Best tip I can give is to get there early! Like before they open. This morning I was one of the lucky ones who got a cream puff 45 min after open. I feel sorry for the people who slept in today!
Built for the 1962 World Expo, Space Needle distinctive structure, rising 600-plus feet above Seattle Center , has since become Seattle's most famous landmark.
After a 30 year career training crews for every shuttle mission, NASA's FFT (Full Fuselage Trainer) is leaving its home at the Johnson Space Center in Houston Texas, bound for The Museum of Flight!
Pike Place Market is home to the first Starbucks, Rachel the Pig, numerous street performers and entertainers, and the Pike Place Fish Market, which features the fish-throwing fishmongers.
Located on the north shore of Lake Union, the park has excellent water views and a spectacular, unobstructed view of the city skyline. It is a popular spot for concerts.
Located on the waterfront next to the Omnidome, this aquarium features exotic fishes, sea mammals & other ocean life. See the sea lions, harbor seals, sea otters & even come face to face with a shark.
It's the most come-as-you-are French cafe in town, suffused with a casual dailiness that makes it dangerously easy to become a regular. Read more.
Takes visitors around Pioneer Square above ground and also to a hidden Seattle that now lies underground. About 25 square blocks of Pioneer Square have hollow spaces under the sidewalks.
The staff often leaves on spiritual retreats and the restaurant closes, so check the website before coming. Also, this place has the best eggs Benedict in the city.
French onion soup is the best I've ever had! Superb service, Paul is fantastic, we've been lucky to get him every time we've visited. Amazing sunset views too.
Pike Place hole-in-the-wall with over two dozen piroshky, Russian pastries with sweet or savory fillings. Try the Seattle-appropriate smoked salmon and cream cheese version.
Everything that I've had here is amazing, but if I had to recommend one specific thing, it would be the potato and bacon piroshky. Yum!
Fast-food fried chicken joint made famous by Oprah. Try the dark meat snack pack, which comes with a leg, thigh, and biscuit. Multiple locations.
Cost was $9 for adults. Doesn't have the history of the Space Needle, but it's cheaper with a more towering view.
The 1-hour harbor cruise is well worth the money, especially if you use a Seattle CityPass. Try to get a seat outside on the starboard for the best view, especially if the weather is good :)
The museum takes you through music history by immersing you in nearly 80,000 artifacts including photos, sound archives, costumes and musical instruments from notable artists.
Chihuly Garden and Glass features an exhibition hall with eight galleries, a glasshouse featuring one of the artist's largest suspended works and a garden that sprouts red and blue glass reeds. Read more.
This hands-on museum features IMAX movies and laser shows, plus ever-changing exhibits that include displays on dinosaurs, whales, robots and much more.
The zoo let's you step into an African savanna, an Asian elephant habitat and a tropical rain forest. The zoo also brings special exhibits, which have included monitor dragons, butterflies and other b
Lorenzo Lorenzo’s sandwich hut is so popular its addicts endure lines out the door knowing that they must pay cash, they will not get a table, and there will be hell to pay laundry-wise. Read more.
Olympic Sculpture Park rises at the edge of Elliott Bay. It's a cunning use of 9 formerly industrial acres, with works by about a dozen artists. Read more.
