To All of Our Many Guests and Friends

Beautifully renovated, light-filled and comfortably elegant, the Woodley Park Guest House delights both new and returning guests. With thoughtfully appointed rooms and inviting public spaces, the Guest House offers you a peaceful retreat in a lush, historic DC enclave. The Guest House experience is one of congeniality and community. Owners Laura and Raymond Saba, along with inkeepers Betty and Jerry, meet guests at breakfast and introduce them to one another. The conversations that start at the breakfast table spill over into evenings on the front porch or after-dinner chats in the living room. Many of our guests return over and over again - and even those who visit DC only once leave as friends and family.

The Guest House puts everything you want to see and do in DC within easy reach. Located in a beautiful, safe, historic neighborhood, we are just steps from the entrance to the Woodley Park/Zoo/Adams Morgan Metro station, along an avenue that offers you dozens of excellent restaurant choices serving a wide variety of international cuisines. A quick walk takes you to the National Cathedral, the National Zoo or the running trails in Rock Creek Park. American University, Georgetown, and George Washington Universities are all close by, as are several of DC's largest conference hotels, making us the perfect home base for business or leisure travel.

In the 25+ years we have owned the Guest House, we have welcomed a vibrant travelling community - more than 25,000 travellers to date - from every state and nation and from every walk of life. Our guests share many common characteristics, including the love of travel and of diverse peoples, cultures, traditions and physical environments. Every day we host an every-changing community of artists, lawyers, writers, medical professionals, educators, visionaries, legislators, executives and administrators. Our guests are generous people, willing to share their lives and experiences, their stories and their humor. For 25+ years we have looked forward to meeting you - or welcoming you back - every morning at breakfast!

Laura and Raymond have been collecting art since before they got married more than 50 years ago. From the beginning, they made a commitment to buy original pieces from living artists, many of whom have become close friends. They Saba's love the light and life artwork brings to a room. (They intensely dislike "corporate" art, which is like spam in your inbox: as soon as you see it, you wants to delete it!) Almost every piece that deocrates the rooms and hallways of the Guest House has been purchased from artists who have stayed with us. Heather Craig, Beto Rossi, Justina Selinger, Shoshana Ahart, and Claude Kattan are among the artists represented in the collection. Two whimsical quilts by Deborah Banyas are family heirlooms, purchased when Laura and Raymond's children were young. They are now the iconic images of the Guest House.

Each of our guest rooms is a quiet, uncluttered, well-furnished, and spotlessly clean oasis featuring original artwork, beautiful Persian carpets and lovely furnishings. Each room exhibits an attention to detail that emphasizes your comfort and convenience. Beds have luxurious linens for a fabulous night's sleep. On either side of the bed is a bedside table with a good lamp for reading and space for glasses, phones, books, or a plate of cookies or a glass of wine. Every room for two guests needs two comfortable chairs for planning the day - or reviewing the day. Closets need enough hangers, and bathrooms need enough hooks and towel racks for your robe and your towels. We know what we like when we travel, and what we miss if it isn't there - and we have furnished our rooms accordingly.