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There are discounts if you are staying at the hotel for family medical reasons.
11TH AVENUE INN
B&B
$$
( 206-720-7161;
www.11thAvenueInn.com
;
121 11th Ave E; r $139-199; ; Capitol Hill)
Formerly a boarding house and a dance studio, this 1906 home has been a B&B since
2003. Its facade is not the grandest of Seattle's B&Bs, but you know what they say
about judging a book by its cover.
The 11th Avenue Inn has eight rooms, each with eclectic Victorian furnishings, Ori-
ental rugs, handsome headboards, and hand-pressed Egyptian cotton sheets. You won't
go hungry here: breakfast is a full-course sit-down affair in the Victorian dining room,
and you're invited to help yourself to snacks and drinks throughout the day. There's
also a living room with stereo and computer for guest use, or wireless internet if you've
brought your own. To complete the historical feeling of the house, there is dark wood-
work throughout, surrounding the staircase, doors and windows.
SORRENTO HOTEL
HOTEL
$$$
( 206-622-6400;
www.hotelsorrento.com
; 900 Madison St; d from $269; ;
64)
William Howard Taft, 27th US president, was the first registered guest at the Sor-
rento, an imposing Italianate hotel known since its birth in 1909 as the jewel of Seattle.
The combination of luxurious appointments, over-the-top service and a pervasive sense
of class add up to a perfect blend of decadence and restraint.
The hotel's restaurant, the Hunt Club, is worth a stop whether you're staying here or
not. Continental breakfast ($11) and a shuttle to the airport ($65) are among the extras
on offer.
U District
Accommodations here are also more likely to include free parking, as real estate is less
limited than it is downtown.
COLLEGE INN
HOTEL
$
( 206-633-4441;
www.collegeinnseattle.com
;
4000 University Way NE; s/d incl breakfast from
$65/75;
;
70)
This pretty, half-timbered building in the U District, left over
