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PENSIONE NICHOLS
B&B
$$
( 206-441-7125;
www.pensionenichols.com
; 1923 1st Ave; r from $130; ; Westlake)
In
a town with few cheap hotels and hardly any B&Bs right downtown, Pensione Nichols
is a treat. Right in the urban thick of things between Pike Place Market and Belltown,
this charmingly remodeled European-style pensione has 10 rooms that share four retro-
cool bathrooms, two large suites and a spacious common area that overlooks the mar-
ket.
Rooms come with a complete and tasty breakfast. There are parking options in a
nearby garage.
EDGEWATER
HOTEL
$$$
(
206-728-7000;
www.edgewaterhotel.com
;
Pier 67, 2411 Alaskan Way; r 420-750;
;
13)
Fame and notoriety has stalked the Edgewater. Perched over the water on a pier,
it was once the hotel of choice for every rock band that mattered, including the Beatles,
the Rolling Stones and, most infamously, Led Zeppelin, who took the 'you can fish
from the hotel window' advertising jingle a little too seriously and filled their suite with
sharks.
These days, the fishing - and Led Zeppelin - is prohibited, but the rooms are still de-
luxe with a capital D.
ALEXIS HOTEL
HOTEL
$$$
( 206-624-4844;
www.alexishotel.com
; 1007 1st Ave; r/ste from $280/310; ;
University St)
Run by the Kimpton Hotel group, the Alexis is a boutique hotel that is
positively lavish, with huge rooms, thick carpets, gleaming bathrooms and some luxury
extras - a steam room and fitness center, for instance. The hotel's pet-friendly moniker
is taken seriously; visiting dogs get bowls of distilled water on arrival.
Thick double-glazed windows keep out the cacophony of downtown just outside the
front door.
INN AT THE MARKET
BOUTIQUE HOTEL
$$$
(
206-443-3600;
www.innatthemarket.com
;
86 Pine St; r with/without water view $370/255;
;
Westlake)
The only hotel lodging in venerable Pike Place Market, this el-
