Walking Seattle
The best way to experience and see Seattle is to walk. There are many walking tours given by several tour groups, which are affordable and will allow you to enjoy the sights, smells, tastes and atmosphere of Seattle. There’s really no other way to explore and find all the nooks and crannies that all the locals know about, but aren’t in the guide books. Most tours are first come first serve, but reservation can be made.
Several tours offer what’s called the ‘Emerald City’ tour, where you’ll get to explore most of Seattle’s famous landmarks and city icons. What a great way to spend an afternoon, visiting urban parks, the famous Central Library, the place where the Great Seattle fire started, you’ll visit the world-famous Pike Place Market, hidden parks and sculptures and you’ll be shown how Seattle transportation system works, so after the tour, you can do some of your own exploring without getting lost.
Seattle is known for it’s coffee, but which coffee house is the best? Take a Coffee walking tour to find out for yourself. You’ll enjoy stopping at Seattle’s original Starbucks , go inside the coffee shop where Frasier and Niles sipped their lattes, go from one coffee shop to the next, sampling free coffee from some of the city’s most favorite coffee houses. Plus, you’ll be able to ask questions when you visit an actual coffee roaster.
If a coffee buzz is too much for you, then check out walking tours that take you to all the pubs and microbreweries throughout Seattle. You’ll get to sample local beers, see brewing processes, learn about beer made in Seattle compared to beer made around the world. You’ll visit the city’s oldest taverns, a bar where Nirvana played, go inside a bar next to what was the tallest building west of the Mississippi, drink a beer at one of the best Irish pubs in the country . Keep in mind that you’ll be paying for any of the beers you drink and you don’t have to drink at every stop, because you do want to be able to walk back safe and sound to the best Seattle hotel you’ve booked during your stay in Seattle.