Things to Do
Granite Lakes, North Bend
our top seattle picks
outdoors
Ballard Farmers Market (Sunday mornings; more than just food!)
Lake Union Electric Boats (Pilot your own boat to see Seattle from the water)
University of Washington arboretum
Olympic Sculpture Park
Golden Gardens Beach
Hikes in Snoqualmie (30 mins from downtown Seattle)
Discovery Park
Whale watching tours
indoors
Space Needle and Seattle Center
Pike Place Market
Pioneer Square
Gum Wall at Pike Place—exactly what it sounds like
Wing Luke Asian American Museum (and International District/Chinatown)
Seattle Art Museum
National Nordic Museum
First Starbucks (in Pike Place Market)
eat
Ray’s Boathouse—views of Puget Sound and Olympics
Mamnoons—Middle Eastern in Capitol Hill (another cool neighborhood to see)
Walrus and the Carpenter—Fresh seafood, shellfish, crudo
Stoneburner Restaurant—rooftop in Ballard
The Loupe Restaurant—revolving restaurant at the Space Needle
Anthony’s—Seafood
Chinook’s—Seafood
Din Tai Fung—Taiwanese restaurant specializing in soup dumplings
The Pink Door—Italian restaurant with trapeze shows