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Amid 200-year-old brick row houses and cobblestone streets, the Morrison House Boutique Hotel in Old Town Alexandria, Va., charms visitors with European ambience and traditional Early American hospitality. Conveniently situated, the Morrison House stands just three miles and 35 miles respectively from Reagan National and Dulles International airports. This hotel is a perfect choice for couples enjoying a romantic getaway or for tour groups and families visiting the Washington D.C. area. Guests are just 10 minutes from museums, monuments, memorials, government buildings, kid-friendly attractions, fashionable neighborhoods, excellent restaurants and the famous landmarks of Washington, D.C.
With touches reminiscent of Europe's great 18th-century manor houses, the hotel's 24-hour butler service, luxurious silk wallpaper, Italian marble floors and period engravings transport guests to a bygone era. Guests will enjoy dinners in the hotel's sophisticated Elysium Dining Room, where chefs present each guest with a selection of the day's fresh ingredients before retreating to the kitchen to work their culinary magic. Sommeliers help guests choose a perfect wine that will complement their meal. For a less formal dining option, The Grille offers an atmosphere where guests are tempted with delights such as wild-game fish or free-range fowl. Additionally, the Morrison Hotel offers a dining option that brings the Grille's culinary pleasures into an elegantly detailed private setting.
The Morrison House's 45 guestrooms feature Colonial-style furniture, fine linens on two- or four-poster beds, complimentary high-speed wireless or pay-per-use, dial up Internet access, and designer bath products. Some guestrooms include fireplaces while other rooms feature crystal chandeliers.
The concierge can arrange guided walking tours of the pre- Revolutionary Old Town Alexandria that include twilight ghost tours along the neighborhood's gaslit streets.
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