"No hotel in Seattle causes guests to instinctively dress up quite like the Fairmont does: a century‑old civic icon with marble columns, chandeliers, and grand rooms that still stage weddings, galas, and massive holiday displays. I found recent restorations have sharpened the public rooms and refreshed guest floors while keeping the hotel’s Italian‑Renaissance bones intact, and ordering a martini at the stunning Olympic Bar feels like adulting at its best. The indoor swimming pool with a massive adjacent hot tub is the place to be on rainy winter days." - Jessica Voelker