| Visiting Seattle's top attractions is one way to learn | | | | facility, the largest building in the world by volume. |
| the city's history, culture, industries and unique beauty | | | | The building contains Boeing 747, 767 and 767 in their |
| and character. Seattle is beyond the ordinary. The | | | | various states of assembly and flight test. The tour |
| creative vitality of the city is felt in the diversity of | | | | takes more than an hour to complete. Visitors should |
| its regional cuisine and industries such as its Boeing | | | | be ready to walk for approximately one-third of a |
| planes and state-of-the-art infrastructures. | | | | mile, take 21 steep stairs and one elevator ride. |
| Feel the richness of its landscape by visiting Seattle's | | | | KLONDIKE GOLD RUSH NATIONAL HISTORIC PARK |
| zoos and marine parks. Get a crash course about the | | | | Klondike National Historic Park features exhibits and |
| city's interesting past by visiting historical sites such | | | | audiovisual programs that portray the 1897 Klondike |
| as Pioneer Square and the Klondike National Historic | | | | gold rush in the Yukon Territory and how Seattle |
| Park. Seattle attractions simply abound in the city, so | | | | served as a gateway and transportation center for |
| visitors have plenty of options to suit their time, | | | | miners rushing north. Two historical trails, the White |
| budget and interests. Here are some of the top | | | | Pass Trail and Chilkoot Trail, are well-preserved here. |
| attractions in Seattle worth including in your itinerary. | | | | SEATTLE SPACE NEEDLE |
| PIKE PLACE MARKET | | | | The Seattle Space Needle is one of Pacific |
| Pike Place Market receives an average of 9 million | | | | Northwest's major landmarks and Seattle's symbol. |
| visitors each year. Established in 1907 as the local | | | | This tower reaches 605 feet into the sky. Built in |
| farmers' response against high cost of produce, Pike | | | | 1962, the Space Needle observation deck provides a |
| Place Market is the oldest farmer's market in the U.S. | | | | 360-degree view of the downtown Seattle skyline, |
| It features 600 shops and stalls of farm produce, | | | | Puget Sound, Mt. Rainier, the Olympic and Cascade |
| specialty foods, antiques, crafts, collectibles and | | | | Mountains and surrounding islands. Visit the SkyCity |
| international groceries. Visitors will also find 60 | | | | Restaurant inside the tower at a height of 500 feet |
| restaurants and take-out counters at Pike Place | | | | and experience unique dining on Pacific Northwest |
| Market. | | | | cuisine. The restaurant even rotates! |
| PIONEER SQUARE | | | | SEATTLE CENTER |
| Pioneer Square is Seattle's oldest neighborhood. | | | | The Seattle Center is 74-acre complex that holds the |
| Pioneer Square consists of 17 blocks of century-old, | | | | Seattle Opera, Seattle Repertory, Pacific Northwest |
| red brick buildings that have been restored into art | | | | Center, Pacific Science Center and the Key Arena. In |
| galleries, offices, cafes and shops. After dark, the | | | | the middle of the campus is the International |
| historic Pioneer Square becomes an entertainment | | | | Fountain, a modernist water sculpture with 20 spouts, |
| district when nightspots, sports bars and hard rock | | | | different water shooting patterns, and accompanying |
| taverns come alive. | | | | world music that is changed monthly. Other |
| SEATTLE AQUARIUM | | | | attractions include the Kobe Bell (a city landmark), the |
| Get to view octopus, otters and other Pacific | | | | Fisher Pavilion, and the Fun Forest Amusement Park. |
| Northwest marine creatures at the Seattle Aquarium. | | | | In 1962, the campus was the site of the Century 21 |
| More than that, get to touch and explore their | | | | Exposition. |
| aquatic world through the facility's touch tank and | | | | HIRAM M. CHITTENDEN LOCKS & CARL |
| underwater dome. Three dive shows are featured | | | | ENGLISH BOTANICAL GARDENS |
| each day. | | | | The third most popular of Seattle's top attractions, |
| WOODLAND PARK ZOO | | | | Chittenden Locks was built in 1917 by the Army |
| Woodland Park Zoo is second only to New York's | | | | Corps of Engineers. This complex of locks is located |
| Bronx Zoo in terms of the number of Best National | | | | in the middle of Salmon Bay, allowing passage of |
| Exhibit awards won from the Association of Zoos | | | | vessels from Lake Washington to Puget Sound. Also |
| and Aquariums. The 65-acre zoo is home to 300 | | | | known as Ballard Locks, Chittenden Locks draws |
| animal species, 35 endangered and 5 threatened | | | | tourists who love watching a parade of sailboats, |
| animal species, and 1090 animal specimens. Exhibits | | | | barges, yacht and motorboats. Located on the |
| include Bug World, African Savannah, Australasia and | | | | grounds of Chittenden Lcoks is the Carl English |
| Temperate Forest. | | | | Botanical Gardens; it grows more than 1500 flower |
| BOEING TOUR | | | | varieties and 500 species. |
| The Boeing Tour brings visitors to a 98.7- acre | | | | MT. |