This Waterfront Virginia City Has a Stylish New Lodge With a Rooftop Bar and Gorgeous Views

Alexandria, Virginia, positioned simply quarter-hour outdoors of Washington, D.C., is a vacation spot in its personal proper. The waterfront city, which has additionally been highlighted as among the best locations to stay in Virginia and among the best cities within the U.S., is an ideal mix of contemporary conveniences and historic appeal. It has a wealthy historical past, beautiful Georgian and Victorian structure, and a vibrant Outdated City, a nationally designated historic district.

Prior to now few years, Alexandria’s hospitality scene has grown with a number of notable boutique openings. The most recent addition is the attractive Lodge Heron, which opens its doorways in the present day.

Housed within the former George Mason Lodge, a Colonial Revival gem on the coronary heart of Outdated City, and an adjoining new constructing, the 134-key property and its design replicate the spirit of this contemporary metropolis that can also be rooted in historical past. The lodge, developed by Aparium Lodge Group, is dreamed up as a group gathering area and gives a number of meals and beverage ideas, together with a chic restaurant and a surprising rooftop bar with views over all the metropolis. 

“Lodge Heron embodies the essence of mid-Atlantic design, with a wealthy coloration palette that extends from our public areas to our visitor rooms, that includes colonial-style woods and federal blues, greens, and crisp whites,” Philip Blane, the lodge’s basic supervisor, advised Journey + Information. 

The fashionable visitor rooms include king-sized beds, spacious trendy loos with walk-in showers, trendy locally-made furnishings, and outsized home windows.

The lodge’s signature restaurant, KILN, helmed by government chef Matthew Maienshein, who was beforehand at JoJo by Jean-Georges, pays homage to Alexandria’s first documented potter, Henry Piercy, and treats patrons to Mid-Atlantic classics with a contemporary twist, in addition to a number of Chesapeake Bay-inspired dishes.

One of the lovely areas within the lodge is its intimate cocktail bar/speakeasy, the place jewel-toned interiors and vintage mirrored particulars create an elegant vibe. Nevertheless, the rooftop bar, Good Fortune, will generate probably the most buzz this summer time season. (The area might be open till October.) With its plush, snug furnishings, greenery, and panoramic views that attain so far as Washington, D.C., and the Potomac River, it’s the excellent spot for sundowners subsequent time you go to the world.

“Our imaginative and prescient for the lodge was to craft a welcoming place the place each vacationers and locals really feel actually at dwelling,” Blane stated. “We’re keen about fostering group connections, which is why we’ve designed month-to-month programming initiatives that embody a rooftop live performance sequence, collaborations with native artists and organizations, and festive celebrations all year long, together with Alexandria’s 275th Birthday on July 13.”

Nightly charges at Lodge Heron begin from $239, and you’ll e book your keep on heronalexandria.com.