TRAVEL

The Hilton Mark Center Alexandria Hotel is located at 5000 Seminary Road, Alexandria VA 22311, just off I-395, five miles south of the DC line.

A free shuttle ferries visitors every 60 minutes to and from the Pentagon City Metro Stop (Blue & Yellow lines of the Washington Metro System) and National Airport.

If you're driving, here is a map and directions.

To share rides and arrange a van or bus, visit the Travel Board (temporarily out of order)

If you're coming from Boston, New York, Philadelphia, or Richmond, consider the discount bus services. They will drop you off at a Washington Metro station, where you can take a metro train to Pentagon City Metro station (blue/yellow lines) and catch the free shuttle to the hotel.

If you're coming by train or Greyhound, from Union Station take the Red Line and transfer to Blue or Yellow Line to Pentagon City Metro, then catch the free shuttle to the hotel.

If you're flying, check discount web sites like Orbitz, Sidestep, Cheaptickets, TravelWorm, and Hotwire.

Flying into Washington National Airport (DCA) is best, because it gets you a free 10-min shuttle ride to the hotel.

From Dulles International Airport (IAD), the fast and convenient way, if you have a group, is to take a cab (35 minutes, $55). The cheap way is to catch a Washington Flyer bus to the West Falls Church Metro Station, take the Orange Line to Rosslyn, transfer to the Blue Line to Pentagon City Metro, then catch the free shuttle to the hotel (1.5 hrs, $12).

From Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI), a cab is fast and convenient, but expensive (1 hour, $75). It may be suitable for a group. The cheap way is to catch the B30 bus outside Concourse A/B or the International Terminal to the Greenbelt Metro Station, take the Green Line to Gallery Place, transfer to the Blue or Yellow Line to Pentagon City Metro, then catch the free shuttle to the hotel (2 hrs, $8).

For ground transportation, we recommend carrying $1 bills. For more details on Washington's excellent underground transportation system, please visit Metro and the system map.

Here is a great public transportation reference website for DC and suburban Virginia.