Guidebook for Bethesda and surrounding areas
Fine dining
Worth visiting:
Mon Ami Gabi has great food and live music on Tuesdays.
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Mon Ami Gabi
7239 Woodmont AveWorth visiting:
Mon Ami Gabi has great food and live music on Tuesdays.
Irish Inn has Irish Music on Mondays, pop music on Wednesdays and jazz on Sundays. There is also an old restored carousel on the premises and Spanish ballroom where they have social dances and offer beginner lessons. Lots of daytime activities for kids.
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Irish Inn At Glen Echo
6119 Tulane AveIrish Inn has Irish Music on Mondays, pop music on Wednesdays and jazz on Sundays. There is also an old restored carousel on the premises and Spanish ballroom where they have social dances and offer beginner lessons. Lots of daytime activities for kids.
Great food, suggest you taste Eddie's mussels. Garage next door.
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Black's Bar & Kitchen
7750 Woodmont AveGreat food, suggest you taste Eddie's mussels. Garage next door.
RAKU Japanese restaurant: rakuasiandining.com. 7240 Woodmont Ave. Reservations (301) 7188680. Patio dining opened. Reservations necessary as it is always booked up.
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Raku
7240 Woodmont AveRAKU Japanese restaurant: rakuasiandining.com. 7240 Woodmont Ave. Reservations (301) 7188680. Patio dining opened. Reservations necessary as it is always booked up.
Modern American restaurant with a terrace & beer garden is a neighborhood staple for seasonal eats. https://www.oldanglersinn.com/
10801 MacArthur Boulevard
Potomac, MD 20854
Phone: (301) 365-2425
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Old Anglers Inn
10801 Macarthur BlvdModern American restaurant with a terrace & beer garden is a neighborhood staple for seasonal eats. https://www.oldanglersinn.com/
10801 MacArthur Boulevard
Potomac, MD 20854
Phone: (301) 365-2425
Fiola Mare
3100 K St NWGreat food, service and view.
Essentials
Giant Food
10400 Old Georgetown RdThere is also 711 on Cabin John plaza
Safeway
7625 Old Georgetown RdCVS
1418 P St NWClosest to the house
7-Eleven
407 8th St NEClosest to the house
Getting Around
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
3700 10th St NEMUST SEE
Glen Echo Park is an arts and cultural center located in Glen Echo, Maryland that, in its former incarnation, was a popular Washington, D.C.-area amusement park that operated for several decades from the early 1900s to the 1960s. The arts and cultural center takes its name from the amusement park. Visit Spanish Ballroom and take a ride on a Carousel. The last operating park ride, and one of the highlights of the park today, is a 1921 Dentzel menagerie carousel with 38 horses, 2 chariots, 4 rabbits, 4 ostriches, a lion, a tiger, a giraffe, and a prancing deer. A Wurlitzer style 165 Band Organ (formerly a Wurlitzer style 153 band organ), provides the carousel's music. In its heyday the carousel sported an operating brass ring, in which daring riders could reach out and pull a ring out of a holder next to the carousel. Grabbing a brass ring would win the lucky rider a free ride. The brass ring arm is still visible today, although it no longer operates.
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Glen Echo Park
7300 Macarthur BlvdGlen Echo Park is an arts and cultural center located in Glen Echo, Maryland that, in its former incarnation, was a popular Washington, D.C.-area amusement park that operated for several decades from the early 1900s to the 1960s. The arts and cultural center takes its name from the amusement park. Visit Spanish Ballroom and take a ride on a Carousel. The last operating park ride, and one of the highlights of the park today, is a 1921 Dentzel menagerie carousel with 38 horses, 2 chariots, 4 rabbits, 4 ostriches, a lion, a tiger, a giraffe, and a prancing deer. A Wurlitzer style 165 Band Organ (formerly a Wurlitzer style 153 band organ), provides the carousel's music. In its heyday the carousel sported an operating brass ring, in which daring riders could reach out and pull a ring out of a holder next to the carousel. Grabbing a brass ring would win the lucky rider a free ride. The brass ring arm is still visible today, although it no longer operates.
