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Tourist info: Washington, D.C.
ASHINGT
Convention & Tourism Corporation,
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Tourism Marketing Partnership,
Link House, 140 The Broadway, Tolworth, ON DC
the nation’s capital
Surrey KT6 7JE
Tel: 020 8339 6048 Fax: 020 8339 6001
E-mail:
venessa@washington.org
Web:
www.washington.org
Web:
www.capitalregionusa.co.uk ductions while some of the most talent-
ed global chefs prepare their own ver-
sion of edible art for their guests’ enjoy-
Land Area: 68.2 square miles
ment and then hit the town at our
Population: 572,059 trendy clubs and bars. You will never
State Capital: Montgomery
forget your American Experience.
Largest City: Birmingham
Local Time: GMT –5h00
Climate: Summers are warm and humid;
average in July is 87 F. Winters are mild
There’s no city in the world quite like arguably one of the youngest yet most
January temperature is 41 F. Annual rain-
fall; 40 in. Annual snowfall; 23in.
Washington, DC. Built more than two powerful capital cities on the globe.
centuries ago as the capital of the While we are known for our magnif-
United States of America, today it is icent museums and monuments our politics often commands centre stage in
Washington, DC projecting a stodgy
If you only see one thing...
image. A hip and trendy cosmopolitan
city is emerging with smart boutique
U.S. Capitol.
hotels, cutting-edge theatre and a
restaurant scene representative of a
Strange but true...
global village. A day could be filled with
No building in Washington, DC is allowed to be taller than the statue of "Freedom" on top
kayaking and biking the sites along the
of the US Capitol Dome.
Mall or by browsing the shops in
Georgetown and perusing the fine
Look out for...
works at America’s first museum of
modern art, The Phillips Collection. As
George Clooney, Placido Domingo and Michael Jordan, Jaromir Jagr and Bono.
the sun sets, the lights go up on upwards
of 200 stages featuring live theatre pro-
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