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Things to do in Seattle

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Things to Do in Seattle

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Mt. Rainier Day Trip from Seattle
336
Adventure Tours
from C$211.89 per adult
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Beneath The Streets Underground History Tour
2,484
Walking Tours
from C$37.72 per adult
Seattle Harbor Cruise
312
Day Cruises
from C$50.14 per adult
Chef Guided Food Tour of Pike Place Market- 2 Hours
313
Walking Tours
from C$81.21 per adult
Premier 3-Hour Seattle City Tour
229
Bus Tours
from C$115.64 per adult
Leavenworth Tour from Seattle
6
Bus Tours
from C$188.40 per adult (price varies by group size)
LIKELY TO SELL OUT*
Best of Olympic National Park from Seattle: All-Inclusive Small-Group Day Tour
201
Private and Luxury
from C$382.87 per adult
LIKELY TO SELL OUT*
Exclusive: Early-Access Food Tour of Pike Place Market
168
Private and Luxury
from C$99.14 per adult
Snoqualmie Falls and Seattle Winery Tour
228
Bus Tours
from C$143.92 per adult
LIKELY TO SELL OUT*
Best of Mount Rainier National Park from Seattle: All-Inclusive Small-Group Tour
245
Private and Luxury
from C$382.87 per adult

Walking Tours

Top Attractions in Seattle

1. Chihuly Garden and Glass

Art Galleries • Art Museums

The masterpiece is a 100 foot long sculpture suspended in the glass exhibit hall.

2. The Museum of Flight

Speciality Museums

Admission tickets from CA$32.15

A truly massive place, the museum houses tens upon tens of retired aircraft in their main hall, including the story of…

3. Pike Place Market

Farmers Markets

Open now

Opened in 1907, the Market is one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the States.

4. Washington State Ferries

Ferries

Downtown

Experience a nautical connector of the highway system in Washington State.

5. Kerry Park

Parks

By UnplannedExperiences

OVERVIEW: Iconic, unobstructed, open-space location to take pictures of Seattle’s cityscape.

6. Sky View Observatory

Architectural Buildings • Observation Decks & Towers

Admission tickets from CA$31.95

By Y3903KElisac

A complete 360° viewing platform of Seattle and surrounding cities.

7. Hiram M. Chittenden Locks

Bodies of Water • Points of Interest & Landmarks

Ballard

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Open now

This hidden gem was created by the US Army Corp of Engineers and is a smaller version of the Panama Canal.

8. Woodland Park Zoo

Zoos

Beloved gorilla family lives in astounding huge savannah, and the grizzlies have a natural stream stocked with salmon.

9. T-Mobile Park

Arenas & Stadiums

SoDo

The home of the Seattle Mariners opened in 1999 as Safeco Field and has just been recently renamed as T-Mobile Park.

10. Space Needle

Points of Interest & Landmarks • Observation Decks & Towers

The Space Needle was built for the World’s Fair in the 1960’s and has become the city’s iconic symbol, like the Eiffel…

11. Smith Tower

Observation Decks & Towers

Pioneer Square

Admission tickets from CA$15.43

And, it is a historical space with one of the City's remaining human-run elevators.

12. Discovery Park

Parks • Jogging Paths & Tracks

Magnolia / Queen Anne

This former military reservation is a mixture of open space (mown fields, wild-ish grassland, forest), and down below…

13. Pike Place Fish Market

Farmers Markets

You are first surrounded by dozens of Seattles Pikes Place best art, flower, and specialty shops that center on a…

14. Alki Beach

Beaches

West Seattle

By Soulshine009

This peninsula captures the essence of Seattle and an insight into northwest living!

15. Gas Works Park

Parks

Lake Union

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Open now

By SeattleliteRN

Gas Works park contains remnants of the sole remaining coal gasification plant in the US.

16. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center

Speciality Museums

This small museum consists of many displays of charity work throughout the world and possibilities for each individual…

17. University of Washington

Educational sites

University District

By dustythoughts

The campus is a mix of Gothic and more recent architecture, and the school is a premiere world-class university.

18. Museum of Pop Culture

Speciality Museums

Adjacent to the above is the largest, most comprehensive Nirvana tribute and museum on planet earth, 10 times over.

19. Green Lake Park

Bodies of Water • Parks

Formed by the Vashon Glacial Ice Sheet 50,000 years ago, it was given to the city in 1905 as part of the Olmsted…

20. Seattle Center

Points of Interest & Landmarks • Gardens

Magnolia / Queen Anne

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Open now

By LuvToCruise4001

Site of a portion of the Seattle World's Fair, it has evolved into what is truly a centerpiece of Seattle.

21. Seattle Public Library

Architectural Buildings • Libraries

Downtown

The library's mission statement speaks volumes about Seattle's main library: 'Our mission is to bring people…

22. Washington Park Arboretum

Nature & Wildlife Areas • Parks

Broadway / Capitol Hill

The arboretum was established long before Seattle became the hub of a several million person metroplex.

23. Lake Union

Bodies of Water

Lake Union

With working shipyards, oodles of luxury yachts, rental fleets of kayaks and paddle boards and several communities of…

24. Seattle Japanese Garden

Gardens

Designed about thirty years ago by a noted Japanese garden designer, this garden has grown into its mature beauty.

25. Seattle Great Wheel

Amusement & Theme Parks

By sangeetasrivastava

Located on Pier 57 on the banks of Puget Sound on the water front next to the Seattle Aquarium, Seattle Great Wheel is…

26. CenturyLink Field

Arenas & Stadiums

Pioneer Square

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Open now

CenturyLink is an iconic stadium and home of the 12th man.

27. Bruce Lee Grave Site

Cemeteries

Broadway / Capitol Hill

By phoenixstar100

Within Lake View Cemetery, concealed behind a beautiful enormous white heart headstone, lies the resting place of a…

28. Golden Gardens Park

Beaches • Parks

Ballard

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Open now

This park is located on Puget Sound with the Olympic Mountain range as a spectacular back drop.

29. Seattle Aquarium

Aquariums

Pike Place Market

This place offers a unique experience and perspective on the Pacific Northwest ecosystem and educates visitors about…

30. Seattle Art Museum

Art Museums

Downtown

Best part of our visit was the contemporary art permanent collection.

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Private and Luxury

Bus Tours

Cultural Tours

Day Trips

From quick jaunts to full-day outings.

Cruises, Sailing & Water Tours

Nature and Wildlife

Shore Excursions

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