Welcome to Seattle, WA! Blue water surrounds the Emerald City of Seattle. Cupped between the jagged Olympic Mountains to the west and the volcanic peaks of the Cascade Range to the east, Seattle sits on a narrow strip of land between Puget Sound and 18-mile-long Lake Washington. Frequent rains keep Seattle cleaner than most other cities of similar size.

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Crowne Plaza Seattle Downtown
The Crowne Plaza Hotel Seattle offers a superb location in Downtown Seattle. A few blocks away you can explore the historic Pike Place Market or the new Seattle Central Library; catch a Mariners game at Safeco Field or a Seahawks game at Qwest Field in Pioneer Square. Walk two blocks from the hotel to your meeting at the Washington Convention & Trade Center, then indulge yourself at hundreds of downtown stores, including Pacific Place shopping malls. …more

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About Seattle

Seattle is so scenically blessed it's almost laughable. Just try to picture it: The snowcapped Olympic Mountains frame the eastern sky, while 14,410-foot Mount Rainier, although some 90 miles from the city, is a majestic presence on the southern horizon. Puget Sound is sculpted with an intricate network of bays and inlets and speckled with islands large and small, resembling nothing so much as polished emeralds flung onto the surface of an intense blue soup. The shore of long, skinny Lake Washington is beautified by an almost continuous series of sylvan parks and greenbelts. And Seattle sits right in the middle of it all. The vistas are, in a word, awesome.

If you don't spend all day gawking at nature's splendor, myriad activities await. This is a city chock full of distinctive neighborhoods--from hip, socially diverse Capitol Hill to the elegant homes of Queen Anne to salty, Scandinavian-flavored Ballard, a reminder of Seattle's maritime heritage. So come on. Explore the Pioneer Square Historic District. Visit the attractions at Seattle Center. Watch fish being flung at Pike Place Market. Zip to the top of the Space Needle. Above all, drink plenty of coffee--you're going to be busy.

Much of modern Seattle began in 1962 with the Century 21 Exposition, the last U.S. World's Fair to turn a profit. In addition to creating the Space Needle, the Seattle Center, the Coliseum and other city landmarks, the fair prompted the further development of parks, roads and transportation systems. Development was achieved with the preservation of the natural surroundings in mind.

The mainland U.S. port closest to the Orient, Seattle is a major trade center for exporting agricultural products, transportation equipment, seafood and forest products. Natural gas and lumber are imported from Canada; automobiles and electronic equipment are brought in from Japan; and petroleum arrives from numerous oil producing nations. The city also is a major world center for high-tech industries and bio-technological research.