Location the w seattle is positioned in the center of downtown seattle wash 3 blocks from the seattle art museum and the seattle symphony at benaroya hall pike place market bainbridge island ferry terminal and shopping at pacific place are 7 blocks from the hotel hotel features the w seattle is evocative of some of seattles classic towers topped with a steel and mesh pyramid the hotel towers 26 stories above 4th street like other w hotels the focal point of the lobby is the w livi