I haven’t been there in a long time, but I used to quite like the Seattle Westin , which is in downtown Seattle, where there are tons and tons of things to do. Downtown has the historic public market, monorail to the world’s fair site, science center, opera, ballet, theaters, symphony, music, shopping, underground Seattle, great restaurants, ferry trips across Puget Sound, and that’s just from downtown. The area has the Pacific Ocean, lakes, forests, great mountains, a volcano, and Vancouver, Canada is just a few hours’ drive away.
Speaking of which, there are several hotels owned by that chain in Vancouver, B.C., a city I’d recommend perhaps more than Seattle. I’ve stayed in at least one of them (the Metropolitan), but I see it’s rate is listed at about five times what I paid for it, though I guess that was hmm… 15 or so years ago. Still, egad! It’s nice but not worth 450 CAD per night.
Dang, there are even four that-chain-owned hotels is Paris, France, and thee of them are cheaper than the Metropolitan in Vancouver! I’d rather be in Paris… or, let’s see, yep, Rome, Florence, Venice, London, etc…