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Seattle is known for being one of the cities with the high quality of life. This place, which is named after Chief Seattle, a chief who offered asylum to theseeking asylum to the first settlers that arrived to Seattle in 1850. The city is located on the coast of two lakes and a large bay named Puget Sound; it is also located between two large mountains (Olympics and Cascades).

It offers a lot of attractions to its visitors, including the Pike Place Market,  Space Needle ,  Pacific Science Center ,  Washington State Ferries ,  Central Waterfront, Seattle ,  Seattle Great Wheel ,  EMP Museum ,  Woodland Park Zoo ,  Seattle Aquarium.

Pike Place Market


The Pike Place Market  is a downtown public market that has been in business since 1907. It’s a year-round farmers market and a visual riot of vegetable, seafood, cheese and flower stalls along with handicrafts and tourist-friendly knickknacks, and of course, the flying fish.

Created more than a century ago to connect the city’s citizens and farmers, Pike Place Market is a beloved Seattle treasure. Encompassing a nine-acre Market Historic District overlooking Elliott Bay, the Market remains the bustling center of farm fresh, locally sourced, artisanal and specialty foods. And with more than 200 small independent businesses and a diverse array of restaurants, the Market offers endless opportunities for delight and discovery.

The main entrance to Pike Place Market is at First Avenue  and Pike Street, it is located on the edge of a steep hill, and it consist has several levels below the main level; each level offers a variety of unique shops such as antique dealers, comic book sellers, and small family businesses-restaurants.

If people take the stairs to down under they are able to find a wood-floored maze of small shops beneath the main-level market. There are full a variety of shops and stalls across the street from the main market, including the first and original Starbucks, which actually moved here from down the street about five years after its 1971 opening, but retains its vintage look.

Market Hours
The Market is open 19.5 hours a day, 362 days a year. The Market is closed on Thanksgiving,  Christmas  and  New Year 's Day.


 * General Hours

Space Needle


In 1959, the artist Edward Carlson  was inspired by the Stuttgart Tower in Germany and created the vision of a dominant central structure for the 1962 Seattle World’s Fair,  the Space Needle.

It is 605 ft (184 m) high, 138 ft (42 m) wide, and weighs 9,550 tons. The five level top house dome was completed with special attention paid to the revolving restaurant level and Observation Deck. The Skycity restaurant uses to rotate with just a one horsepower electric motor; the 605-foot tall Space Needle was completed in December 1961 and officially opened a mere four months later on the first day of the World’s Fair, April 21, 1962.

This vertical icon of the city gives a great view of the city from the top; it looks like a spaceship on stilts, towering over Seattle Center , a cultural complex where you could easily spend hours at the  Pacific Science Center , Chihuly glass display, food court, theatres or simply watching kids frolic in a giant outdoor fountain.

Skycity Restaurant
SkyCity, originally known as the "Eye of the Needle," is a revolving restaurant situated atop the Space Needle  in Seattle, Washington. It features a 14-foot-deep (4.3 m) carousel (or ring-shaped) dining floor on which sit patrons' tables, chairs and dining booths; and, it uses to rotate with just a one horsepower electric motor

SkyCity serves Pacific Northwest cuisine and features local seafood, steaks, chicken and vegetarian menu items. The restaurant is considered fine dining, and has a casual dress code. The seating has been arranged so that every table has an unobstructed view of the Seattle metropolitan area.

Space Needle Hours
The Space Needle is open daily, including evenings. Admission starts at $19 (adult) for the elevator ride to the observation deck, 520 feet up. Or get a meal with a view at Skycity Restaurant.



Pacific Science Center


The Pacific Science Center  is a hands-on learning center for kids and families offering permanent and traveling exhibits. It firsts opened its doors as a privete not-for-profit on October 22, 1962; it was built and designed and built by the United States Government  as part of the Seattle World's Fair and since then, the Science Center's graceful arches have been an iconic element in the city skyline; in 2004 Pacific Science Center acquired full title to its land and buildings.

It is located in Seattle and Mercer Slough, Bellevue, Washington, where permanent exhibits feature an interactive dinosaur display, Tropical Butterfly House, Insect Village, Puget Sound Model and Saltwater Tide Pool, plus other exhibits showcasing animals, technology and more. Two IMAX  theaters showcase the latest in big-screen and 3-D films; the Boeing IMAX Theatre features a screen six stories high and 80 feet wide, with 12,000 watts of stereo sound.

Pacific Science Center Hours
Fall/Winter hours of operation:
 * Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday - 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.
 * Saturday-Sunday-Holidays - 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
 * CLOSED TUESDAYS
 * We close at 3 p.m. December 24
 * Exhibits & Theaters CLOSED December 25

Washington State Ferries
Since its creation on June 1, 1951, Washington State Ferries has become the largest ferry system in the United States and the third largest in the world. Over 25 million people a year ride on Washington State Ferries.

Ferries shuttle all around  Puget Sound  and they are a key part of Washington’s  transportation system. You can have a fun, quick and cheap sightseeing boat ride as a walk-on passenger (adult fare is $7.70 round trip) on the Seattle-Bainbridge Island ferry. If it’s clear, you’ll even see 14,410-foot Mount Rainier  looming to the south on the 35-minute ride.



Central Waterfront


Seattle's Central Waterfront is one of Seattle’s most attractive neighborhoods given to its spectacular views. Visitors can enjoy fresh Pacific Northwest  seafood, eclectic souvenir and curio shops, scenic ferry rides, a visit to the  Seattle Aquarium, or take a walk along the piers and simply enjoy the view. It is a span of parks, piers, ferry and ship terminals, promenades and public spaces, stretching from Pioneer Square on the south to Shilshole Marina on the north; it was once the hub of Seattle's maritime activity.

