Fodors - Fodors Washington, D.C. 2012

Editors: Jess Moss, Carolyn Galgano

Editorial Contributors: Sarah Christie, Valerie Hamilton, Beth Kanter, Mike Lillis, Kathryn McKay, Elana Schor, Cathy Sharpe, Mitch Tropin

Editorial Production: Linda Schmidt, Evangelos Vasilakis

Design: Jessica Walsh, Tina Malaney, Jennifer Romains

Copyright

Copyright 2011 by Fodors Travel, a division of Random House, Inc.

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ISBN 978-0-307-92868-9

Excerpted from Fodors Washington, D.C. 2012 (ISBN 978-0-679-00949-8)

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Photo Credits

Washington, D.C. Cover, Cedric Weber/shutterstock.com
Album 1, Jennifer Romains
Album 2, Capital Region USA, capitalregionusa.org
Album 3, BDphoto/istockphoto
Album 4, Rena Schild/shutterstock.com
Album 5, rorem/shutterstock.com.com
Album 6, Eric Long/NASM, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Album 7, nojustice/istockphoto
Album 8, jcarillet/istockphoto
Album 9, aimintang/istockphoto
Album 10, Ng Wei Keong/shutterstock.com
Washington, D.C. Contents, NoDerog/istockphoto
Experience Washington, D.C., SOMATUSCANI/istockphoto
Washington, D.C. Today, Gary Blakeley/iStockphoto/Thinkstock
Washington, D.C. Planner, Destination DC
Whats Where, Last Conversation Piece by Juan Muoz by Jesse Varnerhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/molas/201167896/Attribution-Sharealike License
Washington, D.C. Top Attractions, idesygn/Shutterstock.com
Great Itineraries, LWPhotography/shutterstock.com
D.C. With Kids, Alfred Wekelo/shutterstock.com
D.C. Like A Local, Destination DC
Free In D.C., DC St. Patricks Day Parade Photographers
Sightsee in D.C., Cedric Weber/shutterstock.com
Happy Hour In D.C., Rasika
Inside the Sausage Factory: How Laws Are Made, public domain
Washington, D.C. Black History Walk, Ben Schumin/wikipedai.org
D.C.s Top Festivals, Brianna May/iStockphoto/Thinkstock
Neighborhoods, John Keith/shutterstock.com.com
How D.C. Came To Be, Alan Freed/shutterstock.com
The White House Area and Foggy Bottom, Vacclav/shutterstock.com
Capitol Hill and Northeast D.C., lillisphotography/istockphoto
Downtown, kaphotollc/istockphoto
Georgetown, Mableen/istockphoto
Dupont Circle and Logan Circle, Destination DC
Adams Morgan, Serenity by Alex Guerrero http://www.flickr.com/photos/poldavo/528909722/Attribution-License
U Street Corridor, G. Byron Peck/City Arts Inc.
Upper Northwest, Medioimages/Photodisc/thinkstock
Museums, fstockfoto/shutterstock.com
Planning, Alfred Wekelo/shutterstock.com
Top Museums, Jorg Hackemann/shutterstock.com
Other Museums, AgnosticPreachersKid/wikipedia.org
Monuments and Memorials, Graham Death/shutterstock.com
Planning, Camrocker/istockphoto
Top Monuments and Memorials, Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc.
Other Memorials, Rena Schild/shutterstock.com
Official Washington, Tim Mainiero/shutterstock.com
Planning, Gary Blakeley/shutterstock.com
Top Government Offices and Institutions, U.S. Capitol Visitors Center
Other Government Offices and Institutions, Jerric Ramos/shutterstock.com
Where To Eat, Bens Chili Bowl by Steve Snodgrasshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/stevensnodgrass/3465712564/
Attribution-License
The Scene, Lourdes Delgado
Restaurants By Neighborhood, Brasserie Beck
Where To Stay, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
The Scene, George Apostolidis/Mandarin Oriental
Hotels By Neighborhood, 2008 by Bruce Buck
Nightlife, Olga Miltsova/shutterstock.com
The Scene, Destination DC
Nightlife By Neighborhood, Destination DC
The Performing Arts, Karin Cooper
The Scene, 6348103963/shutterstock.com
The Performing Arts By Neighborhood, Sergei Bachlakov/shutterstock.com
Sports and the Outdoors, Michael Licisyn
The Scene, Rena Schild/shutterstock.com
Parks and Nature, Washington DC Cherry blossoms along the tidal basin by Mark Peters http://www.flickr.com/photos/sneakerdog/2384529444/Attribution-License
Sports, Olga Bogatyrenko/shutterstock.com
Shopping, Destination DC
The Scene, SVLuma/shutterstock.com
Shopping By Neighborhood, Kheng Guan Toh/shutterstock.com
Side Trips, Olga Bogatyrenko/iStockphoto
Getting Oriented, Anton Albert/shutterstock.com
Alexandria, Virginia, James Pruitt, Qingwa, LLC/istockphoto
C&O Canal and Great Falls Parks, Mark Yarchoan/shutterstock.com
National Harbor, The Awakening Giant Statue at Hains Point by irishttp://www.flickr.com/photos/irisphotos/4751972341/Attribution-NoDerivs License
Mount Vernon, Woodlawn, and Gunston Hall, JacobH/istockphoto
Anapolis, Maryland, John Kuo/Hemera/Thinkstock
Travel Smart, Kenneth C. Zirkel/iStockphoto
Getting Here and Around, Douglas Litchfield/shutterstock.com
Essentials, trekandshoot/iStockphoto/Thinkstock
Washington, D.C., Konstantin L/shutterstock.com