Insight Guides City Guide Seattle

How To Use This E-Book

Getting around the e-book

This Insight CityGuide e-book is designed to give you inspiration for your visit to Seattle, as well as comprehensive planning advice to make sure you have the best travel experience. The guide begins with our selection of Top Attractions, as well as our Editors Choice categories of activities and experiences. Detailed features on history, people and culture paint a vivid portrait of contemporary life in Seattle. The extensive Places chapters give a complete guide to all the sights and areas worth visiting. The Travel Tips provide full information on getting around, activities from culture to shopping to sport, plus a wealth of practical information to help you plan your trip.

In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

Maps

All key attractions and sights in Seattle are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map] just tap this to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

Images

Youll find hundreds of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Seattle. Simply double-tap on an image to see it full-screen.

About Insight Guides

Insight Guides have more than 40 years experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.

Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

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Seattles Top 10 Attractions

At a glance, the Seattle attractions you cant afford to miss, from the longest-running farmers market in the nation to cutting-edge architecture, captivating museums, and the chance to see some of that prized salmon.

Top Attraction 1

Hiram M . Chittenden Locks. In a remarkable feat of engineering, boats (and salmon) travel along the Ship Canal between freshwater Lake Washington, Lake Union, and the saltwater Puget Sound via the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 2

Space Needle . Since its debut for the Worlds Fair in 1962, the Space Needle has been an iconic symbol of Seattle, immortalized in such films as It Happened at the Worlds Fair , starring Elvis Presley. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 3

Pike Place Market . A farmers market extraordinaire, with flying fish, the freshest produce, and flowers galore, all sold by local vendors, with street entertainers and tantalizing ethnic food also on offer. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 4

Seattle Central Library . With steel-and-glass walls jutting out at unexpected angles over the sidewalk and into the sky, the Seattle Central Library, designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, has garnered much critical acclaim. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 5

Pioneer Square . Home of the original Skid Road and underground city, Pioneer Square is the best neighborhood for gallery-hopping, and retains the flavor of the oldest part of the city. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 6

The Seattle Art Museum . This institution attracts major traveling exhibitions in addition to its large permanent collection spanning ancient Islamic art, Italian Renaissance paintings, Northwest tribal art, and contemporary art. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 7

Woodland Park Zoo . The Woodland Park Zoo isnt just for families: anyone who loves seeing animals, including penguins and lions, and lush scenery in the middle of the city will enjoy exploring its grounds. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 8

Museum of Flight . Aviation-pioneer Bill Boeing propelled Seattle onto the worlds radar, and the fascinating Museum of Flight chronicles the industrys history with a whopping 43 airplanes. For more information, .

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Top Attraction 9

Olympic Sculpture Park . With views of Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains, the Olympic Sculpture Park is a fantastic reclamation of post-industrial land that serves as the setting for major outdoor art installations. For more information, .

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