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DMC Travel Tips

If you are traveling to the IRIS DMC, either for the first time or for a return visit, we would like to provide you with these travel tips:

Make your hotel reservations through us. It is best to let our Office Manager, Gale Eschete, coordinate your stay and get you the best rate at one of the local hotels. We have a list of local hotels if you would like to find out more about their facilities but we prefer that you make reservations through our office.

Plan ahead! Because of our close proximity to the University of Washington and downtown Seattle, the hotels in the area are often booked. The sooner you contact us about your visit the better.

There are several shuttle services to and from the airport. Shuttle Express (206-622-1424) is about $20 each way. Transportation from the airport is on demand. Arrangements are made at the Ground Transportation Information booth located on the third floor of the parking garage. To return, ask your hotel to arrange a pick-up. (The shuttle usually runs on a half-hour schedule.) There is also a SeaTac Airport Web site.

Directions

DMC Office: 1408 NE 45th Street, Seattle, Washington 98105

If you are driving from the airport:

  1. Take the Main Airport exit towards Interstate 5 North (a left hand exit).
  2. Follow I-5 north for about 15 miles (you will pass through downtown Seattle - enjoy the view!).
  3. Take the NE45th/50th Street exit.
  4. Stay to the right upon exiting and make a right (east) turn onto NE 45th Street. (See below for supplemental directions to local hotels.)
  5. The DMC is located 8 blocks east on the NE corner of 45th and University Way in the Wells Fargo Bank Building.
  6. Enter the DMC from the north side of 45th through the first door east of University Way. There is a deli by the entrance and our office is on the second floor and clearly marked. Pay parking is available at the NE and NW corners of 15th Ave (just east of the DMC entrance) as well as many other places in the University District. There is also metered, street parking.

Here are some maps to help you find your way.

Locate the DMC using Google Maps.

Local Hotels

* recommended hotels

Hotel Deca 1(800) 899-0251 http://www.hoteldeca.com/ (formerly the University Towers Hotel)
One block west of the DMC on the north side of NE45th Street (but a bit pricey).

* University Inn (206)-632-5055 http://www.universityinnseattle.com
From NE 45th Street, take a right onto Roosevelt Ave (one way street 4 blocks east of exit) and go 3 blocks south - the hotel is on the left hand side.

* Silver Cloud (206)-526-5200 http://www.scinns.com/universi.htm
Continue on NE 45th Street (past the DMC and the University of Washington entrance) down the steep hill. and onto the overpass. At the bottom of the overpass you will take a right-hand "roundabout" exit onto 25th street (north). The hotel is a few blocks up on the right - just past the University Village shopping center. The hotel has a free shuttle to near-by addresses (3 miles) and free continental breakfast (big!).
 

Watertown Hotel (206) 826-4242 http://www.watertownseattle.com
From NE 45th St., take a right on to Roosevelt Ave. Hotel is 1 block south on the left.


If none of these hotels meet your needs please let us know and we will try to find other accommodations (although they will more than likely not be within walking distance of the DMC).