8 guides · updated weekly
Shopping guides.
Deep dives into DC's neighborhoods, occasions and obsessions: where to go, what to buy, and where to eat after. Written by locals, checked against the shops themselves.
CityCenterDC and Penn Quarter Shopping Walk
A long downtown day that starts with the fashion houses and jewelers of CityCenterDC's Palmer Alley, then heads to Penn Quarter for F Street's pen, camera and book shops and three museum stores.
Read the guide →Dupont Circle and 14th Street: Bookshops, Consignment and Vintage
Washington's best day for book browsers: Dupont Circle's bookstores, comics and second-floor consignment, then east to 14th Street and U Street for home shops, records and vintage.
Read guide →A Saturday at Eastern Market and Barracks Row
A Capitol Hill Saturday that starts in the 1873 market hall and the weekend farm and craft stands, then works through the bookstores and gift shops on 7th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue before ending on Barracks Row.
Read guide →Georgetown Shopping Walk
A full day on foot through DC's oldest shopping district: M Street's flagships, the design showrooms around Cady's Alley, then up Wisconsin Avenue past legacy shops and consignment to Book Hill.
Read guide →Washington DC Hotels Near the Best Shopping
Fifteen MICHELIN-selected hotels, including all seven of Washington's Key holders, sorted by the shopping you can walk to: CityCenterDC and Penn Quarter, Georgetown, Dupont Circle, the Wharf, Union Market and Old Town Alexandria.
Read guide →Old Town Alexandria: A King Street Walk
A downhill day on foot from the King St–Old Town Metro to the Potomac: antiques and toys at the top of King, Virginia makers and stationery in the middle, bookshops and boutiques on the side streets, and artists' studios at the water.
Read guide →Union Market and The Wharf: A Market Day
A food-and-shopping day across two of DC's market districts: bread, spices and small makers at Union Market in the morning, then crabs at the Municipal Fish Market and bookshop and maker shopping on the Southwest waterfront.
Read guide →saturday morningWashington Holiday Markets 2026
Dates, hours and locations for the 2026 holiday markets in and around DC, from the DowntownDC Holiday Market on F Street to Heurich House's Christmas Markt and Old Town Alexandria's parade weekend, plus the events that haven't posted dates yet.
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