Washington D.C.
Flights to Washington kick off a holiday of stately White House tours, free art museums and soaring marble monuments.
Things to do
Dorothy’s Wizard of Oz ruby slippers and Louis Armstrong’s trumpet gleam beneath the lights at Washington’s Museum of American History, just one of a dozen museums on the National Mall.
Shopping
Head to Capitol Hill, where shop windows are lined with the symbols of America. Pick up replicas of the Declaration of Independence and red-white-and-blue neckties and scarves, classic souvenirs of a Washington city break.
Restaurants
In dark-panelled Old Ebbitt Grill, watch the door for Washington power brokers and politicos. Then sit down to a meal of thick steak and Atlantic coast seafood accompanied by Scotch on the rocks in the shadow of the White House.
Nightlife
Schedule flights to Washington in time for an evening at the Kennedy Center, where the world’s finest musicians and ballerinas take centre stage. Buy a ticket to the nation’s finest performing-arts venue for an inspired Washington holiday evening.
When to go
KLM has frequent flights to Washington. See the pink blossoms of the Tidal Basin at Washington’s spring Cherry Blossom Festival, or watch the fireworks at July’s National Independence Day Festival.
