The houseboat is located at 2640 Westlake Avenue North, which sits on the west shore of Lake Union in Queen Anne Hill district. In fact, I have to admit one of my reasons for visiting Seattle was to see Sam’s (Tom Hanks character) houseboat. If you love the movie Sleepless in Seattle, which stars a young Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks then you will love visiting Seattle because of course many of the movies scenes were shot here. There’s also a Cafe on-board, I hear their blueberry buckle is delicious! Sleepless in Seattle filming locations The boat is super-comfortable too with a large indoor seating area with big windows to spot the whales, and an outdoor viewing platform to get as close as possible to the sea life. The scenery on the boat-ride is stunning too with the San Juan Islands in the distance and the city skyline behind you. On the tour you may spot orcas, humpback whales, minke whales and gray whales! And also dolphins, seals, sea lions and more marine life. It’s also the pnly whale-watching tour in Seattle, and departs from the Edmonds neighborhood just a few minutes drive from Seattle CBD. Puget Sound at sunset! (photo by Lexie Blessing on )Įnjoy the experience of a lifetime with this half-day whale-watching tour which guarantees a whale sighting. The CityPass costs from $109USD per adult.īuy the Seattle CityPass here! Whale watching on Puget Sound You can visit the Space Needle on the CityPass which gives you access to 5 of Seattle’s top sights including Seattle Aquarium, the Museum of Pop Culture, Woodland Park Zoo, Chihuly Gardens and Glass, and Argosy Cruises Harbor Tour all for a discounted price. Pretty cool is that you can watch the views from the Space Needle from the comfort of you own home, via their webcam! There’s an all-glass floor on The Loupe, which is the first and only rotating glass floor in the world! Downtown Seattle is literally underneath your feet, so if you get a little queasy at heights then this may not be for you! Higher up in the Space Needle is the upper level which has floor-to-ceiling glass and is great for photos! It is in fact, one of the most photographed buildings in the world.įrom the top of the Space Needle you can enjoy 360-degree views of downtown Seattle, Puget Sound and the Olympic Mountains. It will be hard to miss, because there’s likely a queue of hundred of people snaking down the street! Visit Bruce Lee’s graveĪt 605 feet tall, Seattle’s Space Needle is easily the most recognizable sight in Seattle skyline. The first Starbucks store is located at 1912 Pike Place, opposite the famous Pike Place Market. You can get everything you’d expect from a Starbucks here from normal coffee and espresso to chai tea lattes and caramel Frappuccinos! Not much has changed in the store since it first opened its doors, the floors, the fixtures, the counters and the Starbucks sign out-front are over 50 years old. Nonetheless if you’re a coffee fan you just have to visit the starting point of the most famous coffee brand in the world! Would you believe there are now over 20,000 Starbucks stores in the world! Where it all began – the very first Starbucks store is located right here in Seattle, it’s been opened for over 50 years and is surprising small at just 1,000 square feet – I don’t know but I was expecting it to be much bigger. Me with a Starbucks, near the first store! My favorite part of the “emerald city,” or “rainy city” as the locals like to call it, is the very-cool neighborhood of Capitol Hill and on the water exploring Puget Sound! Have coffee at the first Starbucks in the world I recommend allowing 5-6 nights in Seattle. Seattle is one of my favorite cities in the U.S., we drove here from where we were living in Whistler, Canada, and spent 4 nights in the city – which isn’t long enough if you ask me. Seattle is famous for coffee, being the home of Starbucks, so of course I’ve recommended visiting the first Starbucks in the world, it also has the famous fish-throwing Pike Place Market, lots of excellent Seattle breweries, and the very unique (and a little gross) chewing gum wall! Well, luckily for you, I’ve done all the research for you and come up with a detailed list of 13 of the most popular things to do in Seattle. You need to decide what to do, where to stay, and where to eat as well as book flights or trains in some cases. Visiting somewhere new for the first time can be overwhelming.
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