Taking Off: D.C. hotel revives cocktail hour

Washington's Normandy Hotel is bringing back cocktail hour. Plus other travel tidbits.

December 31, 2011 at 6:48PM
The photographer: Terrell Willhite of Minnetonka. The scene: Willhite said it was well worth the effort to reach the Eagle's Nest, Hitler's mountaintop retreat in the German Bavarian Alps. Willhite said in an e-mail that "the drive up the mountain was breathtaking" and calls the photo from his September trip "one of my favorites, as it really shows just how high we were, on this small outcrop of rock above the clouds."
The photographer: Terrell Willhite of Minnetonka. The scene: Willhite said it was well worth the effort to reach the Eagle's Nest, Hitler's mountaintop retreat in the German Bavarian Alps. Willhite said in an e-mail that "the drive up the mountain was breathtaking" and calls the photo from his September trip "one of my favorites, as it really shows just how high we were, on this small outcrop of rock above the clouds." (Special to the Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Normandy is tucked away in D.C. neighborhood Washington's Normandy Hotel is bringing back cocktail hour. When you're done with a long day of sightseeing in the nation's capital, you can return to the Normandy for the "Daily Indulgence," a spread that includes wine, cheese, crackers, fruit and sweets served in the hotel's library-like common area. The little-known two-year-old Doyle Collection hotel is tucked away on a residential street in the middle of Embassy Row in one of Washington's loveliest neighborhoods. Rates start at $109 weekends and $209 weeknights. www.doylecollection.com.

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Jackson Hole ski resort offers 33 percent off Snake River Lodge & Spa in Jackson Hole, Wyo., has a winter ski deal. With the Lift & Lodging package, get 33 percent off regular rates, plus free daily breakfast. Prices vary depending on the date of stay. For a late-January visit, for example, a package including four nights' accommodations, two four-day lift tickets and daily breakfast comes to $1,622 for two people, including all fees and taxes. Purchased separately, lodging would cost $1,496 and lift tickets $696. Book and travel by April 9. Information: 1-866-367-7625, www.snakeriverlodge.rockresorts.com.

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