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Hotels Washington DC close to metro

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SunLover 2 - We will be in DC just 2 nights - mid July. Wish we could be there on the 4th, but doesn't work with our other plans. Thanks on the tip to not use VRBo and just get a hotel room.
 

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My guess is parking for your car will be easier in College Park and with a few transfers you can do your DC sites by Metro via the Green and Yellow lines with transfers to the Red and Blue lines including Smithsonian stop. It should work out for you even if the commute in is a little longer than from Virginia.

http://www.wmata.com/rail/maps/map.cfm
 

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You can also just get off the green line at either Archives or L'Enfant Plaza and hit the Smithsonian, etc. from those stops. You may want to get off at Gallery Place also and walk around the China Town area. There are a lot of good restaurants around the Verizon Center. Also, I highly suggest that you spend a couple hours at the National Portrait Gallery to see the American Cool exhibit. I really enjoyed it.

http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/exhcool.html
 

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We love Wyndham Alexandria,Va

Next to Metro(king street),just minutes to everything in DC.
Free indoor parking!

Could someone please tell me about the Metro stop closest to Wyndham in Old Town Alexandria. Specificallly:

- After taking the elevator from the timeshare unit to the lobby:
--- how far is the Metro entrance?
--- is there an ELEVATOR to get to the trains?
---- are a lot of STEPS involved?

We plan to be in the area for September & October. In an ideal world, we hear the J W Marriott has the best access to http://www.dccirculator.com with the least amount of steps.

My husband is unusually healthy for his age except low vision (wet age related macular degeneration) so reducing the odds of falling is a priority in our travel planning. He's only fallen once while traveling because even though there was a wide yellow stripe on the last step since the steps and sidewalk were the same red brick he didn't realize he had reached the last step and missed stepped.
 
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Metro elevators

I believe all metro stations have elevators, but can't guarantee if they might be out of service for repair at any given time.

Maybe someone else will chime in about distance. It's not that far, but will have to cross a couple of streets.

Nancy
 

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Could someone please tell me about the Metro stop closest to Wyndham in Old Town Alexandria. Specificallly:

- After taking the elevator from the timeshare unit to the lobby:
--- how far is the Metro entrance?
--- is there an ELEVATOR to get to the trains?
---- are a lot of STEPS involved?

We plan to be in the area for September & October. In an ideal world, we hear the J W Marriott has the best access to http://www.dccirculator.com with the least amount of steps.

My husband is unusually healthy for his age except low vision (wet age related macular degeneration) so reducing the odds of falling is a priority in our travel planning. He's only fallen once while traveling because even though there was a wide yellow stripe on the last step since the steps and sidewalk were the same red brick he didn't realize he had reached the last step and missed stepped.

Do not go out the Lobby.
Go down to parking garage and walk out and across the street and up the elevator to tracks.
 
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