SeaTac · Hotel shortlist
SeaTac hotels with an indoor pool
Peter Halvorsen The Nordics
These are my five favourites in SeaTac, out of the 24 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.5 down to 4.3.
Hyatt Regency Lake Washington at Seattle's Southport is the one I would book myself.
Highest rated of the five
Hyatt Regency Lake Washington at Seattle's Southport
★★★★★4.5 from 3,115 reviews
Hyatt Regency Lake Washington at Seattle's Southport comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.5 from 3,115 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.
It is a 4 star property, found under city centre and around $307 a night on the dates we checked.
24 hotels in SeaTac qualified for this list and five made it. Element by Marriott Seattle Sea-Tac Airport is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Poolsomewhere to cool off between walks
- Spatreatment rooms on site, no booking a taxi for it
- Air conditioningthe one that decides a summer trip
- Restaurantdinner downstairs on the night you land
- Bara drink without going back out
All five, ranked
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1
Hyatt Regency Lake Washington at Seattle's Southport
★★★★★4.5 from 3,115 reviews
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
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2Element by Marriott Seattle Sea-Tac Airport
★★★★★4.5 from 461 reviews
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
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3Quality Inn & Suites Sequim at Olympic National Park
★★★★★4.3 from 575 reviews
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
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4Hilton Garden Inn Seattle Airport
★★★★★4.4 from 908 reviews
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Bar
- Parking
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5Holiday Inn Express & Suites Sequim by IHG
★★★★★4.5 from 831 reviews
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Parking
- Kid friendly
How this list was put together
24 SeaTac hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating, then on class, and took the top five.
Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.
The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.
What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.
Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.
Peter Halvorsen The Nordics
Twenty-six years of teaching means 26 long summers. Trains and driving through most of Europe, now further afield, usually alone with a tent. Keeps every train ticket since 1994.
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