![]() The Tacoma-born glass artist Dale Chihuly has earned worldwide acclaim for his colourful and logic-defying glass sculptures.Įstablished at the Seattle Center in 2012, Chihuly Garden and Glass is a dazzling museum dedicated to his work. Chihuly Garden and Glass Source: steve estvanik / shutterstock Chihuly Garden And Glass Recommended tour: 3-Hour City Highlights TourĤ. On the open-air deck are “Skyrisers”, tilting glass walls that you can lean on to float over Seattle from 24 different vantage points. The windows on the observation deck now have floor-to-ceiling glass panels that are unobstructed by mullions, in line with the original sketches in the early 1960s. In 2017-18 a $100m renovation project installed the Loupe, which is the world’s first and only rotating glass floor. Wall panels help you identify more than 60 landmarks on this panorama. You’ll ascend the tower in a glass elevator to the observation deck at 160 metres, where you can ponder the Seattle’s towers, Mount Rainier, the islands on Puget Sound, the Cascade Mountains and the Olympic Mountains. When it went up in 1962 it was the tallest building west of the Mississippi, standing at 158 metres (184 with spire). Space Needle Source: TinaImages / shutterstock Space Needle, SeattleĪ defining feature of Seattle’s silhouette for almost 60 years, the Space Needle is a timeless symbol for the city. One of the landmarks on the calendar is PrideFest at the end of June, attended by 300,000+ people.ģ. ![]() On weekends, especially in summer, there’s always something going on in the center’s grounds. Make a stop at the musical International Fountain, completed for the exposition, and eschewing sculptural decoration for the parabolic shapes created by its 137 water jets. Get there on the elevated Seattle Center Monorail, which is full of space age charm and sets off from the Westlake Center in downtown Seattle. The Seattle Center’s emblem is the Space Needle, which we’ll come to next, but as we’ll see there’s a lot more packed onto the site, from museums to performing arts venues and the 18,600-seater KeyArena. This Modernist cityscape was all built for the 1962 World’s Fair, which gave a shot in the arm to the city’s economy and cultural life, and pulled in more than 2.3 million visitors. Seattle Center Source: happycreator / shutterstock Seattle Centerīelow Queen Anne Hill at the northern fringe of Seattle’s downtown, the Seattle Center is a cultural, arts and entertainment zone on 74 acres. Another popular option is the Pike Place Market Chef-Guided Food TourĢ. You’ll make seven stops to sample fresh produce and artisan treats, so you won’t have to worry about going hungry. You could try the 2.5-hour tour via, taking you to corners that only locals know about, all the while imparting interesting snippets about the site’s history. Over nine acres and composed of winding alleys and stairways down to lower levels, Pike Place Market is the kind of place that benefits from a bit of local perspective. Give yourself as much time as possible to be tempted by the aroma of baking bread, or to browse collectibles, vinyl and retro decor in little shops.Ĭome early in the day to beat the crowds, but if you visit later you’ll be serenaded by the market’s talented buskers. With a history going back to 1907, Pike Place Market has farmers’ stands for seasonal produce, a wealth of permanent produce stalls, four fish markets, dozens of specialty food stores for hard-to-find ingredients, a crafts market with more than 200 traders and an absurd amount of places to eat. Pike Place Market Source: EQRoy / shutterstock Pike Place MarketĬascading down a steep hill to the waterfront on Elliott Bay is a market of amazing proportions. ![]() You could savour these views for hours, from the elevated Kerry Park, the famous Space Needle, the Columbia Center or the Waterfront, but make time for Seattle’s museums, trendy neighbourhoods and daring architecture.Ĭonsider getting the Seattle CityPASS to save on admission to several of our suggestions. There’s the vastness of Puget Sound, the outline of the Olympic Mountains off to the west and the colossal mass of Mount Rainier, the most prominent peak in the United States. Setting off the space age urban environment of the Seattle Center and the cluster of skyscrapers downtown, Seattle is ensconced in glorious natural scenery. The biggest city in the Pacific Northwest has a diverse population, a surplus of public parks and leafy residential neighbourhoods on surrounding hills. ![]()
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