Though many of Virginia's upscale hotels offer restaurants and bars for on-site entertainment, a few go a step further and offer dancing as well. Hotel dance clubs typically are open to the public, not just hotel guests. It may be worthwhile to investigate whether the club is far enough away from the rooms to ensure you can get a good night's sleep after you finish dancing.
Near the college town of Blacksburg in the western part of the state, the Mountain Lake Hotel was where the movie "Dirty Dancing" was filmed. The hotel capitalizes on that tie-in with Dirty Dancing Weekends throughout the year. Guests during those weekends can watch the movie, enjoy dancing and karaoke, take dance lessons and participate in a "Dirty Dancing" trivia contest.
Mountain Lake Hotel
115 Hotel Circle
Pembroke, VA 24136
540-626-7121
mountainlakehotel.com
This Washington, D.C.-area hotel includes the Skydome Lounge, which hotel management says is the metropolitan area's only revolving rooftop lounge. Patrons enjoy good views of the nation's capital, and the facility features happy hour buffets in addition to dancing. Karaoke takes place three nights a week. Attire is business casual. The lounge has a $10 cover charge as of 2010.
Doubletree Hotel
300 Army Navy Drive
Arlington, VA 22202
703-416-4100
doubletree1.hilton.com
This Richmond hotel contains the Visions Dance Club, which attracts both hotel guests and local residents. Different nights of the week feature distinct styles of dancing, such as new-style line dancing on Monday and beach music and shag dancing on Tuesday. The lounge restricts attendance to adults ages 21 and older and, as of 2010, has an $8 cover charge. Priority Club hotel guests get in for free.
Holiday Inn Koger Conference Center
1021 Koger Center Blvd.
Richmond, VA 23235
804-379-3800
holidayinnkoger.com
This luxury hotel in Newport News, near the historic town of Williamsburg, is the home of the Tribeca Night Club. The club has live music and dancing until 2 a.m. nightly. It is a three-level establishment with two bars.
Omni Newport News Hotel
1000 Omni Blvd.
Newport News, VA 23606
757-873-6664
omnihotels.com
Another Doubletree Hotel, the Hotel Roanoke in southwestern Virginia's largest city, includes a dance club known as Club aka. The facility, on the hotel's basement level, is available for private parties Sunday through Thursday and opens to the public Friday and Saturday.
Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center
110 Shenandoah Ave.
Roanoke, VA 24016
540-985-5900
hotelroanoke.com
