Travel Advice

METRO: use it; the only place it doesn't go is Georgetown, and, if you have a transfer; you can get half price on the Georgetown shuttle; get a Smarttrip card to breaze through the gates; feed it $20 or more and get a 10% discount; card can be purchased in the METRO store at the back of the Ballston Mall.

Reagan National Airport: ultraconvenient; on the Yellow or Blue lines; reduced traffic means short lines; somewhat more expensive.

Dulles Airport: can be reached by the Orange line plus a bus.

Baltimore-Washington Airport (BWI): twenty miles north; Super Shuttle will bring you to your door; MARC train to Union Station and the Metro, but not on weekends or holidays.

Garage: get the car off of the street; you won't need it anyhow.

Orientation: the Capitol is the center; districts northeast, southeast, southwest and northwest are defined by Capitol Streets North, South and East, and the National Mall Westward; numbered streets increase north and south away from the Mall; lettered streets advance away from the Capitol; avenues named after states are diagonals; many one way streets.