thinking to travel to the slo Please explain what is ment, when it is said that the taxis in DC charge for districts and not miles. What districts do they mean????

I will stay in Hotel Lombardy. I was thinking to travel to the Tyson's mall by a taxi, I did not know that it is so far... Please explain what is ment, when it is said that the taxis in DC charge for districts and not miles. What districts do they mean????Thanks in advance

The zone fare system in DC has been replaced by meters since 5/1/08.

You can get the charts for DC and interstate fares here:

http://dctaxi.dc.gov/dctaxi/cwp/view...av,|30625|.asp

Tysons Corner is in northern Virginia. About 15 miles from your hotel. Based on fares on the 2nd chart, it's about $25. I don't know about fares going back from Virginia to DC, whether it's the same or not.

Don't click on that link above, but use the whole address.

As rkkwan said, taxis in DC used to charge by a zoned system, but now they have regular meters that charge by distance, just like most other cities.

Have you checked the web sites for the malls at Tyson's and at Pentagon City, to make sure that the taxi ride is worthwhile? Most malls in the US have the same stores. There's also a lot of shopping and a mall at the Friendship Heights Metro stop in Chevy Chase including the Chevy Chase pavilion right on top of the station, another mall called the Mazza Gallery, and assorted other stores. It would help if we know what type of shopping you're interested in and your budget. We can't help wondering where you're from!

"Are there any other places for good , not expensive shopping for a whole family (not souvienirs) clothes, shoes for men and women and children."

Pentagon City is accessible by the metro and has the best selection of stores given what u stated u are looking for. Your hotel is about 2-3 blks from the metro Blue Line. You can take that to Pentagon City...maybe a 10 minute metro ride.

Its also worth checking out one of the Filene's which has discounted clothes for children and adults.

Mazza Gallerie is more high end -- Neiman Marcus is the big dept store there. Chevy Chase Pavillon across the street from Mazza Gallerie is a smaller mall and has way fewer stores than Pentagon City.

Tyson's Corner is a very large mall, but I would not spend the taxi fare or take the time to get out there with other options much closer.

I agree w/ suggestions to just go to Pentagon City Mall. It's quick, easy, convenient (has a Metro stop), and has LOTS of varied stores. They will have anything you are likely to need.

Again and again thanks to all of you for your help.
Now I am trying to find out how to use the metro in DC.
I have been in Switzerland for many times, and to be honest the public transportation system there works very timely, and is very safe. I am from Armenia, but I have been living in Russia for 2 years, I am not sure that using the metro for the foreigner in Moscow or in Yerevan is really safe (a lot of thiefs ). That’s why I was not thinking of travelling in the DC by a metro system. But if it is really safe, why not?
Also many of my friends advised me to do a lot of shopping in DC, as they have told me that everything is much cheaper in US than in Armenia or Russia. Thant’s why I was asking an advise for shopping places

The Metro in DC is very convenient and safe.

The way the metro works in DC is you buy a ticket with a certain amount of money on it (you choose the amount). You put the ticket in the machine when you enter, and again when you exit (and it electronically deducts the amount of your trip). You can add money to it at any time (it'll actually print a new card), or, if you try to exit without enough money on the card for that particular trip, you just go to the "add fare" machine to add the exact amount you need. I believe the machines do take credit cards (at least the ones in San Francisco do - and its the same system) or cash, and they do make change.

DC's metro is very safe and convenient.

Someone above mentioned:

"Mazza Gallerie is more high end -- Neiman Marcus is the big dept store there. Chevy Chase Pavillon across the street from Mazza Gallerie is a smaller mall and has way fewer stores than Pentagon City."

Just FYI, the Mazza Gallerie shopping area described above is at the Friendship Heights stop on Metro's Red Line.

You specifically mentioned shoes. Note that right next to the Pentagon City Mall is another shopping center called Pentagon Row which includes a DSW Shoe Warehouse, among other stuff:

http://www.pentagonrow.com/shopping/

You can purchase metro fares online with a credit card
http://www.wmata.com/fares/purchase/
I don't think you can buy a farecard at a metro station with a credit card. The machine will give you change, but it's best to use smaller bills as your change is returned in coins only. If you have a $1.35 fare and u put in a $10 bill to pay, you will get $8.65 back all in change.
They do have attendants in a booth who can help you if you have a question.

DSW Shoes has a huge selection of discounted shoes in all prices.

I use a credit card to add to my SmartTrip card. I can check to see if it is possible to use one for the paper farecard. I can't imagine it wouldn't be.

There is no need to buy your Metro farecard in advance. The ticketing machines take credit cards and will issue a paper farecard.

I was wrong, Anonymous is correct -- fare card machines at Metro do take credit cards.

About half of the Farecard machines--those with a blue front--take credit cards. The older, all-gray machines take only cash. There are both kinds of machines in every station until Metro completes replacement of all the old ones.