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Georgetown is a restored area of 19th century townhouses: where The Exorcist was set! Leafy and almost European.
A stroll around the Tidal Basin to the Jefferson monument. Sit on the steps, look away from the nearby motorway and across at all the cherry trees clustered around the water. At cherry blossom time in late March early April, it is spellbinding.
Southern end of 15th Street, SW, at the Tidal Basin & East Basin Drive; Tel: 1-202 426 6841; Smithsonian Metro; www.nps.gov/thje/
Stroll along the Mall stopping at the all the free museums and the fabulous National Gallery of Art along the way.
West Building: Constitution Avenue, between Fourth & Seventh Streets, NW; East Building: Constitution Avenue & Fourth Street, NW, The Mall & Tidal Basin; Tel: 1-202 737 4215; Archives-Navy Memorial, Judiciary Square or Smithsonian Metro; Open: 10am-5pm Mon-Sat, 11am-6pm Sun; Admission: free; www.nga.gov/
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