First time visitors always head to some of the city's most famous attractions like the Space Needle with its revolving Sky City Restaurant, Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle Art Museum and Sculpture Park, Monorail, Pacific Science Center, Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum. Head over to Pike Place Market where you can enjoy the fantastic seafood Seattle has to offer. This soon to be 100 year old open-air market is filled with fresh regional fruits and vegetables, seasonal flowers, herbs, seafood, spices, and cheeses. Visit the first Starbucks opened in the market in 1971. Return visitors venture out of the city and visit Mt. Rainier National Park, Mt. St. Helens Volcanic Monument, Eastern Washington wine and apple country, Grand Coulee Dam, Olympic National Park Rain Forest, Pacific Ocean Beaches, San Juan Islands and The Museum of Flight.
The State of Washington operates the largest fleet of ferry boats in the world. Walk on or bring a car to visit many destinations around Puget Sound or catch a cruise ship to Alaska or take in many specialized boating tours to fish, whale watch and smell the salt air and admire the rich green scenery, Cruise from Pier 55, on Seattle's Central Waterfront and birthplace of Chief Seattle to Blake Island. It's five miles of saltwater beach shoreline only accessible by boat and gives you some of the best views of the Olympic Mountains to the west and the city skyline, Cascade Mountains to the east. Your hosts are the Northwest Coast Native Cultural Center and you'll feast on an authentic salmon meal, enjoy some award winning Washington wines and experience the Tillicum Village Native American dancers in an exclusive presentation. Visit this exceptional city and discover what the buzz is all about.
