Any suggestions on Hotels / Motels close to the Subway line in the suburbs of DC?

The Embassy Suites in Friendship Heights is literally on top of a Metro stop, as well as being attached to a convenient mall. The ES in Alexandria is across the street from a Metro stop.

But we couldbe more helpful is you specified which suburbs (if you have an area, direction, or state in mind), your budget, what type of hotel or features you need. And of course we're curious why you'd rather stay in the burbs.

1-Rosslyn (Blue & Orange Lines): Hyatt across street, Holiday Inn & Best Western just down street. Quality Inn IwoJima about 1/2 mi away (and I've walked to it).

2-BranchAve (end of Green line): Days Inn, walkable. It was a former Hampton Inn, and while clean, the hallways were kind of dark & almost spooky. You might wish to taxi from station to hotel if your first visit is at nighttime, so you get a feel for the neighborhood. Hotel about 0.3 mile.

3-King Street (Alexandria) (Blue & Yellow lines): nearby Embassy Suite, Hampton Inn, Hilton

4-Friendship Heights?(Red)-Embassy Suites over the station.

(need more coffee, will think about others & post again when brain no longer fuzzy)

There's a Doubletree on the Rockville Pike across from the Twinbrook station.

There's a Hilton Garden Inn and a huge Quality Inn near the Courthouse metro in Arlington. A Hyatt at the Ballston Metro in Arlingotn. At least 20 hotels near the Crystal City metro.

ftatarel1, can you give us some additional criteria? For instance, how long are you staying and how much per night are you willing to pay? Is it mandatory that you have lots of dining options nearby? As you can tell by some of the posts, there are many accommodations options with proximity to the Metro and more info would help narrow down your real options. Just a thought.

Personally, I prefer the Rosslyn area. As noted above, there is a Best Western, Holiday Inn, Hyatt, plus a Marriott, all within easy walking distance to the Metro which will take you anywhere you want to go in D.C. If you have a car, most offer free parking, a rarity in the D.C. area. Also, the hotel taxes are less in VA than in D.C. As a bonus, Georgetown with its many great restaurants, bars and shops is also within walking distance just across the river.

Wellllll, NotMe, Georgetown is "right across the river", but it should be noted that one must walk through a couple of VERY busy intersections to the Key Bridge, and then walk across said Key Bridge. This is a big bridge--4 lanes of traffic run across it, and it can be windy. Now I've done this walk many, many times, and while it's doable, I wanted to make sure folks understand that it's not exactly an easy stroll into G'town.

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Me thinks you protest to much. All I said was that Georgetown was within walking distance. Having done that a half dozen times last week, I didn't find it to be the difficult trip you describe. In fact, each day the bridge was loaded with pedestrians crossing from one side to the other, except when it was raining. There are traffic lights at the couple of intersections you mentioned and the bridge has pedestrian walkways on both sides, with a bonus of a great view of the Potomac. This is not my first trip there and I have always found the walk to be a pleasant diversion.

Crystal City (Arlington) has lots of good hotels near Metro (blue line). Also recommend Roslyn, Courthouse, Clarendon and Ballston (All Orange line) in Arlington.

I have used the Courtyard by Marriott in Rosslyn. It is close to the metro station as well. I think it depends on where you can get the best rates.

Do you want a hotel in a location where you would just return to sleep or are you interested in staying in an area that would be fun to explore with nice restaurants. If it is the latter I'd recommend one of the Old Town ALexandria hotels located within a block of King Street station (Embassy Suite, Hampton Inn, Hilton). Old Town really is lovely and there are many nice restaurants within the immediate area. The advantage to Rosslyn is the prices tend to be a bit cheaper and some of the hotels offer free parking. I think the walk to Georgetown is about a half mile and as long as the weather is fairly decent the part of the walk from the start of the bridge in Rosslyn on into Georgetown is romantic.

There's also a Residence Inn near King Street metro in OT Alexandria.

And near Ballston is a Holiday Inn. It's not right on top of the metro like the Hyatt, but it's only about 5 or 6 blocks away.

It is a pretty easy walk from Rossyln into Georgetown. It's not like you're walking IN the traffic on Key Bridge. There are wide sidewalks on both sides, and as long as it's not cold or raining, it's a very pleasant walk. I'm also not sure why it's difficult to get through those busy intersections. They all have lights and pedestrians have no trouble crossing the street.