Seattle is a bustling city that always welcomes visitors from its iconic attractions and amusing things. Seattle will not compromise when it comes to cultural attractions, scenic views and vibrant cuisine options to visitors since the city is often more connected to these. Visiting Seattle is a great job for a backpacker, and in the same way enjoying some fun things especially with your kids/family is another greatest idea ever.
If you have ever visited Seattle before or are planning to visit this year with your family, don’t worry, we came up with an article that helps you to find what are the most exciting fun things visitors can do. Seattle may be popular for many reasons but since we are curious backpackers, we need to focus more on popular travel things.
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7 Fun Things to Do in Seattle
2. Visit Space Needle
Visiting the Space Needle in Seattle is a gateway to your fun activity. Going to the top is a great idea in the Space Needle where visitors are going to enjoy panoramic views of Seattle City. Standing at 605 feet tall, including city views, its top is often known for its ideal view of Puget Sound and surrounding mountains.
Its viewing platform is an interesting thing in Space Needle, it has a glass panel and skyriser benches that help us to make a more specific view on surrounding beauties. Enjoying Space Needle has some cost, every visitor needs to pay $35 as an entry fee (adults only) but it is worth one, besides its views visitors even spot a number of gift shops and restaurants to enjoy dining with a view.
2. Explore the Bustling Pike Place Market
Pike Place Market is a vibrant market in Seattle where visitors will spot some of the region’s fresh products, sea food items and artisan goods. Besides its vastness, the market is home to hundreds of places to eat, drink and shop. One of Seattle’s oldest yet continuing public markets today boasts thousands of handmade jewellery, woodworks, and popular fishmongers throw fish.
If you think where to start your food tour while enjoying fun activities here in Seattle, then Pike Place Market is an ideal place to begin. Restaurants not just serve fresh sea items and even it caters pastries, cheeses and some international cuisines. Since most of the places are often known for serving sea foods and drinking coffee at the original Starbucks. Children can spend their time at the Gum Wall, the library and some shops that sell crafts and comic books.
3. Take a Leisure Walk through Seattle Waterfront
Most recommended family activity to visitors and their children where they can take a leisurely stroll through the city’s waterfront to get a close cultural and natural touch. Walking exhibits more beautiful views of the Puget Sound, beach access and to spot the city’s most varied restaurants and shops. Its Waterfront Park has invited visitors to indulge its history through parks, public arts and scenic paths that always overlook walking pathways.
If you book any guided tours like global family travels to make more specific of your walking journey, then you’ll delve into more cultural, ecological and historical backgrounds of the shorelines, and natural beauties. Your Seattle Waterfront walking tour includes a total of 1.5 miles of distance and usually it would take 90 minutes to explore everything. Make sure that you don’t miss the Seattle Aquarium and enjoy the scenic ferry ride here on the Waterfront, both are ideal things to enjoy.
4. Visit the Museum of Pop Culture
One of the interesting things for those who love to take pop culture activities, Seattle’s Museum of Pop Culture is heaven for them. It is a non-profit museum that occasionally offers music, art, science fiction, film, video games and interactive exhibitions and events. Located close to Space Needle, in Museum of Pop Culture visitors and his family/partners can immerse in the museum’s Sound Lab for DJs and galleries to understand the history of pop cultures and fantasy music by the legendary artists.
Museums interactive exhibitions help us to understand how to learn music production, DJ skills and more deeply about pop culture history. With its interactive displays and themed sections, visitors get an opportunity to immerse themselves in contemporary culture and learn about influential artists and movements.
5. Discover Chihuly Garden and Glass
Chihuly Garden and Glass is a studio glass work of famous artist Dale Chihuly in Seattle directly next to the Space Needle and just 12 meters from popular Green Lake. Its unique urban garden offers vibrant colorful trees, plants and flowers and each one is made according to the artwork of the gardens. Its glasshouse, another epic feature, is a 100 foot long sculpture in the garden designed by the Chihuly to fill the space with a colorful red, orange and yellow palette. Galleries contain more collections of Chihuly’s work (around 40 years of his experiments) with color, light and form.
Do not miss to visit its theatres where visitors would enjoy a series of short videos about the work process of Chiculy through interviews, glassblowing and project installations. The indoor galleries and outdoor garden display colorful and intricate glass sculptures, don’t miss it. Chihuly Garden and Glass open every day from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM (sometimes opening hours may change) and have some entry fee. To know more about its timings and ticket prices visit its official website.
6. Visit the Seattle Art Museum
Another city’s well known museum which always welcomes visitors from its vast collections of art around the world, including native American, African and even contemporary works. Located in the main avenue of downtown Seattle, often called as SAM museum consist of three entities namely museum downtown, nine acre Olympic Sculpture Park and Seattle Asian Art Museum.
Inside of this art museum visitors are fortunate to spot a global collection of artworks spanning centuries such as Asian art, Indigenous American Art, and modern work. Seattle Art Museum occasionally host special exhibitions on themes including food and culture. It is a good idea to visit museum when it hosts special exhibitions of both current and classic artworks with its extensive resources.
7. Take a Ferry to Bainbridge Island
Finish your Seattle fun journey though taking a renowned and popular ferry journey to Bainbridge Island. It is just a short ferry ride from Seattle, during your ferry journey you’ll be more blessed to enjoy scenic views and feel a relaxing gateway. While traveling by ferry, visitors will get spectacular views of Seattle’s skyline across Elliott Bay and views of Space Needle and downtown Seattle.
Ferry runs from Daily from 4:45 AM to 1:35 PM on weekdays and 5:20 AM to 2:10 AM on weekends, do not miss to explore charming shops, local eateries and beautiful parks. Go through Bainbridge Ferry Schedule to understand departure and arrivals time, boat name and timings.