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Coffee, airplanes, the Mariners and trees, trees, trees - the Evergreen State has a lot to offer the visitor, both indoors and out. Seattle is the obvious starting point - most visitors arrive at Sea-Tac airport.
From here, it's easy to strike out into the mountains and rain forests of the Olympic Peninsula, head to the rugged coastline or go inland toward the agricultural centers of Yakima, the wine country around Walla Walla or the feat of engineering that is the Grand Coulee Dam.
Snoqualmie Falls & Seattle Winery Tour
From USD $69.99
Taste wines at the Chateau Ste. Michelle and Columbia wineries. Continue through the Snoqualmie River Valley to the edge of the 270 foot Snoqualmie Falls.
Best of Washington: Top 3 Hotels
In addition to these options, browse hotels in Washington at Uptake.com.
Opened in late 2005, the Max is without a doubt the hippest hotel in Seattle, if not the entire Northwest. The building dates back to 1926, but forget all that: designer Denise Corso has transformed it into a contemporary showplace for art and world cultures. If you like your hotel to be an art gallery and your art galleries to have guest rooms, then make a beeline for Max.
Big, historic and loaded with charm, the Davenport is quite simply one of the most memorable hotels in the US. The winner of numerous awards - including a 2007 Expedia poll that listed it as one of America's top ten hotels - this AAA four diamond beauty was constructed in 1914 on the designs of talented local architect Kirtland Cutter.
Once upon a time this building was a workhorse - the switching station for the local phone company. Now it's an exuberant boutique hotel with color-saturated rooms and a characteristic playfulness that's practically a trademark of the Kimpton brand. The Monaco is known for mixing colors and patterns with a little bit of a wild eye, and somehow managing to pull it all off and make it seem tasteful and upscale
Suggested Itineraries: Washington
One of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the US, Seattle has also become an exporter of trends. This is the city that, with the help of Starbucks Coffee, introduced America to the Americano. Underground music, having survived the Nirvana-fueled media circus of the 1990s, continues to thrive.
Perhaps the highlight of a trip to Washington - at least for nature lovers - the Olympic Peninsula is a pristine example of the benefits of wilderness preservation. It's a rugged, remote area characterized by wild coastlines, deep old-growth forests and craggy mountains.
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