The Jefferson

Top choice in Washington, DC


The elegant, two-winged 1923 mansion has an ornate porte-cochère, beaux-arts architecture and a luxurious interior full of crystal and velvet, all meant to evoke namesake Thomas Jefferson’s digs when he lived in Paris. Favored by diplomatic visitors, the hotel’s antique-furnished rooms boast cushy beds, marble bathrooms, tobacco and earth tones, and Gilded Age class.

The 99-room property regularly places near the top of Washington’s best-hotel lists. The on-site cocktail bar is superb for a nightcap while listening to the gentleman piano player.


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