Tourist attractions

There are many well-known and some lesser-known Seattle tourist attractions.

Downtown and Waterfront

• Seattle Aquarium
• Pike Place Market
• Seattle waterfront
  • take the ferry (Ferry Schedule) to Bainbridge Island (30 minutes one way). Get off and walk about 1/2 mile into town for lunch or dinner, and walk back to ferry to come home.
• Seattle Art Museum
• Bank of America Tower 73rd Floor Observation Deck $5 go to the information desk in lobby

Seattle Center

• Seattle Center
  • The Space Needle
    • You can get a comparably good view to that of the Space Needle for free from Bhy Kracke Park (pronounced "By Crackie") atop Queen Anne Hill
  • The Experience Music Project
  • Science Fiction Museum
  • Pacific Science Center
  • Children's Museum
  • Amusement rides

Pioneer Square

• Pioneer Square
• Elliot Bay Book Company
• Pioneer Square Galleries
• Smith tower observation
• Underground Tour

Nothern Seattle

• Gas Works Park (Wallingford)
• Fremont Flea Market (sundays)

West Seattle

• Alki Beach - Great view of downtown and the olympic mountains
• Lincoln Park

Other

• Chittenden Locks and Fish Ladder
• Woodland Park Zoo
• Washington Park Arboretum
• Museum of Flight
• Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
• Parks
• snowqualmie falls
• Mount Rainier