Rosewood Washington DC

Why We Chose It

Rosewood Washington DC occupies a former 1960s red-brick office building on the C&O Canal towpath in Georgetown — a conversion that replaced one era's utilitarian architecture with Rosewood's signature intimate luxury. The 57 rooms include 12 suites and 8 townhouses; the latter provide a level of privacy and residential character (private entrance, multiple levels, full living room) that no other hotel in DC can offer. The rooftop pool with Georgetown rooftop views is the city's finest hotel pool setting. The lobby library with its fireplace and curated collection of volumes creates a atmosphere — the Georgetown townhouse library of someone with serious interests and adequate resources — that other DC luxury hotels can't replicate because their scale works against it. The C&O Canal towpath immediately outside provides a 184.5-mile cycling and walking path to Cumberland, Maryland (or more practically, a beautiful 20-minute walk to Key Bridge). For visitors who find the power-hotel atmosphere of the Willard and Hay-Adams suffocating rather than thrilling, Rosewood Georgetown provides the finest alternative.

What Stands Out

• 57 rooms: the most intimate luxury hotel in Washington — the service ratio that only small-scale boutique operations provide
• 8 townhouse suites: private entrance, multiple levels, full living room — the closest thing to a Georgetown townhouse without the mortgage
• Rooftop pool with Georgetown rooftop views: the finest hotel pool setting in the city
• Fireplace-lit lobby library: the Georgetown intellectual household atmosphere that Rosewood has successfully manufactured
• C&O Canal towpath immediately outside: 184.5-mile historic path to Maryland, beautiful Georgetown walk, cycling from the door