Hello Everyone! How have you been? Has it been as busy a Summer for you as it has been for us?
We recently traveled to Washington, D.C. for my husband's annual American College of Radiology meeting. After the meeting we planned to go visit the new Trump International Hotel we had heard so much about. Come along with us as we visit this beautiful hotel.....
The new hotel is located at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, which is between
the United States Capitol Building and the White House.
the United States Capitol Building and the White House.
The new Trump International Hotel is located in the Historic Old Post Office, which is an extravagantly beautiful old building in the heart of Washington, D.C. This building was remodeled into a luxury hotel by builder Donald Trump who is now President of the United States. The hotel opened in September of 2016. We heard so much about this new hotel we were very curious and put it on our "to do" list to see during our Washington visit.
Below we see double doors at the main entrance of the hotel. They probably do use this entrance sometimes for special events, but the main entrance in use is to the side of the building.
As we drove around to the entrance of the hotel it was very nice to have valet parking.
The below photo shows the inside front entrance of the hotel.
I loved the exquisite pink marble arches and the polished wood.
And the below photo shows one of the halls before reaching the main atrium.
This beautiful hotel has three restaurants, a spa and a very large conference center.
The below photo is from the internet.
There are 263 very large and luxurious guest rooms and suites.
These pretty flowers were decorating a table
in the hall before we entered into the main lobby of the hotel.
in the hall before we entered into the main lobby of the hotel.
How unusual to see an arrangement of orchids and they were real.
This bouquet was also in the entrance hall.
From the side hallway we could see into the main lobby.
Below we see The Grand Lobby, a soaring nine-story atrium
which functions as the hotel's center of activities.
As you can see, the furniture in this beautiful lobby is a very colorful
mixture of light and darker blue velvet fabrics.
In the below photo we see the Lounge located at the end of the lobby.
Placed across the steel arches are four very large and amazingly beautiful SWAROVSKI chandeliers.
We had previously made lunch reservations at the PRIME restaurant,
which you can see located on the second floor.
Toward the back of the lobby in the above photo you can see the
beautiful marble stairway leading upstairs to the restaurant.
And the below photo is a view from the upstairs restaurant looking down on the lobby below.
Below we see a bit of the lunch "menu" for the day.
When our lunch arrived it looked so delicious I forgot to take a picture.
There were beautiful orchids planted in the planters around the restaurant.
Another photo looking down at the lobby from the restaurant.
It is always nice to see "old glory" on display. And in this photo you can see some of the
nine stories and the entrance to some of the guest rooms in the hotel.
Looking even higher you can see the glass ceiling all the way up
from the lobby and a portion of the famous clock tower in the below photo.
After our delicious lunch we decided to take a tour of The Famous Clock Tower located in this hotel. We followed the signs to get there. There was a glass elevator at the end of the lobby which took us up part of the way. And then another elevator took us the rest of the way. The Clock Tower is open to the public and is operated by The National Park Service. They tell us they usually have about 1,500 visitors each day.
This Clock Tower is the third highest building in Washington, D.C.
The entrance to the tower is free and does not require tickets. How nice is that for wonderful views of Washington, D.C.
When we reached the Tower we could view the city from each of the four windows. Below we see down Pennsylvania Avenue all the way to the United States Capitol Building.
And from this window in the below photo we can see the Washington Monument, the Jefferson Memorial and the Lincoln Monument. I'm not sure, but that might be the White House on the right side.
As we drove away from the Trump International Hotel we were driving down Pennsylvania Avenue, which has been called America's Main Street, or the Grand Boulevard, or even The Heart of the Nation.
It was a special treat for us to be in our Nation's Capitol in the heart of Washington, D.C.
I hope you enjoyed coming along with us as we visited the beautiful Trump International Hotel.
Wishing you a very nice rest of your week and a wonderful Summertime wherever you may be.