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 Downtown
Seattle
Seattle has many visitors each year. Much of the downtown skyline is filled with
tall hotels to accommodate those visitors.
If you’re looking for a large hotel in a people friendly downtown area
then the hotels in downtown Seattle
will take care of your every wish.
Visit our Downtown
area lodging page.
Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
If you arrive in Seattle by air you will
see a skyline full of tall hotels to the east of the airport. That area is the City of SeaTac.
SeaTac is the city at the front gate to Seattle Tacoma
International Airport. If you want the convenience of being close
to the Airport look to the City of SeaTac
for your lodging. Don’t let addresses
confuse you; much of this area still
uses Seattle
mailing addresses. See our SeaTac
area lodging page.
Metropolitan Seattle
If you are
looking for something other than an area crowded with hotels, airport, and
downtown activity then the Seattle Metropolitan Area has a lot of unique and
varied opportunities for you.
The Seattle
Metropolitan Area is cut in half, north to south, by Lake
Washington. Seattle has two
freeways running north to south. First
is Interstate-5 which runs from the Canadian border to the Mexican border
down the west coast. Second is
Interstate-405 which was originally built as a diversion to get you around
the Seattle Traffic congestion. I-405
runs down the east side of Lake Washington. However, today the east side, due to it
growth in recent years, has its own traffic problems so that today often it
is faster to take I-5 to get through Seattle.
Both
freeways are lined with cities and in Seattle,
neighborhoods, along much of I-5 in the Seattle Metro area. Almost any point you pick to get off of a
freeway, you will find yourself in a city or a neighborhood of Seattle that offers
food and lodging. The atmosphere in
these areas is usually quieter and more personal.
We have
listed the cities in the Seattle Metro area in order from north to south
along the two freeways for your convenience.
Interstate-90
heads east out of Seattle into the foothills
of the Cascade Mountains. Mercer Island,
on Interstate-90, is in Lake Washington and
is mainly residential. Issaquah is
east of Lake Washington at the south end of Lake Sammamish. East of Issaquah you climb steeply into the
foothills.
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