Since the construction of a container port to its south in the 1960s, the area has increasingly been converted to recreational and retail uses. As of 2008, several century-old piers are devoted to shops and restaurants. Highlights along the waterfront include Seattle Aquarium,  Myrtle Edwards Park , two cruise ship docks, the Washington State Ferry terminal, docks for Argosy Cruises and the Victoria Clipper, arcades, restaurants, shopping, bike paths, fishing piers, and boat launches.

Prime harbor views can be found on the city’s central waterfront, stretching along Alaskan Way from Pier 70 on the north to Pier 48 on the south. Midway, built atop Pier 59 is the Seattle Aquarium.

Pier 66 is the home of the Bell Street Cruise Terminal and homeport for luxury cruise liners bound for Alaska’s Inside Passage. Pier 55 and 56, Argosy Cruises features decidedly smaller vessels for sightseeing trips and evening dinner cruises; also departing from Pier 55, Tillicum Village offers a scenic boat trip to nearby Blake Island for a Northwest Coast Native American stage show.

Seattle Aquarium


Seattle, with its long maritime history, is a natural location for an aquarium. The Seattle Aquarium opened on May 20, 1977. Over the years, the Seattle Aquarium has provided a recreational and educational resource for millions of visitors, including school children, parents, researchers, and tourists. While still a city facility, the Aquarium is now supported by a growing Seattle Aquarium Society (SEAS), founded in 1981, which is exploring development of a larger, replacement facility.

The Seattle Aquarium is the ninth largest aquarium in the United States by attendance and among the top five paid visitor attractions in the Puget Sound region; and it is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. It was owned and operated by the City of Seattle Department of Parks and Recreation until 2010, when the nonprofit Seattle Aquarium Society assumed its management



Major exhibits
Currently, the Aquarium’s animal collection is housed within six major exhibits:
 * 1) Window on Washington Waters
 * 2) Life on the Edge
 * 3) Pacific Coral Reef
 * 4) Birds and Shores
 * 5) The Underwater Dome
 * 6) Marine Mammals.

Aquarium Hours
From 9:30am to 5pm daily. The last entry at 5pm and exhibits close at 6pm. The Aquarium is closed all day June 6, 2014 for Splash, the annual fundraising auction.

Holiday Hours:

Seattle Great Wheel


The Seattle Great Wheel  was built in less than a year, this project started when a Seattle businessman, Hal Griffith, envisioned a Ferris wheel in the city for nearly 30 years, but it wasn't until he realized he could build one on his own pier that his dream became a reality. The Seattle Great Wheel opened to the public on June 29, 2012; since that day, it has become an icon of the city and a destination for tourists and locals alike.

The wheel extends nearly 40 feet beyond the end of the pier, over Elliott Bay, and it is considered as the largest observation wheel on the west coast, standing 175 feet tal. It also has 42 fully-enclosed gondolas; each gondola seats up to eight people, meaning the wheel can hold over 300 passengers.

People can ride the Seattle Great Wheel, a 175-foot tall Ferris wheel with enclosed gondola-type cabins, for a view from on high of the city, Elliott Bay and the Olympic Mountains to the west.



Seattle Great Wheel Hours
Operating Hours effective September 30th 2013 through June 2014 :
 * Monday-Thursday: 11 am- 10pm
 * Friday: 11 am- 12 am
 * Saturday: 10 am- 12 am
 * Sunday: 10 am- 10 pm

Holiday hours at the wheel:

EMP Museum


The EMP Museum  in Seattle was originally known as the Experience Music Project with the separate [ Science Fiction Museum ] attached. Now, the two museums are united under one title, EMP Museum, and one admission fee. The museum houses both permanent and temporary exhibitions, focusing on music history and sci-fi, as well as several interactive exhibits.

Experience is a leading-edge, nonprofit museum, dedicated to the ideas and risk-taking that fuel contemporary popular culture. With its roots in rock and roll, EMP serves as a gateway museum, reaching multigenerational audiences through our collections, exhibitions, and educational programs, using interactive technologies to engage and empower our visitors. At EMP, artists, audiences, and ideas converge, bringing understanding, interpretation, and scholarship to the popular culture of our time.

It is located at 325 5th Avenue N, it is a 140,000 square foot Frank O. Gehry  built multiple innovative galleries, an interactive Sound Lab, Sky Church, and a significant historic music collection of approximately 140,000 objects.

Set amid the backdrop of the Space Needle, and easily accessible from Seattle's downtown core, the museum's one-of-a-kind architecture offers numerous unique sites, from lofty and spacious to cozy and secluded. People can set their special events, including meetings, concerts, intimate gatherings, film premieres, seated dinners, or elaborate receptions.

EMP Museum Hours
Winter Hours:
 * Daily 10:00 am- 5:00 pm

Summer Hours
 * Daily 10:00am-7:00pm

Woodland Park Zoo
Often ranked among the top zoos in the country, Woodland Park Zoo  is famed for setting international standards for animal care and its realistic landscape exhibits that allow animals to thrive and be seen in naturalistic environments. Popular exhibits include an African Savanna, Northern Trail, Tropical Rain Forest, Bug World, Temperate Forest Zone, Willawong Station and Australasia Zone.

The zoo includes 92 acres (37 ha) of exhibits and public spaces. It is open to the public daily, and welcomed 1.05 million visitors in 2006; conservation is the heart of Woodland Park Zoo’s mission.

Woodland Park Zoo Hours
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