The city break that'll bring even the surliest of teens to life: Inside Washington DC - the capital of cool for youngsters. It'll even distract them from their phones, our writer discovers...

MailOnline Travel's Harriet Arkell visited DC with her two teenage boys. As they entered the city the 'teenagers' eyes shone with excitement'. And the excitement never waned.

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