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Sorrento Hotel

Address: 900 Madison St., First Hill, Seattle, WA, 98104 | Map It
Phone: 206/622-6400; 800/426-1265
www.hotelsorrento.com

Price range: $$$$
Location: First Hill

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Fodor's Review:

Built in 1909, the Sorrento was designed to look like an Italian villa, with a dramatic circular driveway surrounding a palm-fringed fountain. The hotel is in between Downtown and Capitol Hill and convenient to both. Though its immediate area is not terribly attractive (a lot of hospital buildings and clinics nearby), walking a few blocks north towards the excellent Frye Art Museum along tree-lined streets is a very pleasant experience. The wood-paneled lobby and adjacent Fireside Room are explosions of different fabrics: stripes, checks, chenilles, gold brocading, vividly patterned rugs, and so on. This turn-of-the-20th-century private club look certainly isn't everyone's taste, but the dark Fireside Room is undeniably cozy and tranquil. Guest rooms, on the other hand, are light, airy, and more contemporary, with only a few tasseled pillows and a few antique furnishings to tie them to the decor downstairs. The largest are the corner suites; junior suites are only marginally more expensive than the standard rooms and have a bit more space. This place is impeccable: the Italian marble bathrooms gleam, and day-of-the-week rugs in the elevators show that even those oft-neglected spaces get a daily once-over. The Hunt Club serves excellent Pacific Northwest dishes. Town-car service within the Downtown area is complimentary.

Hotel Details: 34 rooms, 42 suites
In-room: safe, refrigerator, Internet.
In-hotel: restaurant, room service, bar, gym, laundry service, Wi-Fi hotspot, parking (paid).
Credit Cards: AE, D, DC, MC, V

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