Must-see hotels in Washington

  • University Inn

    Seattle

    This spotless, modern, well-located place is good – especially when you factor in the waffles served with the complimentary breakfast. The hotel is four…

  • Gatewood B&B

    Seattle

    Ease into a totally cozy getaway in this beautifully restored home on Seattle's leafy outer edges. Each room is different, but they all have early-20th…

  • Bacon Mansion B&B

    Seattle

    A 1909 Tudor-style mansion whose imposing exterior belies the quirky charm of its friendly hosts, this four-level B&B on a quiet residential street just…

  • Lake Quinault Lodge

    Olympic National Park

    Everything you could want in a historic national-park lodge and more, the suspended-in-time Quinault, built in 1926, has a massive fireplace, a manicured…

  • Edenwild Inn

    San Juan Islands

    Eden is the word at this Victorian-style mansion in Lopez Village with its lovely formal gardens, wide porch and meticulous attention to detail. Encased…

  • Olympic Lights B&B

    San Juan Islands

    Once the centerpiece of a 320-acre estate, this splendidly restored 1895 farmhouse now hosts an equally formidable four-room B&B that stands on an open…

  • Graduate Seattle

    Seattle

    This new kid on the block brings hip sophistication to the U District's hotel scene. Eclectic furniture and walls full of framed photographs almost make…

  • Doe Bay Village Resort & Retreat

    San Juan Islands

    One of the least expensive resorts in the San Juans, Doe Bay has the atmosphere of an artists' commune combined with a hippie retreat. Accommodations…

  • Watertown Hotel

    Seattle

    Easy to miss because it looks like one of those crisp new modern apartment buildings, the Watertown has an arty-industrial feel. Bare concrete and high…

  • Paradise Inn

    Washington Cascades

    Designed to blend in with the environment and constructed almost entirely of local materials, including the exposed cedar logs in the Great Room, the…

  • San Juan County Park Campground

    San Juan Islands

    San Juan's best campground is beautifully located in a county park on the scenic western shoreline. The site includes a beach and boat launch, along with…

  • Moran State Park

    San Juan Islands

    The largest camping area in the San Juans has more than 150 campsites (no hookups) at four lakeside locations: one at Mountain Lake and three at Cascade…

  • 11th Avenue Inn

    Seattle

    Formerly a boarding house and a dance studio, this 1906 home has been a B&B since 2003. Its facade is not the grandest of Seattle's B&Bs, but you know…

  • Sol Duc Hot Springs Resort

    Olympic National Park

    While Sol Duc lacks the classic touches and style of the more luxurious and older park lodges, this well-known spa retreat packs a punch with its…

  • Roche Harbor Resort

    San Juan Islands

    Located on the site of the former lime kiln and estate of limestone king John McMillin, this seaside 'village' is a posh getaway. The centerpiece is the…

  • Whittaker's Motel & Bunkhouse

    Washington Cascades

    Part of Rainier's 'furniture,' Whittaker's is the home base of legendary Northwestern climber Lou Whittaker, who first summited the mountain at the age of…

  • Sorrento Hotel

    Seattle

    William Howard Taft, 27th US president, was the first registered guest at the Sorrento, an imposing Italianate hotel known since its birth in 1909 as the…

  • Alta Crystal Resort

    Washington Cascades

    This resort is popular year-round thanks to its proximity to Crystal Mountain ski resort (winter) and Mt Rainier National Park's Sunrise Day Lodge…

  • Hotel Hotel Hostel

    Seattle

    Fremont's only real hotel is a good one, encased in a venerable old building replete with exposed brick and chunky radiators. In true Fremont fashion,…

  • Beach Haven

    San Juan Islands

    Log cabins from rustic to fancy and in an assortment of sizes line a quiet and private gray-pebble beach. The tall trees throughout the property give the…

  • Lake Crescent Lodge

    Olympic National Park

    This turn-of-the-century lodge is handsomely furnished with antiques and surrounded by giant fir trees. There's a wide variety of lodging available, but…

