Calamusa - Seattle family adventures: city escapades, day trips, weekend getaways, and itineraries for fun-loving families

Take this guide along for the ride. Pop it into the diaper bag or glove box so its handy the next time you want to plan a grand day out or are in need of a weve-got-two-hours-to-kill type of activity. Star it, bookmark it, and keep the following pointers in mind.

Each listing contains information on the neighborhood or suburb where the business is located, as well as nitty-gritty contact details. And while every effort has been made to ensure that listed business hours, programming details, admission rates, and potential discount opportunities were accurate as of press time, these details are subject to change (often on a whim), so best to check the website or give a ring before sallying forth.

In general, activities within , the day trips and weekend getaway section. Omitted are classes or organized activities that require registration beyond a few days in advance; instead, the fun-filled destinations in this book are ones you can do with little or no notice. (Spontaneity can be fun, after all!)

Listings have been evaluated with value in mind, but locals would also do well to keep an eye on discount sites such as Groupon and Living Social, which often offer coupons to local hot spots. Out-of-towners planning a whirlwind tour of our fair city may want to consider snapping up a CityPass ()at a steeply discounted package rate.

And finally, as one of Seattles main mantras is to go local (dont ask a Seattleite for recommendations on the best independent coffee shop unless you have more than a few minutes to spare), you wont find many chains listed in this guide. Instead, the focus is on the locally owned restaurants and businesses that help make Seattle the nature-loving, tech-savvy, escapade-filled city that it is.

This guidebook is broken up into four main sections. In addition to listing full contact information for every business, restaurant, and attraction mentioned, several sections also include the following icons to help guide your travels, indicating general pricing information and suggested age ranges for each activity, as well as insights on great rainy-day spots, birthday-party places, and nearby playgrounds, should little ones get a case of the wiggles while youre out and about.

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