The Hay-Adams

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"From the stately exterior to the wood-paneled lobby, everything here reveres history without feeling stuffy, mixing Italian Renaissance–style flourishes with Corinthian, Doric, and Ionic columns, walnut wainscoting, and ceilings with Elizabethan, Italian, and Tudor motifs. Church View Deluxe rooms are comfy and polished (a touch of toile and chintz, black-and-white art, crisp linens, striped wallpaper), suites boast epic White House views from private balconies, and Off The Record—the classic basement bar—is a don’t-miss for a proper cocktail mere steps from the White House." - Laura Ratliff