The Dentzel Carousel. The 1921 Dentzel menagerie carousel with 38 horses, 2 chariots, 4 rabbits, 4 ostriches, a lion, a tiger, a giraffe, and a prancing deer. A Wurlitzer style 165 Band Organ (formerly a Wurlitzer style 153 band organ), provides the carousel's music. In its heyday the carousel sported an operating brass ring, in which daring riders could reach out and pull a ring out of a holder next to the carousel. Grabbing a brass ring would win the lucky rider a free ride. The brass ring arm is still visible today, although it no longer operates.
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Glen Echo Park
7300 Macarthur BlvdThe Dentzel Carousel. The 1921 Dentzel menagerie carousel with 38 horses, 2 chariots, 4 rabbits, 4 ostriches, a lion, a tiger, a giraffe, and a prancing deer. A Wurlitzer style 165 Band Organ (formerly a Wurlitzer style 153 band organ), provides the carousel's music. In its heyday the carousel sported an operating brass ring, in which daring riders could reach out and pull a ring out of a holder next to the carousel. Grabbing a brass ring would win the lucky rider a free ride. The brass ring arm is still visible today, although it no longer operates.
Temporarily discontinued: Social dances in the Historic Spanish Ballroom usually take place in the historic Spanish Ballroom, the Bumper Car Pavilion, and the recently renovated, climate-controlled Ballroom Annex (The Back Room). Approximately 60,000 people attend Glen Echo Park's dances each year. A $19 million renovation of the Spanish Ballroom in 2003 returned it to its original splendor, giving it continued prominence as one of the premiere sites for dancing in the Washington DC area. The 18-month renovation was preceded by a National Park Service led, volunteer-labor makeover of the deteriorating Bumper Car Pavilion, converting it into an all-weather dance pavilion & band shell, for uninterrupted dancing through the renovation. Currently, it remains in use as an alternative dance venue and for private events, such as wedding receptions.
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Glen Echo Park
7300 Macarthur BlvdTemporarily discontinued: Social dances in the Historic Spanish Ballroom usually take place in the historic Spanish Ballroom, the Bumper Car Pavilion, and the recently renovated, climate-controlled Ballroom Annex (The Back Room). Approximately 60,000 people attend Glen Echo Park's dances each year. A $19 million renovation of the Spanish Ballroom in 2003 returned it to its original splendor, giving it continued prominence as one of the premiere sites for dancing in the Washington DC area. The 18-month renovation was preceded by a National Park Service led, volunteer-labor makeover of the deteriorating Bumper Car Pavilion, converting it into an all-weather dance pavilion & band shell, for uninterrupted dancing through the renovation. Currently, it remains in use as an alternative dance venue and for private events, such as wedding receptions.
Visit a historic Inn with great food and jazz on Sundays. It is located at the 17th and N street downtown. The Tabard Inn is the oldest continuing running hotel in Washington DC opening its doors in 1922 by Marie Willoughby Rogers. The name Tabard Inn was drawn from Chaucer’s Canterbury tales and the place would forever revive itself in the hospitality of an old English Manor.
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Tabard Inn
1739 N St NWVisit a historic Inn with great food and jazz on Sundays. It is located at the 17th and N street downtown. The Tabard Inn is the oldest continuing running hotel in Washington DC opening its doors in 1922 by Marie Willoughby Rogers. The name Tabard Inn was drawn from Chaucer’s Canterbury tales and the place would forever revive itself in the hospitality of an old English Manor.
Sightseeing
Great Falls National Park can be seen from both MD and Virginia sides. The Park's MD side entrance is a 10 min drive from my house. In 1785 George Washington partially funded the Patowmack Canal, which was a one-mile (1.6 km) bypass that gave small barges the opportunity to skirt around the falls and to distribute manufactured goods upstream and raw materials downstream. During the construction of the canal, blasting powder, which at the time was essentially gunpowder, was used to blast through solid rocks. This is one of the first known examples of blasting powder being used for engineering purposes anywhere in the world. The canal was never a profitable enterprise. With the completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal on the opposite side of the river, and the oncoming age of railroads, the project was abandoned in 1830. The canal is a Civil Engineering Landmark as well as a Virginia Historic Landmark. Along the trails, the ruins of the small town of Matildaville, Virginia can also be found.
