Stay near the National Mall for hostel prices

I Street Capsule Hostel is at 512 I Street NW in Chinatown, about 15 minutes on foot from the National Mall and the Smithsonian museums. You get a private capsule with a locking door and a full kitchen, at hostel prices instead of downtown hotel prices.

Walking times from the hostel

• National Portrait Gallery: 6 minutes.
• National Mall and the Smithsonian museums: about 15 minutes.
• The White House: about 15 minutes.
• Union Station: about 15 minutes.
• Capital One Arena: 1 block.
• Gallery Place–Chinatown Metro (Red, Green and Yellow Lines): 3 minutes.

The easy way to the Mall: walk straight down 7th Street. For the monuments at the far end, the Metro from Gallery Place–Chinatown saves your feet.

A museum day that doesn’t cost a hotel night

Downtown hotels near the Mall are expensive. Here you sleep in a private smart capsule (4′ × 4′ × 6′4″, full-size mattress, fresh linens, a universal outlet and USB-C), cook in the full kitchen (fridge, freezer, oven and all the cooking utensils) and use free fast WiFi. Book direct and there are no booking-site fees.

Arrive and leave on your schedule

• Goki self check-in, 24/7: your digital key arrives in the Goki app.
• Front desk: 9 AM–2 PM and 6–10 PM.
• Free luggage drop before check-in and after check-out, so your last museum day doesn’t end at 11 AM.

Rooms

• Mixed capsule dorm: 8 capsules.
• Women’s capsule dorm: 12 capsules.
• Men’s capsule dorm: 8 capsules.
• Private capsule rooms and full private rooms.

More about the neighborhood: our Chinatown guide.