The Best of Seattle City Highlights Tour

Discover the Emerald City on our grand 4-hour Seattle tour. Experience the vibrant tastes and sights of Seattle, while exploring distinct neighborhoods such as Chinatown and catch the perfect views from Queen Ann Hill. This public tour provides an excellent overview of Central Seattle from a comfortable bus with large viewing windows. Our tour stops at least four times throughout the excursion. We allow you to get out some on foot to explore as we believe it helps in experiencing the city and neighborhoods properly. We only offer one tour a day so we thrive on making ours the most complete tour of Seattle without you feeling like you're being hurried. Another great benefit is there is NO extra charge to be picked up at 90 percent of Seattle hotels- we are the ONLY tour company to offer this benefit- GRATIS! IF PREARRANGED IN ADVANCE we can even offer drop-offs at Cruise Ports for an EXTRA FEE after the tour ends (AFTER 2:30pm).

Itinerary

1. Celebrate the Holiday's - “Holiday magic awaits with a festive bonus stop added to our itinerary.” (30 min)
2. Birth of UPS commemorated here. A private garden with an unusually large water feature that looks like your at Mt. Rainier National park. (5 min)
3. After the Timber and Fishing industries the Klondike gold rush put Seattle on the map. Restroom opportunity. (5 min)
4. there is a lot going on here, Oldest glass blowing studio in Seattle where they are making glass art live, Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park, Waterfall Garden Park (birthplace of UPS), Occidental Park, Firefighter's Memorial, art galleries, antique stores, no chain- unique retail shops. (15 min)
5. open air stadium where NFL Seattle Seahawks, and MLS Seattle Sounders FC play.
6. this is a optional part of the tour that may or may not be done depending on time. Wing Luke Asian museum, Pin Ball Museum, Tong Buildings
7. Where the MLB Mariners play- unique retractable roof.
8. A must stop if visiting Chinatown
9. a distinctive building designed by Rem Koolhaas.
10. See and taste the soul of Seattle. Food vendors, flowers, fishmongers, spice merchants, foreign delicatessens, the first Starbucks store, and Seattle's grossest attraction the gum-wall. We try to stop and let you out to grab a bite to eat. Restroom opportunity. Local food traditions and specialties. If stop is not possible then food can be purchased at Fisherman's terminal. (20 min)
11. Learn about the Iron Dragon
12. Space needle, Mopop, Chihuly Garden and Glass, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle Grace Hospital (film location, Grey's Anatomy )
13. one or two or three viewpoints of Seattle, both sides of the isthmus that is Seattle the Salt water side and the fresh water side. Kerry Park, the Lynn st. viewpoint. (25 min)
14. Classic Seattle viewpoint, a photo here proves you are in Seattle. views of Mt. Rainier. (5 min)
15. A unique building right in the heart of the Amazon Campus full of exotic plants.
16. view from Queen Ann Hill (5 min)
17. view from above. a cool park in Seattle where they used to make gas for the streetlights in Seattle. (5 min)
18. view from the Lynn St Viewpoint. (5 min)
19. view from above. (5 min)
20. a funky neighborhood with diverting attractions: the Troll, Lenin statue (not John Lennon), Theo's Chocolates, part of the berlin wall and lots of art. (10 min)
21. See a giant art installation under at bridge inspired by the childhood book (3 Billy Goats Gruff)
22. view from Queen Ann hill
23. basically, a lock is an elevator for boats- at the transition of salt and fresh water the locks allow the boats to back and forth between Puget Sound and the lakes. Additionally, Salmon, Seals, Sealions, nesting Great Blue Herons and other wildlife can be seen here regularly. Restroom opportunity. (30 min)
24. the Seattle aquarium, the Great Wheel, the Edgewater Hotel (the only hotel you can fish out of your window), Ferry Terminals, Victoria Clipper, and Ivar's Acres of Clams. Also the SAM sculpture garden park.
25. Lit up at night on the water makes for another place for great views and great fun too.
26. contains life from the Salish Sea
27. Seattle has a huge fishing fleet. Ships from the tv show "Deadliest Catch" harbor here. A chance to get Chowder, Fish and Chips or other food items. restroom opportunity. (10 min) Admission included

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