<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by bdschobel:
Neither hotel is terribly close to Metro, but both are accessible without going outside.
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Actually, both are amazingly close to the metro. Crystal Gateway you can walk either inside completely or outside. The walk is about 3 minutes to the Metro escalator. Crystal City, same thing. Also about 3 minutes if you walk indoors, 2 minutes outdoors.