Liaison

Washington, DC


The jazzy, 343-room Liaison draws a mix of business types and tourists. Modernist rooms come in a stately, slate-to-earth tone color palette; they feel the right mix of corporate and playful. That said, the seasonal rooftop is all the latter: there's trippy house music and a pool that seems perpetually occupied by attractive folks. And it's all within spitting distance of the Capitol.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Washington, DC attractions

1. National Japanese American Memorial

0.07 MILES

Tucked back from the road and providing a peaceful sanctuary, the memorial centers on a statue of two cranes bound with barbed wire. During WWII, some 120…

2. Taft Memorial Carillon

0.18 MILES

What is that chiming you hear every hour and quarter-hour? It's the 27 bells of the Taft Memorial Carillon, built to honor Senator Robert A Taft from Ohio…

3. National Postal Museum

0.22 MILES

The Smithsonian-run Postal Museum is way cooler than you might think. Level 1 has exhibits on postal history from the Pony Express to modern times, where…

4. Union Station Plaza

0.24 MILES

This grassy space with a large fountain cascade spreads in front of Union Station. The area is also known as Columbus Circle, since the fountain is a…

5. Summerhouse

0.28 MILES

Northwest of the Capitol is the charming 1879 Summerhouse, a redbrick hexagon with black-iron gates and an interior well. This is where women in the late…

6. Union Station

0.28 MILES

DC's main rail hub, a 1907 beaux-arts beauty designed by Daniel Burnham, is an eye popper. The Grand Concourse is patterned after the Roman Baths of…

7. National Law Enforcement Museum

0.36 MILES

The group that operates the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial has built an accompanying museum across the street. Exhibits let visitors explore…