3 Best Hotels in Tacoma, Washington Cascade Mountains and Valleys

With a quiet location in Tacoma's residential North Slope Historic District, this Stick Victorian mansion with four lavishly decorated rooms is an excellent choice for being away from the urban bustle and close to some of the city's hippest shopping and dining districts. Typical features in these antiques-filled rooms include hand-painted ceilings and period wallpapers, and one suite has a fireplace and claw-foot soaking tub. Guests can relax in the verdant garden.

Spread over 3 lushly landscaped acres along beautiful American Lake, this 27,000-square-foot property was built in 1908 from the pieces of a 16th-century Gothic- and Tudor-style castle shipped from England; it has hosted two American presidents (William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt). It's replete with medieval-style stained-glass windows, gleaming wood floors, large mirrors, antiques, fireplaces, and hot tubs. From the lakeside patio and sunken garden—designed by the Olmsted Brothers—you can meditate on the spectacular sunsets.

The grand foyer of this gorgeously appointed Italianate mansion in Tacoma's historic Stadium District has lovely Palladian windows, and public areas are painted in soft hues of lime, fuchsia, and coral. A wood staircase framed by white colonnaded archways leads to the guest suites, all of which have bay or mountain views; three have fireplaces. Subdued paintings, glass art, and international textiles adorn the walls. Garden spaces invite relaxation with Adirondack chairs and hammocks; romance brews around the Salon Piazza's fountain and gardens.