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Largest Jewish community is in Silver Spring, which is a suburb of Washington. For tourists, best place to stay is in downtown Silver Spring, which has a metro stop and a nearby  shul in Woodside Park within walking distance.

The shul website also has alot of helpful tourist information

Things to do
Washington Monument

Kosher Restaurants
Charbar
Oh Mama Grill
GW Hillel
Krispy Kreme (Donuts only) (Cholov Stam)
[CharBar at Nationals Park (Center Field)]


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Re: Washington DC Master Thread
« Reply #800 on: January 08, 2024, 07:43:04 PM »
What about breakfast / lunch options?

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Re: Washington DC Master Thread
« Reply #801 on: January 08, 2024, 07:46:08 PM »
What about breakfast / lunch options?
only breakfast option in DC is Krispy Creme donuts (cholov stam). Can go out to silver spring for more. For lunch it's just those places

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Re: Washington DC Master Thread
« Reply #802 on: January 21, 2024, 04:20:49 PM »
Currently in the DC area for the next few days. Anyone know if any hotel in the area has a hot tub - I’ve called many hotels and none of them have one.

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« Reply #803 on: January 21, 2024, 09:05:25 PM »
Currently in the DC area for the next few days. Anyone know if any hotel in the area has a hot tub - I’ve called many hotels and none of them have one.
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Re: Washington DC Master Thread
« Reply #804 on: March 25, 2024, 09:53:02 AM »
Considering a Friday-Monday trip to DC with kids. Was thinking to eat at The Shul on Leroy Pl. Has anyone had Shabbos meals there? Any recommendations for good hotels nearby? Using Chase points, so I'm pretty flexible. Any other recommendations/updates re: hotels, Shabbos, restaurants, activities since last posts?
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Re: Washington DC Master Thread
« Reply #805 on: Today at 12:07:00 AM »
Mini TR:
Went on Chol HaMoed Pesach to general Washington D.C. Area:

Harpers Ferry National Park- ok, if your looking for rafting, biking, historical or nice area to hang out - great area, but has $20 entrance fee, other places to go for that amount of money.

Stayed at:
Residence Inn Bethesda Downtown
7335 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, Maryland USA, 20814
- Building under construction but has we got a suite ( which might be standard) had a two queen and in a sperate room a sofa bed, plus a full kitchen. Rooftop Pool and exercise room ( possibly) Closed.
Parking is $30 but around the corner ( 7401 Waverly St, Bethesda, MD 20814) is free overnight parking (use the ParkMobile app to price it out).

Davened at Woodside Synagogue Ahavas Torah
9001 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910, USA
10 -15 minutes away.

The next day we drove to the Washington D.C. Zoo - around 15 minutes  away.
Great free Zoo, on a hill.

Parking in their lots cost $30.
Around the Zoo are two hour parking spots that cost money to park in.
Found this place for $10:
It around a mile or an easy 5 minute jog from the Park. Around the same distance as the Cleveland Park Metro Station.
Directions to parking spot are not so easy to follow, find the address and type it in to the program yourself ( essentially off the main street a left and right down an alley way).

https://spothero.com/search?kind=destination&id=1647&view=dl&starts=2024-05-07T10%3A00&ends=2024-05-08T17%3A30&spot-id=23220]https://spothero.com/search?kind=destination&id=1647&view=dl&starts=2024-05-07T10%3A00&ends=2024-05-08T17%3A30&spot-id=23220">


https://www.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/171mh9c/zoo_parking/
https://www.spotangels.com/ - very helpful for showing free and paid spots around the area.


Our original destination was NOT Harpers Ferry but was on the way and closer:


Sky Meadows State Park
11012 Edmonds Ln., Delaplane, VA 20144;

Check out: https://www.funinfairfaxva.com/best-nature-trails-northern-virginia/
or here.
https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/

Other Areas we did not do:
Washington Monument
Air and Space Museum

We almost stayed at:
TownePlace Suites by Marriott College Park but once we found the Residence Inn suite we elected to go there.