The Pearl of the Pacific Northwest: Seattle Travel Information

The keystone of Puget Sound's commerce and theactivities amid breathtaking lush green scenery.
origin of many alternative American trends is noneSeveral specialized tours are offered of Seattle's
other than the bustling Emerald City of Seattle. Securemany sights and sounds. One of the more interesting is
your airfare to Seattle with cFares and discover whythe Seattle Underground Tour, which leads you through
Bill Gates, Starbucks, Nirvana and the Space NeedleSeattle's "basement" underneath Pioneer Square.
made this metropolis their home. Travel in Seattle is asBetween the resistant swamp lands and a fire that
dynamic and diverse as its inhabitants. Enjoy thecompletely destroyed downtown in 1889, Seattle rebuilt
theater, mountain biking and the fish market all in oneitself over the original city layout (this time using brick
day with time left over to indulge in some excellentand 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 Rushyou may choose to exert yourself a bit more with a
that swept the nation by establishing itself as thekayak tour.
banking center for the newfound funds of the PacificGarage Grunge and Conspicuous Coffee
Northwest. This trend did not cease over the centuriesConsumption
as Seattle has become synonymous with major techSeattle's prosperity may be due in part to the
firms such as Boeing, Microsoft and The affluence iscaffeinated cosmopolites buzzing around the city.
now visible in the many public arts and architectureThanks to the establishment of Starbucks, Seattle's
projects that have been established in recent years asBest and Tully's, Seattle quickly became the coffee
well as the proliferation of fine and modern artscapital 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 Citywhere the famed fish merchants will toss your order
Just as much as Seattlites seem to work, they love toto you, giving a whole new meaning to flying fish.
get outdoors, rain or shine. Seattle offers an incredibleSeattle is also the birthplace to the popular Grunge
Parks System for such a metropolitan city. Get yourmovement, spawning Nirvana and a whole string of
bearings in Kerry Park with its infamous view ofbands with similar sound and style. Cafés
Seattle's skyline. Locate the Space Needle against thespotlighting free-styling poets and off-beat monologue
backdrop of Mt. Rainier and the rest of the Olympicperformances sprouted out of the Grunge scene and
Range. Take a jog along the Puget Sound at Goldenstill fill the Seattle air with funky lyrics and indie beats
Gardens Park, one of the last beaches that still allowstoday.
bonfires, or you can cycle around the serenely quiteSeattle today is an eclectic mix of high-tech industry,
Elliott Bay in Myrtle Edwards Park. Seattle alsocommercial consumerism, counterculture trends and
provides easy access to Washington's Olympic(thankfully) Bill Gate's generosity.
National Park, which offers all kinds of recreational