Kalorama

Welcome to Kalorama

A storied city neighborhood with distinguished estates overlooking Rock Creek Park.

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Commute Times

Metro Center 20m by train, 16m by car

Union Station 26m by train, 28m by car

Dupont Circle 11m by train, 6m by car

Regan National Airport 55m by train, 26m by car

Nearest Metro

Boundaries

East to West Connecticut Avenue to Rock Creek Park

North to South Kalorama Circle to Q Street

Nearby Neighborhoods Georgetown, Dupont Circle, Adams Morgan, Woodley Park, Mount Pleasant

Around The Block

Kalaroma

An exclusive enclave high above the city.

Kalorama—Greek for “fine view”—gets its name from a large, classical estate built on one of the city’s highest elevations in 1807. Though the estate is gone, the eponymous neighborhood is now home to some of DC’s chicest addresses, from diplomatic homes and embassies to Mediterranean, Colonial and Georgian-revival mansions.

Townhouse entrance with stone steps and iron railing beneath leafy trees.

Tan multi-story building with a columned entrance and flags, partly shaded by leafy trees.

Ornate red neighborhood sign with a horseback rider beside a leafy residential street.

What to Expect

A world away from it all.

As one of the city’s earliest developments, the leafy streets of this wholly residential neighborhood are off the grid—they were exempted from DC’s gridded street-layout system as development crept outward from downtown. The result is that these distinguished homes and classic old apartment buildings feel a world away from the bustling city around them.

Townhouse exterior with a red tile roof, black front door, and leafy trees.

Bronze equestrian statue above curved stone steps, with trees and apartment buildings behind it.

Ivy-covered house with a white columned entrance and dark green garage door.

The Lifestyle

“Do Not Disturb.”

Peace and quiet are the rules of this close-knit community, where security is tight around the homes of former President Barack Obama and current presidential advisors Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. Its residents—be they ambassadors and diplomats, cabinet secretaries, or C-suite executives—come home to escape. Rather than their high-ranking jobs or social lives, they’re more likely to talk about their dogs, children, or parking woes when they meet on Kalorama’s sidewalks and parks.

Red-brick Kalorama home with a black entrance and landscaped steps as a person walks a dog.

yes! Natural Food Supermarket storefront on Columbia Road, with a woman and child entering.

Tree-lined sidewalk beside a grassy neighborhood park, with an adult and child walking past parked cars.

Fenced tennis court bordered by leafy landscaping, with players on the court.

Unexpected Appeal

International flavor.

Kalorama is home to dozens of embassies that open their doors to the public every spring to display the fruits of their cultures. You can also get on individual embassy email lists for public concerts, lectures and exhibits held throughout the year.

Bronze statue of a man beside a pale stone building, surrounded by trees and flowering shrubs.

The Market

Rarefied real estate.

Most of the neighborhood is filled with stately homes built in the early 20th century, and the city’s elite pay millions to snap one up when it comes on the market.