The Sofitel Lafayette Square hotel is located in Washington, D.C., one block from the White House. This hotel, circa 1880, is one mile from Dupont Circle and the Washington Monument. The National Air & Space Museum and the Jefferson Memorial are within two miles of the hotel.

The Sofitel Lafayette Square hotel's Le Bar serves complimentary coffee and tea every morning. The contemporary bar features purple walls and red accents among black and white chairs and purple sofas.

The onsite restaurant, Café 15, serves French cuisine in a contemporary setting and includes a terrace.

Gold framed artwork hangs on the restaurant's dark blue walls. For meetings or events the hotel offers six meeting rooms, the largest of which accommodates 180 guests. The hotel offers wireless Internet access and fax and photocopying services. This Washington, D.C., hotel offers a fitness center which includes cardiovascular equipment with personal television screens, weight training equipment, free weights and extra towels.

Guestrooms at the Sofitel Lafayette Square hotel are equipped with wireless Internet access, in room safes and cable television. Minibars are provided and room service is available 24-hours a day. The bathrooms at this Washington, D.C., hotel include telephones and separate showers and bathtubs. Bathrooms also include magnifying makeup mirrors.

Neutral décor in the guestrooms pops with red accents. Upholstered chairs and ottomans provide extra seating.

The Octagon House is three blocks from hotel. The Federal period mansion and museum, at the corner of New York Avenue and 18th Street, was built in 1801 by a friend of George Washington and is said to be haunted. The round Treaty Room in the Octagon House is where James Madison signed the Treaty of Ghent, ending the War of 1812.