PARK HYATT WASHINGTON

In the fashionable West End just a block from 1,800 acre Rock Creek Park, the Park Hyatt Washington is a stylish, 10 story red brick hotel close to the trendy Georgetown and Dupont Circle neighborhoods. Near the Park Hyatt, guests can ride mule drawn barges down the 19th century Cheasapeake & Ohio Canal. (The mules trudge alongside the water. Besides being so close to the canals, Park Hyatt guests also are less than four miles from the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, government buildings, museums, monuments and other sites. At this downtown Washington hotel, more than $1 million worth of contemporary art decorate the public spaces and guestrooms, including works by Picasso, Kenneth Noland and Joan Miró. In addition, guests can find plenty of dining options in Washington because senators and representatives aren't going to starve. The hotel's restaurant, The Melrose, is a local favorite with its American cuisine and hip lounge. Guests can keep in shape by using the Park Hyatt's 3,220 square foot fitness center, saunas, steam rooms, indoor splash pool and spa tub. The Park Hyatt's 1201 Salon pampers guests with spa treatments and hair care, while corporate travelers can get work done in the 24 hour business center. Decorated in muted earth tones, the 223 guestrooms feature down comforters, 300 thread count duvets, marble topped and glass topped tables, bathroom vanities with small color TVs, fancy Moulton Brown toiletries, bathrobes, premium channels, minibars, laptop safes and 24 hour room service. Air travelers are five miles from Reagan National Airport and 27 miles and 36 miles respectively from Dulles and Baltimore Washington international airports. The Park Hyatt Washington is a compelling choice for upscale lodging near all the business, politics and pleasure of the nation's capital. If guests want trendy, they'll find plenty of it close to this top notch hotel.