The US city with president-loved restaurants, 40-layer lasagnes and one of the world’s biggest libraries

IT was my first time in Washington D.C. and, thanks to a late-night arrival, I had no real idea what lay beyond the curtain of my hotel room.

But as the sun rose the next day and I pulled back the drapes, I was greeted by a view that stopped me in my tracks — the White House, framed perfectly in front of me.

With the Presidential election so close, there is no better time to be in the Washington FCGetty The Lincoln Memorial is a tourist hotspot and one of many historical must-sees...