Originally Posted by
Viajero Joven
If you want to stay in the immediate area but be off of the main drags, there's some Art Deco hotel just up NH Ave. a couple blocks, between R and S on the E side of the St. Can't recall the name.
Carlyle Suites Hotel.
I live in this area and can say that it is actually not that noisy, except in a few specific places such as Dupont Circle itself as indicated above and the heart of Adams-Morgan, Columbia and 18th streets. Dupont Circle (the neighborhood) and especially Adams-Morgan are actually mostly residential areas.