HOTEL ACCOMMODATIONS
DoubleTree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center Bethesda
8120 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: (301) 652-2000 or (800) 222-8733
Hotel Website: DoubleTree Hotel and Executive Meeting Center Bethesda
Sleeping Room Rate: $201 per night, plus tax (or prevailing government rate)
Check-In Time: 4:00 p.m.
Check-Out Time: 12:00 p.m.
Parking: Valet Parking $20 daily
A block of sleeping rooms has been reserved at the hotel for arrival on Sunday, June 15, 2008, and departure on Tuesday, June 17, 2008. You may make reservations by calling the hotel at (301) 652-2000 or (800) 222-8733. Be sure to indicate that you are requesting a room for the NIDDK Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome Meeting when making your reservation to receive the group rate. The room block will be in effect at the government rate until Tuesday, May 27, 2008. Any room reservations received after that date will be accepted on a space- and rate-availability basis. Please make your reservations as soon as possible.
If you need to cancel your reservation, please do so at least 24 hours in advance or a no-show fee for one night will be charged on your credit card.
DRIVING DIRECTIONS
From Points North (Baltimore, Philadelphia, Wilmington, New York, and New Jersey): Take I-95 South toward Washington, DC. At I-495 (Capital Beltway), proceed west toward Silver Spring/Bethesda. Take Exit 34 (Route 355 or Rockville Pike/Wisconsin Avenue) and proceed south toward Washington/Bethesda. The hotel is approximately 2 miles ahead on the right.
From Points South (Richmond, Virginia Beach, and North and South Carolina): Take I-95 North toward Washington, DC. Take I-395 North via Exit 170A-B on the left. Merge onto I-495 North/Capital Beltway via Exit 170B toward Tysons Corner. Take Exit 34 (Route 355 or Wisconsin Avenue/Rockville Pike) and proceed south toward Washington/Bethesda. The hotel is approximately 2 miles ahead on the right.
From Route 66 East (Northern Virginia, McLean, and Fairfax): Take Route I-66 East to I-495 North/Capital Beltway Baltimore. Take Exit 34 (Route 355 or Wisconsin Avenue/Rockville Pike) and proceed south toward Washington/Bethesda. The hotel is approximately 2 miles ahead on the right.
From I-270 South: From I-270 South, take the left spur toward I-495 East. Just before the spur ends, take Exit 34/Route 355 (Wisconsin Avenue/Rockville Pike) on the left and proceed south toward Washington/Bethesda. The hotel is approximately 2 miles ahead on the right.
From Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA): Take the George Washington Parkway North to I-495 North toward Maryland. From I-495, take Exit 34 (Route 355 or Wisconsin Avenue/Rockville Pike) and proceed south toward Washington/Bethesda. The hotel is approximately 2 miles ahead on the right.
From Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI): Take the Baltimore Washington Parkway South toward Washington, DC. At I-495 (Capital Beltway) proceed west toward Silver Spring/Bethesda. Take Exit 34 (Route 355 or Wisconsin Avenue/Rockville Pike) and proceed south toward Washington/Bethesda. The hotel is approximately 2 miles ahead on the right.
From Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD): Take the Dulles Access Road East to I-495 (Capital Beltway) heading North to Bethesda/Baltimore. From I-495, take Exit 34 (Route 355 or Wisconsin Avenue/Rockville Pike) and proceed south toward Washington/Bethesda. The hotel is approximately 2 miles ahead on the right.
GROUND TRANSPORTATION
METRO INFORMATION
The Metro system is clean, reliable, and safe. It operates from 5:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight Monday through Thursday; 5:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. on Friday; 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 a.m. on Saturday; and 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 midnight on Sunday. Each passenger must purchase a farecard to travel in the system. Guides for purchasing farecards are posted on the vending machines in each station. Each Metro car features a complete color-coded map of the system. Station attendants on duty at each station can provide additional information on request.
From Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, take the Metro Yellow Line toward Mt. Vernon Square/7th Street-Convention Center or Fort Totten (make sure the train says "Mt. Vernon Square" or "Fort Totten"). Exit the Yellow Line at the Gallery Place Chinatown Metro station. Take the Metro Red Line toward Grosvenor-Strathmore or Shady Grove (make sure the train says "Grosvenor" or "Shady Grove"). Exit at the Medical Center station. After taking the escalator up, look for the hotel shuttle, which runs hourly between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. For further information on the shuttle, please call the hotel.
From Union Station or downtown Washington (main Metro lines into the city converge at Metro Center station and Gallery Place station), take the Metro Red Line toward Grosvenor-Strathmore or Shady Grove (make sure the train says "Grosvenor" or "Shady Grove"). Exit at the Medical Center station. After taking the escalator up, look for the hotel shuttle, which runs hourly between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. For further information on the shuttle, please call the hotel.
TRANSPORTATION COSTS (estimated)
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- SuperShuttle: $26
- Taxi: $45
Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport
- SuperShuttle: $26
- Taxi: $65
Washington Dulles International Airport
- SuperShuttle: $31
- Taxi: $55
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