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Great Falls
11710 Macarthur BlvdGreat Falls National Park can be seen from both MD and Virginia sides. The Park's MD side entrance is a 10 min drive from my house. In 1785 George Washington partially funded the Patowmack Canal, which was a one-mile (1.6 km) bypass that gave small barges the opportunity to skirt around the falls and to distribute manufactured goods upstream and raw materials downstream. During the construction of the canal, blasting powder, which at the time was essentially gunpowder, was used to blast through solid rocks. This is one of the first known examples of blasting powder being used for engineering purposes anywhere in the world. The canal was never a profitable enterprise. With the completion of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal on the opposite side of the river, and the oncoming age of railroads, the project was abandoned in 1830. The canal is a Civil Engineering Landmark as well as a Virginia Historic Landmark. Along the trails, the ruins of the small town of Matildaville, Virginia can also be found.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, abbreviated as the C&O Canal operated from 1831 until 1924 along the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., to Cumberland, Maryland. The canal's principal cargo was coal from the Allegheny Mountains.
Construction on the 184.5-mile (296.9 km) canal began in 1828 and ended in 1850 with the completion of a 50-mile (80 km) stretch to Cumberland. Rising and falling over an elevation change of 605 feet (184 meters), it required the construction of 74 canal locks, 11 aqueducts to cross major streams, more than 240 culverts to cross smaller streams, and the 3,118 ft (950 m) Paw Paw Tunnel.
The canal way is now maintained as the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, with a trail that follows the old towpath.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, abbreviated as the C&O Canal operated from 1831 until 1924 along the Potomac River from Washington, D.C., to Cumberland, Maryland. The canal's principal cargo was coal from the Allegheny Mountains.
Construction on the 184.5-mile (296.9 km) canal began in 1828 and ended in 1850 with the completion of a 50-mile (80 km) stretch to Cumberland. Rising and falling over an elevation change of 605 feet (184 meters), it required the construction of 74 canal locks, 11 aqueducts to cross major streams, more than 240 culverts to cross smaller streams, and the 3,118 ft (950 m) Paw Paw Tunnel.
The canal way is now maintained as the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, with a trail that follows the old towpath.
Potomac River and C&O canal are walking distance from the house. Walk to MacArthur Blvd. and take a path down to the Canal and the River. It is a popular place for people to jog, walk a dog, ride a bike or just walk. Beavers, turtles, blue herons and fish live in the Canal.
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Potomac River
Potomac River and C&O canal are walking distance from the house. Walk to MacArthur Blvd. and take a path down to the Canal and the River. It is a popular place for people to jog, walk a dog, ride a bike or just walk. Beavers, turtles, blue herons and fish live in the Canal.
Tour boats from Georgetown will take you all the way to the Old Town of Alexandria.
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Georgetown
Tour boats from Georgetown will take you all the way to the Old Town of Alexandria.
The Georgetown Waterfront Park is a national park completed in Washington, DC in the fall of 2011. Part of the Georgetown Historic District, the park stretches along the banks of the Potomac River from 31st Street, NW to the Key Bridge.
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Georgetown Waterfront Park
3100 K St NWThe Georgetown Waterfront Park is a national park completed in Washington, DC in the fall of 2011. Part of the Georgetown Historic District, the park stretches along the banks of the Potomac River from 31st Street, NW to the Key Bridge.
The Clara Barton National Historic Site, which includes the Clara Barton House, was established in 1974 to interpret the life of Clara Barton, an American pioneer teacher, nurse, and humanitarian who was the founder of the American Red Cross.
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Clara Barton National Historic Site
5801 Oxford RdThe Clara Barton National Historic Site, which includes the Clara Barton House, was established in 1974 to interpret the life of Clara Barton, an American pioneer teacher, nurse, and humanitarian who was the founder of the American Red Cross.
