This apartment is close to Mt. Pleasant St., a business area with just about anything a traveler needs -- good restaurants including best bakery/restaurant in town, Saturday farmer's market, local grocers, hardware store. It's just a couple blocks to the Columbia Heights Metro, and it's a very safe area. You can walk to Rock Creek Park and the National Zoo. When you return from your day in DC, you'll enjoy the comfy, quiet apartment and the good bed. We slept very well.