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named after Washington vineyards and wineries, and there's wine tasting in the lobby
every afternoon.
WESTIN HOTEL SEATTLE
HOTEL
$$$
( 206-728-1000;
www.westinseattle.com
;
1900 5th Ave; r from $329; ;
Westlake)
This impossible-to-miss, two-cylinder luxury business hotel has almost 900
rooms, some of which contain Jacuzzis, CD players or a range of workout equipment.
There's a heated pool, an exercise room, a gift shop, internet access (free in the lobby,
for a fee in guest rooms) and a business center - not to mention great views and a popu-
lar restaurant.
HOTEL MAX
BOUTIQUE HOTEL
$$$
( 206-441-4200;
www.hotelmaxseattle.com
; 620 Stewart St; r from $229; ;
Westlake)
Original artworks hang in the small but cool guest rooms, and it's tough to get
any hipper than the Max's super- saturated color scheme - not to mention package
deals such as the Grunge Special or the Gaycation. Rooms feature menus for your
choice of pillows and spirituality services.
PARAMOUNT HOTEL
HOTEL
$$$
( 206-292-9500;
www.paramounthotelseattle.com
; 724 Pine St; r from $269; ;
Westlake)
The Paramount has 146 large rooms that, like the lobby areas, are furnished
with heavy antiques perhaps meant to give the relatively new hotel an old-world feel.
The downstairs restaurant-bar, Dragonfish, has a 'sushi happy hour' and is a convenient
place to meet for a drink before hitting the town.
HOTEL 1000
HOTEL
$$$
( 206-957-1000;
www.hotel1000seattle.com
; 1000 1st Ave; r from $429; ;
University St)
If you love the clean lines and simple elegance of IKEA, but you happen
to have just won the lottery, you might design a hotel like this. Leather-clad egg chairs
cuddle around a concrete-and-steel tube fireplace in the lounge; rooms have bedside
tables made of chrome and wood; bathrooms have granite counters and freestanding
tubs that fill from the ceiling; beds are curtained off in luxurious earth-toned textiles.