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is located at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers in and around Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. One hour drive from the house. 171 Shoreline Dr, Harpers Ferry, WV 25425. The park includes land in the Shenandoah Valley in Jefferson County, West Virginia; Washington County, Maryland and Loudoun County, Virginia
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Harpers Ferry
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is located at the confluence of the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers in and around Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. One hour drive from the house. 171 Shoreline Dr, Harpers Ferry, WV 25425. The park includes land in the Shenandoah Valley in Jefferson County, West Virginia; Washington County, Maryland and Loudoun County, Virginia
The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg. It is one of the best-known speeches in American history. The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point.
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Gettysburg
The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the Battle of Gettysburg. It is one of the best-known speeches in American history. The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point.
Hiking, biking, kayaking and skiing
Great jogging and hiking along C&O canal. The Billy Goat Trail is a medium to high complexity, a 4.7-mile hiking trail that follows a path between the C&O Canal and the Potomac River within the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park near Great Falls in Montgomery County, Maryland.
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Billy Goat Trail Section C
Billy Goat Trail Section CGreat jogging and hiking along C&O canal. The Billy Goat Trail is a medium to high complexity, a 4.7-mile hiking trail that follows a path between the C&O Canal and the Potomac River within the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park near Great Falls in Montgomery County, Maryland.
For kayakers: There is a descent to the Potomac River, near Old Angler's Inn. There is also a great place near Lock 5.
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Old Anglers Inn
10801 Macarthur BlvdFor kayakers: There is a descent to the Potomac River, near Old Angler's Inn. There is also a great place near Lock 5.
You can take your bike down to the C&O canal, the path is close to the house. Bike in any direction, towards Washington or towards Great Falls Park.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
You can take your bike down to the C&O canal, the path is close to the house. Bike in any direction, towards Washington or towards Great Falls Park.
Whitetail Mountain Resort is a four-season resort located on Two Top Mountain, a mountain in the Bear Pond Mountains of Pennsylvania. It is one hour 15 minutes drive from the house. The resort opened for skiing in 1991, and was acquired a few years later by Snow Time, Inc., the company which also manages Liberty Mountain Resort and Ski Roundtop.
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Kurort Whitetail
13805 Blairs Valley RdWhitetail Mountain Resort is a four-season resort located on Two Top Mountain, a mountain in the Bear Pond Mountains of Pennsylvania. It is one hour 15 minutes drive from the house. The resort opened for skiing in 1991, and was acquired a few years later by Snow Time, Inc., the company which also manages Liberty Mountain Resort and Ski Roundtop.
Beach
Assateague Island National Seashore is a protected area on a long barrier island off the coast of Maryland and Virginia. It’s known for its Atlantic beaches and for trails that wind through marshland, dunes and pine forest. In the south, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge is home to wild Chincoteague ponies, bald eagles and migratory seabirds. Near Toms Cove is the working, 19th-century Assateague Lighthouse. 3.5 hours drive from the house.
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Assateague Island National Seashore
7206 National Seashore LaneAssateague Island National Seashore is a protected area on a long barrier island off the coast of Maryland and Virginia. It’s known for its Atlantic beaches and for trails that wind through marshland, dunes and pine forest. In the south, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge is home to wild Chincoteague ponies, bald eagles and migratory seabirds. Near Toms Cove is the working, 19th-century Assateague Lighthouse. 3.5 hours drive from the house.
Ocean City is a resort town in the U.S. state of Maryland between the Atlantic Ocean and Isle of Wight Bay. It features miles of beach and a wooden boardwalk lined with restaurants, shops and hotels. It is 3.5 hours drive from the house. At the boardwalk's southern end, Trimper’s Rides has hosted theme-park attractions for decades. The surrounding waters are active with kayaks and tour boats, some of which journey to popular Assateague Island nearby.
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Ocean City
Ocean City is a resort town in the U.S. state of Maryland between the Atlantic Ocean and Isle of Wight Bay. It features miles of beach and a wooden boardwalk lined with restaurants, shops and hotels. It is 3.5 hours drive from the house. At the boardwalk's southern end, Trimper’s Rides has hosted theme-park attractions for decades. The surrounding waters are active with kayaks and tour boats, some of which journey to popular Assateague Island nearby.