Bright outfit

Hotel Rouge in Washington: silk upholstered walls, headboards, heavy drapes, carpets, lampshades, print details - all red or variations on the theme of red

Passing the gallery

Text: Anna Mikhailova

Materials: - (c) Kimpton Group

Magazine: N10 (99) 2005

As you know, in Washington, no building has the right to be higher than the Capitol (the building of the US Congress). This rule has been strictly observed in the capital since 1865. The building of the Hotel Rouge, the Red Hotel, which became a hotel after the reconstruction of a residential building in the late 1960s, has ten standard floors ...

The hotel, located in the heart of Washington, near the Dupont Circle, cannot boast of the uniqueness of its appearance: a modest high-rise building made of gray brick. The interior of the same right from the doorway surprise brightness. The hotel has a firmly established reputation as a hospitable home in which an exceptionally cheerful atmosphere reigns. And basically this is the merit of an unusual interior.

It has a lot of energetic red color. To some it may seem like too much. Silk-studded walls, headboards, heavy drapes, carpeting, lampshades, prints - all red or variations on the theme of red. Add to this the camouflage shirts and blouses of the staff, purple cans of Red Bull beer, a scarlet flower on each table in the bar, glasses of ruby ​​wine offered to guests for free during the "red clock" and strawberry-colored Hot Tamale candies.

The hotel has 137 rooms elegantly decorated in modern style with “king” beds and full technical equipment of the top class. And there are 15 specially equipped rooms, including the Chat Room, Chill Room, Chow Room (that is, in the free reading this is a room where you can chat, cool, chew). Their design is appropriate. In some rooms (Chat and Chill Room) emphasis is placed on comfortable tables, armchairs and beds, in others (Chow Room) - on kitchen furniture in a modern style, with obligatory microwave oven and refrigerator. The apartments are designed French windows - from floor to ceiling. Of them offer a beautiful view of the city and one of the most ceremonial streets of the capital - Embassy Row.

In addition, the hotel has three well-equipped rooms for conferences, negotiations, banquets, which can accommodate up to a hundred people. All rooms, of course, red. And they all have characteristic, in shades of decor, names: Red Hot, Lava, Blash. Who is the hotel for? For everyone who likes the color red. The rest is not so important. Whoever you are - travelers, lovers, parents with children, businessmen, in Hotel Rouge you will be welcomed with chic. This indirectly confirms the lack of a dress code in the hotel, which will give you the opportunity to feel at ease. Already in the hall you will see temptingly soft sofas and armchairs, couches with bright pillows and fluffy carpets on the floor.

And the music in the dark bar will always be such as not to interfere with the conversation.

Hotel Rouge Flight: to Washington, the cost - from $ 900.Weather: in December - January in the afternoon - +5 ... + 8 ° С, at night - 0 ...- 2 ° С.Accommodation: from $ 172. Entertainment: visit the Capitol, the White House, the National Gallery of Art, the National Museums of American History of Aeronautics and Astronautics, memorials of the presidents of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Roosevelt, and the Opera and Drama Theaters at the John F. Kennedy Center.

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