These adjacent neighborhoods along the Potomac River are two of the oldest in the city. Once the site of numerous breweries, Foggy Bottom is now home to George Washington University, the Watergate Complex, and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Georgetown’s charming streets are lined with historic row houses and grand homes, while residents and tourists alike enjoy the abundant shopping and dining options along Wisconsin Avenue and M Street.

This funky neighborhood has long been a nightlife destination. Bars, restaurants, and nightclubs line the main commercial corridor of 18th Street. Residential streets include a mix of Victorian row houses and stately condo and co-ops buildings, while murals, international diversity, and the pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly streetscape keep residents here for the long-term.

Once a forgotten neighborhood, Logan Circle has been reborn in the last 20 years. Sleek luxury condo buildings sit alongside beloved locally-owned shops and restaurants along bustling 14th Street. The majority of this walkable, upscale neighborhood is composed of quiet residential streets lined with restored Victorian row houses and shaded by a mature tree canopy.

Just east of the US Congress is Capitol Hill, the largest historic residential neighborhood in the city (and one of its oldest). You’ll often find neighbors stopping to chat on its quiet, narrow streets of row houses. Residents shop and dine along lively Pennsylvania Avenue and at Eastern Market, an 1873 public market that also hosts an outdoor flea market every weekend.