Seattle, Washington City Guide
For over 20 years, Pamela Lanier's Seattle, Washington Travel Guide has been your connection to Seattle's tourism community with invaluable details on local attractions, restaurants, shopping, museums, history, outdoor recreation and more.
Seattle Attractions
 It will soon become obvious that you will have to plan more than one visit to Seattle if you intend to see and do all that this bed and breakfast destination has to offer. The time of year you choose to visit Seattle may also influence some of the activities you will enjoy.
Put on your walking shoes and get ready to explore Seattle’s downtown. Although the hills may be a challenge, on foot is the best to explore three particular areas. The Pike Place Market in Seattle is a mix of historic buildings and open-air stalls where vendors sell just about anything you can imagine. After a delicious Seattle bed and breakfast lunch, grab an afternoon pick me up latte at the Starbucks Coffee original store and enjoy people watching at this busy venue. The Pioneer Square Area is Seattle’s historic neighborhood and the bed and breakfast historian will want to experience the original Skid Row and the Underground Tour while bargaining for antiques and collectibles at the Antique Mall. The Fremont District is a fun and funky area that has focused on art to create its community. If you’re looking for eclectic here is where you’ll find it.
After undergoing a major remodel, the Seattle Aquarium opens your eyes to the undersea world. The bed and breakfast visitor can actually reach into the tidal pool exhibit with aquatic life from the Washington shore. Although the aquarium focuses on marine life from Puget Sound, patrons will also see sea life from around the globe.
Not only are the Seattle’s landmarks interesting from an architectural perspective, what is housed in the buildings can prove to be equally fascinating for the curious bed and breakfast tourist. The Space Needle, constructed for the 1962 World’s Fair, provides an elevated view of downtown Seattle. The Experience Music Project /Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, designed by Frank Gehry, is both bizarre and controversial. The bed and breakfast viewer can decide whether the skewed glass-cube architecture of the Seattle Central Library competes with the Sci-Fi Museum for being the most unusual. Smith Tower was the tallest building west of Chicago for 50 years when it was built in 1914. Columbia Center is Seattle’s tallest building standing at a height of 943 feet. The panoramic view of Seattle is bound to leave the bed and breakfast observer with a lasting impression.
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