Lonely Planet Seattle

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• Publisher: Lonely Planet
• Year: 2020
• Print ISBN: 9781787013605
• eBook ISBN: 9781788686754

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet's Seattle is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Make your pilgrimage to the top of the iconic Space Needle, add your gum to the wall at Pike Place Market, and pay homage to Jimi Hendrix at the EMP Museum - all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Seattle and begin your journey now! Inside Lonely Planet's Seattle: NEW pull-out, passport-size 'Just Landed' card with Wi-Fi, ATM and transportation info - all you need for a smooth journey from airport to hotel Colour maps and images throughout Highlights and itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interests Insider tips to save time and money and get around like a local, avoiding crowds and trouble spots Essential info at your fingertips - hours of operation, phone numbers, websites, transit tips, prices Honest reviews for all budgets - eating, sleeping, sightseeing, going out, shopping, hidden gems that most guidebooks miss Cultural insights give you a richer, more rewarding travel experience - history, people, music, arts, architecture, cuisine, politics Covers Downtown, Pike Place Market, Pioneer Square, Belltown, Seattle Center, Queen Anne, Lake Union, Capitol Hill, the U District, Green Lake, Fremont, Ballard, Discovery Park The Perfect Choice: Lonely Planet's Seattle is our most comprehensive guide to Seattle, and is perfect for discovering both popular and off-the-beaten-path experiences. About Lonely Planet: Lonely Planet is a leading travel media company and the world's number one travel guidebook brand, providing both inspiring and trustworthy information for every kind of traveller since 1973. Over the past four decades, we've printed over 145 million guidebooks and grown a dedicated, passionate global community of travellers. You'll also find our content online, and in mobile apps, video, 14 languages, nine international magazines, armchair and lifestyle books, ebooks, and more. 'Lonely Planet guides are, quite simply, like no other.' - New York Times 'Lonely Planet. It's on everyone's bookshelves, it's in every traveller's hands. It's on mobile phones. It's on the Internet. It's everywhere, and it's telling entire generations of people how to travel the world.' - Fairfax Media (Australia)eBook Features: (Best viewed on tablet devices and smartphones) Downloadable PDF and offline maps prevent roaming and data charges Effortlessly navigate and jump between maps and reviews Add notes to personalise your guidebook experience Seamlessly flip between pages Bookmarks and speedy search capabilities get you to key pages in a flash Embedded links to recommendations' websites Zoom-in maps and images Inbuilt dictionary for quick referencing Important Notice: The digital edition of this book may not contain all of the images found in the physical edition.

Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

Sights

Eating

Drinking & Nightlife

Entertainment

Shopping

Sports & Activities

Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

Neighborhood Top Five

1Pike Place Market Seeing, smelling and tasting the unique energy of this Seattle icon, from the charismatic fish throwers to the creative – but disgusting – gum wall.

2Seattle Art Museum Experiencing the latest surprise lighting up this constantly evolving museum.

3Bainbridge Island ferry Riding on the Bainbridge Island ferry just for the hell of it and watching Seattle’s famous skyline disappear in its foamy wake.

4Seattle Great Wheel Viewing Seattle’s ongoing waterfront regeneration from inside an enclosed pod on this giant wheel.

5Beecher’s Handmade Cheese Joining the line for take-out tubs of gooey and hot mac ’n’ cheese at Pike Place Market’s artisanal cheese phenomenon.

Explore Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront

You don’t have to search long to find Seattle’s soul: head directly to Pike Place Market and throw away any map you might have acquired – your nose, eyes and ears are the only compasses you’ll need here.

It’s particularly important to get to the market early if you want to avoid that cattle-truck feeling (40,000 visitors per day!). Weekdays and before 10am on weekends are best. That said, many enjoy the organized chaos of the arcades at Saturday lunchtime. The waterfront is more weather dependent; a sunny weekend afternoon finds it swarming, while on a misty weekday morning you’ll have the place pretty much to yourself.

Downtown Seattle, though impressive from a distance, is a bit of an anomaly. Instead of being the beating heart of the city, it’s a fairly quiet, functional business district adjacent to Seattle’s twin lures: Pike Place Market and Pioneer Sq. It’s best to visit on a weekday, when throngs of people are working and shopping in the area. At night and on weekends it can feel rather desolate.

Seattle’s retail heaven extends from the corner of 5th Ave and Pike St for a few blocks...

Table of contents

• Table of Contents
• Welcome to Seattle
• Seattle’s Top 10
• What’s New
• Need to Know
• Top Itineraries
• If You Like…
• Month by Month
• With Kids
• Eating
• Drinking & Nightlife
• Entertainment
• Sports & Activities
• Shopping
• Neighborhoods at a Glance
• Downtown, Pike Place & Waterfront
• Pioneer Square, International District & SoDo
• Belltown & Seattle Center
• Queen Anne & Lake Union
• Capitol Hill & First Hill
• The CD, Madrona & Madison Park
• U District
• Green Lake & Fremont
• Ballard & Discovery Park
• Georgetown & West Seattle
• Day Trips from Seattle
• Sleeping
• Understand Seattle
• Seattle Today
• History
• Way of Life
• Music
• Transportation
• Directory A–Z
• Behind the Scenes
• Seattle Maps
• Our Writer