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meals, the Inn at El Gaucho offers a particularly outsized, swaggering American luxury.
Plasma-screen TVs, Bose stereo systems, 'Rain System' showers and buttery leather
couches grace all the suites.
And if it's too much to leave for even a moment, El Gaucho restaurant will serve you
steak in bed.
HOTEL ANDRA
BOUTIQUE HOTEL
$$$
( 206-448-8600;
www.hotelandra.com
; 2000 4th Ave; r from $289; ; Westlake)
It's in Belltown (so it's trendy) and it's Scandinavian-influenced (so it has lashings of
minimalist style), plus the Andra's fine location is complemented by leopard-skin fab-
rics, color accents, well-stocked bookcases, fluffy bathrobes, Egyptian-cotton bed linen
and a complimentary shoe-shine. The Lola restaurant next door does room service. Say
no more.
WARWICK HOTEL
HOTEL
$$$
( 206-443-4300;
www.warwickwa.com
;
401 Lenora St; r from $289; ; Westlake)
One of five Warwicks in the US (the most famous is in New York), Seattle's offering
looks rather stuffy, but actually it isn't. Rooms, with HBO connection and Lavazza
coffee-makers, are airier and more open than the disorientating lobby suggests and
there's a Gallic-accented restaurant on site. In the basement lie a small but useful pool
and gym.
Queen Anne & Lake Union
The Queen Anne hotels are all in Lower Queen Anne, aka 'Uptown,' immediately to
the west of Seattle Center, handy for the opera house or Key Arena and a 10-minute
walk to the Space Needle.
The shores of Lake Union hold several convenient, business-oriented hotels with
easy driving access to the rest of the city and some killer views across the water.
MEDITERRANEAN INN
HOTEL
$$
(
206-428-4700;
www.mediterranean-inn.com
; 425 Queen Anne Ave N; r from $159;
;
RapidRide D-Line)
There's something about the surprisingly un-Mediterranean Med
