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Seattle-where to go
Happy Friday ladies,
My hubby and I will be taking an Alaskan cruise from Seattle in a few months and we want to get there early to see the sights for a few days. Does anybody have any recommendations for hotels, restaurants, and places that we should not miss?
TIA 
Re: Seattle-where to go
cafe campagne
dahlia lounge
palace kitchen
paseo caribbean
poppy
purple cafe & wine bar
restaurant zoe
serious pie
steelhead diner
sweet iron waffles
tilth
volterra
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homewood suites by hilton
hotel max
w seattle
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ballard farmers market
ballard locks
northwest trek
pike place market
space needle and seattle center
Here's my standard rec list for Seattle:
Things to do/see:
- Pike Place Market (a must)
- Original Starbucks (across from Pike Place)
- Pioneer Square (art galleries, bookstores, shops & cafes)
- Pacific Place & Westlake Centre (downtown shopping)
- Underground Tour (www.undergroundtour.com)
- Experience Music Project (www.empsfm.org)
- Argosy Cruises (www.argosycruises.com)
- Seattle Aquarium
- Woodland Park Zoo
If you have a car, go to Alki Beach, walk along the seawall and grab something to eat or drink at one of the cafes/restaurants or coffee shops along there:
www.gonorthwest.com/Washington/seattle/viewpoints/alki-beach.htm
One of our fave places is Green Lake, walk or bike around it or rent a paddle boat: www.cityofseattle.net/parks/park_detail.asp?ID=307
For shopping outside of downtown, I love U-village, I could hang out there all day with all the great shops and places to eat: www.uvillage.com
Food & Drinks:
Our two fave restaurants for dinner downtown are The Brooklyn, best steaks ever (www.thebrooklyn.com) and Elliott's Oyster House, excellent seafood, the crab cakes are to die for! (www.elliottsoysterhouse.com). We love this little Mexican place for lunch called El Puerco Lloron, so delish & cheap - love their salsa station! (www.elpuercolloron.com). Wild Ginger (asian food) gets rave reviews (www.wildginger.net). A cool place to go for dinner/drinks is The Pink Door (www.thepinkdoor.net).
For wine lovers: The Tasting Room (http://tastingroomseattle.com), also if you have a car, head out to Woodinville Wine Country, that's the place to go (www.woodinvillewinecountry.com).
For coffee connoisseurs, Vivace Espresso Bar (www.espressovivace.com/retail.html) is a must - rated the best, DH & I are addicted! I like the location on Broadway which is a really cool area, lots of unique shops and great people watching.
Side trips:
Snoqualmie Falls, just 30 min east of Seattle, is breathtaking. You can have lunch or dinner/drinks at the Salish Lodge while your there. Take a ferrry over to Port Townsend, Friday Harbor, Bainbridge Island, or the San Juan Islands - all cool places to check out for the day. You can go to Mount Rainer to do some sightseeing/hiking, such beautiful scenery. Also Mount St. Helens where the volcano was, super cool and interesting. Or, go over to the Olympic Peninsula, check out Hurricane Ridge, the rainforests, lakes and waterfalls.
We did the same thing last year and I absolutely loved Seattle!!
We stayed at the Hyatt Olive 8 and I can't say enough great things about that property, it was very well kept, very nice, super close to everything, and had a great spa area to use if you arrive pre-check in.
Sightseeing we did Pike's Place Market, the downtown area (just walked around) and the Space Needle. We didn't actually go up the needle, but if you want to make a lunch reservation at the restaurant and you get free admission to the observation deck. Otherwise the deck is something like $20 pp
Eating: We had dinner at Dalhia Lounge, it was incredible. There are a ton of really great locally owned places to eat in Seattle. Also on our list of maybe's was Wild Ginger which I have heard great things about.
Have fun!
Oh, and for hotels, we've stayed at these two, so I can personally rec them:
The Westin (two circular towers) - great downtown location, nice reno'd rooms with awesome views; had a great stay there:
http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/property/overview/index.html?propertyID=1055
Renaissance Seattle - good location downtown, great views, nice lobby lounge:
https://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/seasm-renaissance-seattle-hotel/