Downtown Seattle's Sixth Avenue Inn is located within walking distance of upscale shops and major attractions, such as the Pike Place Market, Pioneer Square, the waterfront and the Seattle Center. Three blocks away, guests can catch the monorail from Westlake Center to the Seattle Center home of the Space Needle and Experience Music Project. Throughout the Seattle area, visitors can watch the whales put on their picturesque and awe inspiring shows in Puget Sound and other waterways along Washington State's coastline. Inside the Sixth Avenue Inn's lobby, leather couches and a chair are set amid carpets with gold leaf prints, and the reception area is framed in wood. Guests can relish the Northwest cuisine in the hotel's Sixth Avenue Bar and Grill, which also handles room service. Customers also can work out in the hotel's exercise room, use laundry facilities, get same day dry cleaning services, and use a 24 hour fax service. Contemporary style lamps, wicker furnishings, blue curtains and striped wallpaper decorate each of the Sixth Avenue's 167 guest rooms, where patrons will find brass headboards and beds topped with plaid comforters and black throw pillows, and bathrooms with pedestal sinks. Amenities also include high speed Internet access (for a fee, cable TVs with movies, video games, hair dryers, irons and ironing boards. Truly one of the country's magical cities, Seattle is just a step outside the front door of the Sixth Avenue Inn, where amenities and ambiance make guests feel that they're at home. The whales are waiting.