The Hilton Crystal City in suburban Arlington, Va., towers over Reagan National Airport and stands close to the Pentagon and downtown Washington's centers of business and government. Guests are just a short stroll from Crystal City Metro Stop for quick rides throughout D.C. and can hop the hotel's complimentary shuttle for rides to Reagan National. Recreational enthusiasts can jog, walk and cycle on a path that runs along the George Washington Memorial Parkway at National Airport, weaving in and out of woods on the banks of the Potomac River before concluding at Mount Vernon 11 miles away. Golfers can go just three miles for the 18 hole Hains Point course on the Potomac.

Three miles from the Hilton Crystal City, tourists will find the Old Town Alexandria area a culinary and historical delight, especially Scotland Yard and Taverna Creketou restaurants, Robert E. Lee's boyhood home, and Christ Church, where George Washington worshipped in pew 60. At the hotel, guests can dine on standard American cuisine at the Bistro Ondine and then kick back at Clark's Bar to nosh hors d'oeuvres and wash everything down with drinks. They also can swim in an indoor pool, soak up rays on a sundeck and melt away stress in a sauna. Corporate travelers can complete their work in the hotel's business center and use more than 16,000 square feet of meeting space.

Colorfully decorated hotel accommodations feature earth tones, antique reproductions, desks, high speed Internet access and comp weekday newspapers.

Military types and government contractors patronize the 12 story hotel regularly because the Pentagon is only a mile away. Conventioneers fill up the place during the week, but leisure travelers, including plenty of families, stay at the Hilton Crystal City on the weekends.