Curved around the shore of Elliott Bay, with Lake Washington behind and the snowy peak of Mount Rainier hovering faintly in the distance,
SEATTLE
has a magnificent setting. The insistently modern skyline of glass skyscrapers gleams across the bay, an emblem of three decades of aggressive urban renewal.
Arrival And Information :
Flights land at Seattle/Tacoma's
Sea-Tac Airport
(tel 206/431-4444, ), on Hwy-99 (the Pacific Highway) fourteen miles south of downtown. Outside, the Gray Line Airport Express bus ($8.50 one-way, $15 round-trip; tel 206/626-6088, ) leaves every twenty minutes for the 25-minute journey to various hotels downtown. ShuttleExpress (tel 206/622-1424 or 1-800/487-RIDE, ) offers door-to-door service for $18-30. Metro express city bus #194 ($1.10, peak hours $1.75) takes thirty minutes to reach downtown's Transit Tunnel. A
taxi
to the city center costs $25-30. More Seattle information...
DOWNTOWN SEATTLE 11 MILES / BELLEVUE The Bellevue Club Hotel in Seattle's Eastside was rated the #1 hotel in Seattle and the #1 hotel in the Pacific Northwest by Zagat Survey 2004.
DOWNTOWN / SEATTLE Situated in downtown Seattle, the Westin Seattle Hotel is one block from the upscale shops at Westlake Center, five blocks from Pike Place Market, and one mile from baseball at Safeco Field.
DOWNTOWN / SEATTLE The Sheraton - Seattle is a deluxe hotel located in the heart of downtown, the best of Seattle lies just outside the front doors of the hotel.
Call toll free..
US and Canada: 1-800-780-5733
Europe: 00-800-11-20-11-40
Use discount code: 89865
