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1401 Pennsylvania Ave NW (at 14th St NW), Washington, D.C.
Hotel · Downtown-Penn Quarter-Chinatown · 69 tips and reviews
Drew Frey: Fitzgerald and his wife, Zelda, stayed at this 335-room grand dame shortly after their 1920 marriage. They saidthe hotel smelled "of peaches & hot biscuit & the cindery aroma of travelling salesmen"
HISTORY UK: No hotel has greater royal connections than Claridge’s, which entertained Queen Victoria in 1860, and was where the Crown Prince of Yugoslavia was born in 1945. The current building dates from 1898.
Drew Frey: To sample the rarefied air – and spectacular Mediterranean views – while skipping the stratospheric overnight rates, pop by the poolside Eden-Roc Grill for lunch or a sunset cocktail.
Resort · Grove Park- Sunset · 101 tips and reviews
Drew Frey: F Scott Fitzgerald stayed here while Zelda was in a nearby hospital. The author's misbehavior didn't endear him to staff (he drank profusely and once fired a gun in his suite)