Alexandria, Virginia

Alexandria, Virginia – on the border to the District of Columbia

Alexandria is in the Potomac River and is only a stone’s throw away from the capital of the United States of America, Washington D.C. The geographical position of the town is interesting, because here the borders of the federal states Virginia and Maryland meet the District of Columbia. If you book a motel, a holiday flat or a hotel in Alexandria, you have the advantage to be in immediate nearness to Washington D.C., but not to have to pay just the usual "capital backwardation".

To pay a visit in Washington D.C. is something quite special. Here historical places of interest like the „United State Capitol“, the „Washington Monument“ or the "Vietnam Veterans Memorial" are found.

During the independence war Washington was named after the supreme commander and also after the first president of the United States, George Washington. Here you will find, unlike than in other American cities, no skyscrapers.

A law beginning of the 20th century which indicates that no building of the town may be higher than Capitol is responsible for this circumstance. Nevertheless, the buildings  „Washington Monument“, „Old Post Office“ and „Washington National Cathedral“ offend against that regulation. However, there’s nothing to be done against it, because these were planned earlier than the enacting of the law. These are only some of the possibilities what holiday flat, a hotel or a motel in Alexandria entails.

 

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