PRICE:
Frommer's Highly Recommended

This gracious hotel is a gem -- a small gem, but a gem nonetheless. Situated in a neighborhood of architecturally impressive embassies, the hotel hosts many embassy-bound guests. You may discover this for yourself on a Tuesday evening, when guests gather in the charming Tea Room to enjoy complimentary wine and cheese served from the antique oak sideboard. Here you'll also find daily continental breakfast (for about $9), complimentary coffee and tea after 10am, and cookies after 3pm. You can lounge or watch TV in the conservatory; or, in nice weather, you can move outside to the garden patio. The six-floor Normandy has small but pretty twin and queen guest rooms, all recently remodeled and sporting a bright, contemporary look with cherry-wood furnishings and fabrics in colors of light blues and greens. Rooms facing Wyoming Avenue overlook the tree-lined street, while other rooms mostly offer views of apartment buildings. The Normandy is an easy walk from the restaurants and shops in both Adams-Morgan and Dupont Circle.

Copyright: Excerpted from Frommer's Washington, D.C. 2009, (c) 2008, Wiley Publishing, Inc.

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