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Bellevue is a city in the Puget Sound region of Washington state, and often considered a suburb of Seattle.

[edit] Get in

[edit] By car

• State route 520 connects Bellevue to Seattle, via the Evergreen Point floating bridge on Lake Washington. Prone to traffic jams.

• The more modern and capacious Interstate 90 provides another route from Seattle across Lake Washington, traversing Mercer Island. It continues eastward to Spokane, and ultimately, Boston.

• Interstate 405 runs North-South right through the middle of Bellevue, leading north to Kirkland (and eventually rejoining I-5 on the way to Bellingham and ultimately the Canadian border) To the south, I-405 leads to Renton and the Southcenter shopping district before rejoining I-5 (continuing southbound to Portland, OR, and ultimately the Mexican border).

[edit] By bus

• Sound Transit [1] Express line 550 [2] runs frequently between Downtown Seattle and Downtown Bellevue.
• Sound Transit Express line 560 [3] runs every half hour between SeaTac Airport and Downtown Bellevue.

[edit] Get around

The Puget Sound (which includes Bellevue) has a decent bus transportation network if you're staying in the city.

• Metro [4] offers both local bus service (good for short distances) and express bus service (good for longer distances).
• Sound Transit [5] offers express bus service.

The two systems accept transfers from each other, treating foreign transfers as credit for a one-zone trip.

For trips outside of the core city, you'll probably want a car.

[edit][add listing] See

There are a few museums in Bellevue:

• Bellevue Arts Museum small art museum with fine craft and design exhibitions
• Doll Museum a large collection of dolls

Others:

• Bellevue Botanical Gardens [6] is a must see especially the Garden d'Lights in the winter

[edit][add listing] Do

See a movie at Lincoln Square Cinemas [7]

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Shop at Bellevue Square [8]

[edit][add listing] Eat

• Top Gun This old favorite restaurant closed in Seattle, but is now open in the Factoria area of Bellevue, almost at the intersection of I-405 and I-90, across Lake Washington.
• Udupi Palace, 15600 NE 8th St # 9, Crossroads Mall (425) 649-0355. Udupi serves authentic thali plates, dosas, and pani puri, not available in Seattle. Their daily lunch buffet is a soul food hit with many South Indian Microsoft employees.
• Maggianos, downtown Bellevue for great pinot noir and Italian fare.
• Gilbert's on Main (Gilbert's Main Street Bagel), 10024 Main St, ☎ (425) 455-5650. Serves excellent breakfasts & deli sandwiches, wide assortment of bagel choices, and great coffee.  edit
• Daniel's Broiler, 10500 NE 8th - 21st floor, ☎ (425) 462-4662, [9]. Lunch: Monday - Friday: 11:30am - 2:30pm Dinner: Sunday - Thursday: 5:00pm - 10:00pm Friday - Saturday: 5:00pm - 11:00pm. Located on the 21st floor of the Bank of America Building, with spectacular views of the Cascade Mountains and Lake Washington available from every table. Serves great traditional steak & seafood dishes, exclusively uses USDA Prime Beef. $$$$.  edit

[edit][add listing] Drink

• Tap House Bar and Grill, [10]. 160 beers on tap.
• Rock Bottom Brewery, [11]. Brews their own beers.
• Joey's, [12]. A decent restaurant and bar.

[edit][add listing] Sleep

• Courtyard Seattle - Bellevue/Downtown, 11010 NE 8th Street, ☎ +1 425 454-5888 (fax: +1 425 455-5880), [13]. Closest hotel to the Meydenbauer Convention Center and only 10 miles from Seattle. Within walking distance from the Bellevue Arts Museum and Bellevue Downtown Park. $185-$225.  edit
• Courtyard Seattle Bellevue/Redmond, 14615 NE 29th Place, ☎ +1 425 869-5300 (toll free: +1 800 321-2211, fax: +1 425 883-9122), [14]. Located just off the 520 freeway, which takes you right to the heart of downtown Seattle, with its Aquarium, Space Needle, Chinatown, bay cruises and more. Within the heart of the Microsoft Main Campus. $139-$159.  edit
• Fairfield Inn Seattle Bellevue, 14595 NE 29th Place, ☎ +1 425 869-6548 (fax: +1 425 881-2861), [15].  edit
• Residence Inn Seattle Bellevue, 14455 NE 29th Place, ☎ +1 425 882-1222 (fax: +1 425 885-9260), [16].  edit

• Hyatt Regency Bellevue, 900 Bellevue Way NE, [17]. The 382-room hotel offers views of the Olympic and Cascade mountain ranges and is a part of the Bellevue Collection, the Northwest's premier shopping destination.  edit

[edit] Get out

Routes through Bellevue

Seattle ←

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→ Issaquah → Spokane

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