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“See the best of Washington DC” -> sends you to Rosslyn. Those poor tourists…

Joking aside I love fun new excuses to explore the city, that’s a great theme for DC.

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It’s where the Iwo Jima memorial is so pretty common to send a tourist there.

You can also pick up the mount vernon trail in Roslyn along with the Custis trail if you bike.

They’re trying to make it more of a spot and do weekly free concerts in the park there these days.

I hope one of the "secret spots" is the Quarterdeck.

Technically the Iwo Jima memorial is just outside Rosslyn. Most tourists access it via the Arlington Cemetery metro rather than the Rosslyn metro stop since usually it is a combined visit to the memorial and to the cemetery. Most tourists likely never cross the street into Rosslyn.

Is that a bad area?

Though I guess here in Barcelona tourists love crowding Raval which is also a really bad area full of narco flats.

Not bad as in unsafe, just a bland block of high rise offices that’s dead at 6pm. It’s on public transit and close to good stuff, it’s just funny as you’d normally never send a tourist there on purpose.

There's nothing interesting in Rosslyn itself, however it's probably the closest subway stop to Georgetown. You can easily walk across the Key Bridge, which is a really nice walk when the weather is good. There's lots to see in Georgetown, especially restaurants, and also a nice waterfront area.

You can also walk from Rosslyn to the Mt. Vernon trail, and to the nearby Roosevelt Island where there's some nice hiking trails and a big monument to Teddy Roosevelt in the middle where people like to sit and relax. There's fountains there, running at some times during the year. Then you can continue walking on the Mt. Vernon trail to Gravelly Point next to DCA airport and watch airplanes take off. If you want to keep walking, you can go to Old Town Alexandria, or even farther to Mount Vernon, but it's a lot better to use a bicycle for these treks.

One of my favorite memories in DC is on Roosevelt island. My friend bought like 20 laser tag sets and had a computer, antenna and whatever other gear needed to setup your own laser tag. We played right there on the island next to the statue. There was a circular area, lots of bushes, what I imagine was a little water feature/moat without any water circling it. Don't think we saw anyone there outside our group.

I thought Roosevelt Island is in New York?

Edit: Lol, I see Washinton DC has got one too.

Hey there

Walking to Mt Vernon is in the “marathon” category. Bikes advised, unless you do ultra or something.

Yeah, walking from Rosslyn to Mt Vernon would take a really long time. Walking to Old Town Alexandria, however, is pretty doable for a day, though you'd probably want to take the subway back home afterwards.

There was a time when Rosslyn was a great stop, even if it was for just one reason, the Newseum.

...back when the Newseum was there anyway, before their poorly-decided move to DC and subsequent closure.

I used to live there and there were plenty of tourists coming through to visit the Marine Corps memorial or Arlington Cemetery. I agree though that the neighborhood itself is extremely boring.

No, it's a pretty nice area. But it's not in DC.

> Explore the Georgetown and Rosslyn areas of Washington DC

For starters it is in Virginia and not Washington DC as indicated by the website.

It's not Washington, D.C. it's part of Arlington, VA

I feel like if I sign up for a spy tour I'd rather see the Deep Throat garage than Ben's Chili Bowl.

If it ends at Ben’s Chili bowl I’m done. That place is delicious

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