Things to Do

Guide to Seattle

Seattle, also known as "the Emerald City," offers a wealth of attractions and activities’too many to list! Here are some of our favorites:

Overview to exploring Seattle

Tours

• City Pass
• Seaplane tour of Seattle
• Seattle by boat
• Boeing Company Tour
• Microsoft Company Visitor’s Center
• Seattle Underground Tour
• Bon Vivant Wine Tours
• Savor Seattle Food Tours

Our favorite special Seattle restaurants:

• Salty’s on Alki
• Anthony’s
• Canlis
• Wild Ginger
• Ray’s Boathouse
• Cutter’s Bay House
• Dahlia Lounge
• Queen Mary Tea Room & Restaurant

Shopping downtown:

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(Don’t forget the flagship stores of Nordstrom &REI!)

Other Seattle Attractions:

• Pike Place Market (Historic, huge farmers’ and artisans’ market, home of original Starbucks)
• Space Needle
• Seattle Center
• Woodland Park Zoo
• Ballard Locks
• Seattle Aquarium &Waterfront
• Historic Pioneer Square

Museums

• Seattle Art Museum
• Museum of Flight
• Henry Art Gallery
• Burke Museum
• Experience Music Project Rock N Roll Museum
• Pacific Science Center
• Seattle Aquarium

Cultural events (theater, ballet, symphony, opera): Check out the brand new McCaw Hall, home of Pacific Northwest Ballet and Seattle Opera, as well as the new Benaroya Hall (Seattle Symphony)!

• Paramount Theater
• Fifth Avenue Theater
• Pacific Northwest Ballet
• Seattle Symphony
• Seattle Opera

Professional Sports Teams: Seattle is home to 2 new sports stadiums: Safeco Field and Qwest Field, as well as Key Arena.

• Seattle Sonics (basketball)
• Seattle Seahawks (football)
• Seattle Mariners (baseball)
• Seattle Sounders (soccer)

Universities:

• University of Washington
• Seattle Pacific University
• Seattle University

Seattle neighborhoods (University, Capitol Hill, Queen Anne, Fremont)

Seattle Icons (first Starbucks, Sleepless in Seattle houseboat, Fremont Troll)

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