Transportation Tips Driving to the Hilton Arlington (In all cases the hotel will be on your right as you arrive) From the North: (Baltimore) Take I-95 south to I-495. Take I-495 west towards Northern Virginia. Follow signs to I-66 east until exit 71 (Fairfax/Glebe Road). Proceed on Fairfax Drive to the fourth stoplight at Stafford Street and turn right. From the South: (Richmond) I-95 North to I-395 North. Continue north on I-395 until exit 7 (Glebe Road/Rte 120). Proceed on North Glebe Road for about 3.3 miles to Fairfax Drive, make a right. Proceed to the second stoplight and turn right at Stafford Street. From the West: (Dulles Airport, I-81, West Virginia) I-66 east towards Washington. Take exit 71 (Glebe Road/Ballston) Come off the ramp and continue straight on North Fairfax Drive to the fourth stoplight at Stafford Street and turn right. From the East: (Washington) Take I-66 West until exit 71 (Fairfax/Glebe Road). At the top of the exit ramp, turn left onto Glebe Road. At the third stoplight, turn left onto Fairfax Drive. Proceed on Fairfax Drive two stoplights to Stafford Street and turn right. From the Northwest: (Frederick, MD) Take I-270 East to I-495 Northern Virginia. Follow signs to I-66 east towards Washington. Proceed on I-66 until exit 71 (Fairfax/Glebe Road). Proceed on Fairfax Drive until the fourth stoplight at Stafford Street and turn right. Airport Transportation Tips (The hotel does NOT provide limo service) FROM REAGAN NATIONAL AIRPORT: Taxi and Metro. The Metro Blue Line goes from Reagan National Airport to Rosslyn where you change to the Orange Line. There are four stops to the Hilton Hotel in Ballston. FROM DULLES AIRPORT: About 28 miles west of Hilton Hotel by car or taxi. The Dulles Express bus transports passengers to and from the Rosslyn Metro station (Arlington) to Dulles. Fares are around $5 with a Metro pass. For info: 703-228-RIDE or www.commuterpage.com. Several shuttle services also go to and from Dulles including Super Shuttle. Info at 202-296-6662 or www.supershuttle.com. Bus: Metro's 5A bus goes to and from Dulles and Rosslyn. At Rosslyn you would take the Orange Line to the Hilton at the Ballston stop. For info, 202-962-1234 or www.wmata.com. FROM BWI AIRPORT (situated between DC and Baltimore): The distance by car is about 30 miles. If not traveling by car, you can take the Express bus from BWI to Greenbelt Metro Station on the Green Line. It runs every 40 minutes. You would study a metro map to get from the Green Line to the Orange Line and then on to the Hilton Hotel which is located at the Ballston stop. By Amtrak or MARC trains: Service from BWI (From the BWI Airport Rail Station) to DC Union Station takes about 40 minutes. Amtrak info: 800-USA-RAIL or www.amtrak.com. MARC train info: 800-325-RAIL or www.mtamaryland.com. From and to BWI there is also Super Shuttle: 202-296-6662 and taxi. Special Tips Special Tip #1. The Metro system is one of the best in the country. Look at a map before automatically getting on a train. Neighborhoods and names of metro stops are sometimes one and the same. Special Tip #2. The taxi system in the DC metro area is screwy. Don't let yourself get taken advantage of. Taxis don't have meters. They use zones to calculate fares. Make sure to look closely at a taxi zone map to be sure you only get charged for the number of zones through which you actually travel.