Meeting-goers get around DC by water taxi
The nation’s capital is gaining more attention as a meeting space with the recent opening of the $865 million Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. But also adding to its allure is Venice-style water taxis that connect various parts of sprawling Washington, DC.
The Gaylord represents the largest combined hotel and convention center on the East Coast. It features indoor gardens, winding pathways and a meandering indoor river.
There’s also a 20,000-square-foot spa, four restaurants, retail stops, a marina, and river views of D.C. and Old Town Alexandria, Va.
Twenty-minute water taxi rides connect all that’s new at National Harbor with the history along Old Town Alexandria’s waterfront and districts.
Coming in elsewhere along National Harbor’s leafy waterside promenades are five more hotels, along with shops, condominiums and its Fleet Street lineup of nightclubs and entertainment venues. About three dozen restaurants, including Dolce Enoteca e Ristorante and Ketchup—developed by Los Angeles restaurateurs—are arriving soon.
â€Location of some of the most recognizable monuments and buildings in the world, Washington, DC offers endless opportunities for meeting and event planners,†writes Event Destination Guide.
“From the 2.3-million-square-foot Washington Convention Center to chic restaurants and unique venues within the various museums of the Smithsonian Institution, a plethora of meeting and event facilities await in the nation’s capital. Washington, DC is also home to more than 150 embassies, chancelleries and diplomatic residencies – many of which are available for private events,†it adds.
North and south of the National Harbor-Alexandria Potomac crossing are other reasons to hail water taxis and dinner boats.
â€Narrated sunset, evening and moonlight water voyages to Georgetown from National Harbor take riders past D.C.’s iconic bridges, landmarks and monuments such as the Capitol, Lincoln and Washington memorials, and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts into historic Georgetown, where upscale shops, clubs and pubs are plentiful. Stopovers are allowed with roundtrip tickets, so there’s time to enjoy the district before returning, writes Meetings South, which adds:
“Instead of being the ‘national disgrace’ President Lyndon Johnson labeled it 40 years ago, the Potomac River has returned as D.C.’s front door, and a fun way to get around the region, sans traffic congestion on land.â€
Report by David Wilkening
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