  • White Pass Village Inn

    Washington Cascades

    Adjacent to the White Pass Ski Area, this condo complex is open year-round, meaning it's also good for sorties into Mt Rainier National Park (12 miles…

  • Ipsut Creek Campground

    Washington Cascades

    This campground is a 5-mile hike or cycle from the park entrance along the old (now closed) Carbon River Rd. It has 12 campsites and one group site. There…

  • Rosario Resort & Spa

    San Juan Islands

    This magnificent seafront mansion built by former shipbuilding magnate Robert Moran in 1904 is now the centerpiece of an upscale resort, and the setting…

  • Alpine Inn

    Washington Cascades

    Run by Crystal Mountain Hotels, this Bavarian-style inn looks as if it was dragged across from kitschy Leavenworth on the other side of the Wenatchee…

  • Lonesome Cove

    San Juan Islands

    Not much has changed since this collection of cabins, tucked into a magnificent cove, was a 1940s-era salmon fishing camp. Each cabin (sleeping two) has a…

  • Chelsea Station Inn

    Seattle

    A bit of a walk from Fremont's commercial center, but a short one to the fabulous Woodland Park Zoo and Green Lake, the Chelsea Station Inn has a…

  • Orcas Hotel

    San Juan Islands

    Built in 1904 and refurbished in the 1990s, the rather pokey interior and small rooms of the Orcas Hotel are like something from the pages of a Jane…

  • West Beach Resort

    San Juan Islands

    Welcome to another rustic cabin-resort that feels like its own small village, with a shop, cafe and marina on a shimmering waterfront facing crimson…

  • Odlin County Park Campground

    San Juan Islands

    Handily situated 1 mile south of the ferry landing and 3 miles north of Lopez Village, this pleasant waterfront campground features a picnic area, vault…

  • National Park Inn

    Washington Cascades

    The National Park Inn, parts of which date from 1911, goes out of its way to be rustic, with no TVs or telephones and small yet cozy facilities. But who…

  • Hotel Packwood

    Washington Cascades

    A frontier-style hotel with a wraparound veranda, the Packwood ain't fancy, but it's authentic – and at this price, who can argue? There are nine varied…

  • Earthbox Inn & Spa

    San Juan Islands

    Earthbox is a hybrid of simplicity and sophistication as a former motor inn made over to resemble a deluxe hotel. The result: a variety of funky, cleverly…

  • Juniper Lane Guest House

    San Juan Islands

    The five great rooms and one (two-bedroom) cabin at this cozy, hip inn are decorated with an eclectic assortment of furnishings, much of it refurbished…

  • Eco Park Resort

    Washington Cascades

    The closest full-service accommodations to the blast zone offers campsites and RV hookups, basic two- or four-person cabins and a yurt that sleeps six…

  • Lone Fir Resort & Café

    Washington Cascades

    There’s not a lot to choose from on Mt St Helens’ south side in the noncamping genre, so thank your lucky stars that this place, in the rather lonesome…

  • Trout Lake Cozy Cabins

    Washington Cascades

    A mile south of Trout Lake on Hwy 141 are five beautifully presented cabins in the woods, in the shadow of snow-sprinkled Mt Adams. Wonderfully landscaped…

  • MacKaye Harbor Inn

    San Juan Islands

    Relatively isolated on Lopez' southern reaches, this 1927 farmhouse contains four bedrooms and one harbor-view suite and gets consistently fantastic…

  • Seaquest State Park

    Washington Cascades

    Directly across from the entrance to the Mt St Helens Silver Lake Visitor Center, Seaquest has 88 wooded campsites, including a separate hiker-cyclist…

  • Gaslight Inn B&B

    Seattle

    Set in a landmark-listed craftsman-style house in Capitol Hill, the Gaslight Inn has eight rooms available, six of which have private baths. In summer, it…