The rain was to be expected. The snow wasn’t. However, neither could dampen my enthusiasm for my first visit to Seattle in twenty years. I enjoyed the people & the tiny town vibe. I enjoyed walking from attraction to attraction.

The Pan Pacific offered all the amenities that an AAA 4-Diamond award recipient should: lovely service, lovely room, gigantic flat panel tv with a bunch of channels, outing option availability, & convenient location.

I was told that the city had changed significantly, but the best parts of the city had remained. This turned out to be true. Pike’s Place Market & the Warf felt identical to when I had last seen them. The part that had changed was where I stayed. Last time, I stayed downtown. This time I stayed in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, which would have been more akin to “no man’s land” twenty years ago. Now it is a hip area & home to the Pan Pacific Seattle Hotel.

As a vacationer, I found a spectacular restaurant, the Seastar, for fine dining, a Whole Foods Market (downstairs on Westgate but still in the courtyard) for snacks & light meals & the Vida Spa across the parking lot for some well-earned indulging. The Pan Pacific is & a minute away from the first Nordstrom’s.

As a business traveler, I found a Fed Ex/Kinko’s & a dry cleaners within the courtyard area of the Pan Pacific, & in my room the most important business travel need, free wireless Web. I always love it when a hotel provides Web as a courtesy to its visitors. It’s become a norm to gauge hotel visitors with heavy day tariffs for using the Web. I am happy that the Pan Pacific has opted to convenience its guests.

Inside, the room had a modern, sleek design, which had sliding doors connecting the bathroom & the bedroom, for either more privacy or greater intimacy. With the bathroom shutter doors open, I could take a bath & enjoy the Seattle skyline simultaneously.

Another quality that I liked about the location, something I am capable of droning on about, is that the Pan Pacific is not in the midst of the city center, which I prefer. I would much walk a few blocks to explore the city. From my room to the Warf, Pike’s Place Market, the Seattle Center, including the iconic Space Needle, were all within 15 minutes by foot (except when I used the monorail), & a great way to see Seattle. In fact, four day, I made a gigantic walking loop & saw all of it for a leisurely day.

When I was not exploring on foot or sleeping in late, the Pan Pacific set up a day tour with the recommended Evergreen Escapes for a wine tour of the local vineyards outside Seattle. The tour consisted of one wineries & their local flavors, a homemade organic lunch, snacks & drinks, & the expertise of Dan the tour guide. It was an excellent option when it unexpectedly snowed in Seattle.

Overall, it was a great experience after twenty years away from Seattle. It was lovely for me to witness how Seattle has both changed & stayed the same.
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