| The keystone of Puget Sound's commerce and the | | | | activities amid breathtaking lush green scenery. |
| origin of many alternative American trends is none | | | | Several specialized tours are offered of Seattle's |
| other than the bustling Emerald City of Seattle. Secure | | | | many sights and sounds. One of the more interesting is |
| your airfare to Seattle with cFares and discover why | | | | the Seattle Underground Tour, which leads you through |
| Bill Gates, Starbucks, Nirvana and the Space Needle | | | | Seattle's "basement" underneath Pioneer Square. |
| made this metropolis their home. Travel in Seattle is as | | | | Between the resistant swamp lands and a fire that |
| dynamic and diverse as its inhabitants. Enjoy the | | | | completely destroyed downtown in 1889, Seattle rebuilt |
| theater, mountain biking and the fish market all in one | | | | itself over the original city layout (this time using brick |
| day with time left over to indulge in some excellent | | | | and steel) creating an actual underground network. |
| seafood dining. | | | | Several cruise lines offer a tour of Seattle's coast or |
| Seattle quickly capitalized on the Yukon Gold Rush | | | | you may choose to exert yourself a bit more with a |
| that swept the nation by establishing itself as the | | | | kayak tour. |
| banking center for the newfound funds of the Pacific | | | | Garage Grunge and Conspicuous Coffee |
| Northwest. This trend did not cease over the centuries | | | | Consumption |
| as Seattle has become synonymous with major tech | | | | Seattle's prosperity may be due in part to the |
| firms such as Boeing, Microsoft and The affluence is | | | | caffeinated cosmopolites buzzing around the city. |
| now visible in the many public arts and architecture | | | | Thanks to the establishment of Starbucks, Seattle's |
| projects that have been established in recent years as | | | | Best and Tully's, Seattle quickly became the coffee |
| well as the proliferation of fine and modern arts | | | | capital of the country. The first Starbucks store is still a |
| museums and performance art funding. | | | | block away from the touristy Pike Place Market, |
| Get Out and About the Rainy City | | | | where the famed fish merchants will toss your order |
| Just as much as Seattlites seem to work, they love to | | | | to you, giving a whole new meaning to flying fish. |
| get outdoors, rain or shine. Seattle offers an incredible | | | | Seattle is also the birthplace to the popular Grunge |
| Parks System for such a metropolitan city. Get your | | | | movement, spawning Nirvana and a whole string of |
| bearings in Kerry Park with its infamous view of | | | | bands with similar sound and style. Cafés |
| Seattle's skyline. Locate the Space Needle against the | | | | spotlighting free-styling poets and off-beat monologue |
| backdrop of Mt. Rainier and the rest of the Olympic | | | | performances sprouted out of the Grunge scene and |
| Range. Take a jog along the Puget Sound at Golden | | | | still fill the Seattle air with funky lyrics and indie beats |
| Gardens Park, one of the last beaches that still allows | | | | today. |
| bonfires, or you can cycle around the serenely quite | | | | Seattle today is an eclectic mix of high-tech industry, |
| Elliott Bay in Myrtle Edwards Park. Seattle also | | | | commercial consumerism, counterculture trends and |
| provides easy access to Washington's Olympic | | | | (thankfully) Bill Gate's generosity. |
| National Park, which offers all kinds of recreational | | | | |