A party at one of the Waldorf Astoria hotels in Washington DC

The White House is an easy walk from the Waldorf Astoria, if that gives you an idea of how close you are to the action here. The property is sandwiched between two of D.C.’s most famous streets, with “America’s Main Street”—Pennsylvania Avenue—on one side and Constitution Avenue, which leads to the National Mall’s monuments and Smithsonian museums, on the other. It’s the ideal home base for walking to D.C.’s top sights, from the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History to the U.S. Capitol. You’re in the right place when it comes to dining and nightlife too, with Penn Quarter’s buzzy restaurant scene on your doorstep.