Tours & Travel
Seattle · original destination photography
The city collection / 01147.60° N · 122.33° W

Seattle / The complete city guide

Seattle.

Between water and wonder.
Find your next chapter.

Find your own Seattle through its places, stories and neighbourhoods. Keep a few favourites and shape a day that makes sense for you.

Find your Seattle
Seattle / ↗Surprise meYour mood, your saved places and what catches your eye help me choose the next idea.
The complete Seattle World · 99 / 9Tours & Travel / Seattle
61Places13Stories3Travel essentials3Itineraries19Areas

01 Your story

Seattle, in sync.

Set your time, energy and rain preference. Follow a story from place to place, then preview it in My day.

Your window of freedom90 min · Ready to wander · Dry ＋
How do you feel?

Up to 60 min walking, including your return if selected.

More about your moment

Declared scenario and planning estimates; no live opening, weather, queue or booking service.

Try your moment · 2026-10-27 · 12:00 · Smith Tower

The thread you are shaping90 min left in this draft
Smith Tower

Chapter 1 / Seattle

Smith Tower.

Chapter 1Outdoor visit · Estimated

Start with Smith Tower. Let a detail decide which thread you follow next.

Pause here. What detail would you keep from this place?

2 min Walk15 min Visit24 min · Total

Outdoor walks and façade observations. Interior admission is not included.

The full story

Smith Tower is a 1914 Pioneer Square skyscraper whose early height and surviving elevator details make it a strong architectural marker in Seattle's historic downtown.

Choose Smith Tower for a clear connection between Pioneer Square and Seattle's early skyline. Completed in 1914, it was the city's oldest skyscraper and once the tallest office building west of the Mississippi River. Its brass-surfaces elevators and latticed doors preserve an unusual interior detail, giving the building interest beyond its exterior profile.

  • Smith Tower was completed in 1914 in Pioneer Square.
  • Smith Tower retains elevators with brass surfaces and latticed doors.

What is pulling you next?

Another door into this story

Change my mood ↗Explore ↗

The thread you are shaping · 90 min left in this draft

Chapter 1Outdoor visit · Estimated

Smith Tower.

Start with Smith Tower. Let a detail decide which thread you follow next.

Pause here. What detail would you keep from this place?

2 min Walk15 min Visit24 min · Total

Outdoor walks and façade observations. Interior admission is not included.

The full story

Smith Tower is a 1914 Pioneer Square skyscraper whose early height and surviving elevator details make it a strong architectural marker in Seattle's historic downtown.

Choose Smith Tower for a clear connection between Pioneer Square and Seattle's early skyline. Completed in 1914, it was the city's oldest skyscraper and once the tallest office building west of the Mississippi River. Its brass-surfaces elevators and latticed doors preserve an unusual interior detail, giving the building interest beyond its exterior profile.

  • Smith Tower was completed in 1914 in Pioneer Square.
  • Smith Tower retains elevators with brass surfaces and latticed doors.

What is pulling you next?

Another door into this story

Change my mood ↗Explore ↗
Open the whole Seattle World99 ↗
Open my possibilities4 experiences fit this moment ↗

The next chapter starts from Smith Tower.

The Seattle possible from here

This map compares 63 defined experiences. The full guide includes all 61 places. Discover ↗

Why this chapter?

Route draft · estimated walks, visits and return if selected

From Smith Tower, with 90 minutes to work with.

Exterior visit only. Museum, dome and building entry is not included.

Declared scenario and planning estimates; no live opening, weather, queue or booking service.

02 Your travel personality

Let Seattle get to know you.

Answer three quick questions. Your interests and pace shape the stories, walks and surprises you see.

  1. 01
  2. 02
  3. 03
01 / 03

Have we met before?

Remembered in this browser, across all nine languages. Your choices can change anytime.

03 Themed walks

Three ways to make Seattle yours.

Choose a themed walk, discover small details along the way and add its stops to My day.

01

About 34 min · 2 stops

Smith Tower · Occidental Park

Let the old and the everyday meet. Look for one trace to carry into your next chapter.

0/2 in My day
02

About 35 min · 2 stops

Pike Place Market · Seattle Art Museum

Follow a line, a texture, a change of light. The next detail is yours to discover.

0/2 in My day
03

About 25 min · 1 stop

Gas Works Park

Give yourself permission to linger. Keep a little space for whatever catches your eye.

0/1 in My day

Your current mission

Smith Tower · Occidental Park

Outdoor walks and façade observations. Interior admission is not included.

About 34 min · 2 stopsOpen My day

Editable planning times for this mission only, including walks between its stops. Your existing day and travel to or from the route are separate.

Follow the storySeattle Culture
  1. 01

    Smith Tower

    15 min

    A little thing to notice

    Pause here. What detail would you keep from this place?

  2. 02

    Occidental Park

    15 min

    A little thing to notice

    Compare this place with the last. What feels different?

04 A personal surprise

A little Seattle serendipity.

Tap Surprise me for a place or story chosen around your tastes. Keep it, add it to My day or try another.

Three little choices. A city that starts to feel like yours.

Seattle / 99

05 The complete city guide

Discover
Seattle.

Browse all 99 places, stories and travel tips. Search or filter by interest, then save what catches your eye.

61 / 99From the Seattle World · en
Alki PointPlaces

Nature / Viewpoints

Alki Point

Alki Point is West Seattle's westernmost point, projecting into Puget Sound and marking the southern edge of Elliott Bay beside the Alki neighborhood.

Explore
Duwamish HeadPlaces

Maritime heritage / Nature

Duwamish Head

Duwamish Head is the northern point of West Seattle, where Elliott Bay views open toward downtown, the working waterfront and the Olympic Mountains.

Explore
Jefferson ParkPlaces

History / Parks

Jefferson Park

Jefferson Park is a Beacon Hill public park and golf course whose broad site reflects Seattle's early park planning and later community recreation uses.

Explore
Lincoln ParkPlaces

Nature / Parks

Lincoln Park

Lincoln Park is a large West Seattle park between Fauntleroy Way and Puget Sound, covering the forested headland historically known as Williams Point.

Explore
Lumen FieldPlaces

Architecture

Lumen Field

Lumen Field is a multipurpose Seattle stadium near the central business district, built between 2000 and 2002 as an open-air venue with downtown skyline views.

Explore
Museum of FlightPlaces

Industrial heritage / History

Museum of Flight

Museum of Flight is a private nonprofit air and space museum at the south end of King County International Airport, just south of Seattle in Tukwila.

Explore
Seattle AquariumPlaces

Nature

Seattle Aquarium

Seattle Aquarium is a waterfront aquarium on Pier 59 that interprets Washington waters, making it a focused indoor stop along Elliott Bay rather than a broad city museum.

Explore
Seattle Art MuseumPlaces

Art / Museums

Seattle Art Museum

Seattle Art Museum is a downtown art institution with roots in a 1933 museum project, offering a cultural stop that can be paired easily with nearby central-city sights.

Explore
Seattle Asian Art MuseumPlaces

Architecture / Art

Seattle Asian Art Museum

Seattle Asian Art Museum presents Asian art in Volunteer Park's 1933 Art Moderne building, combining a focused museum visit with one of Capitol Hill's major green spaces.

Explore
Hiram M Chittenden LocksPlaces

Maritime heritage / Architecture

Hiram M Chittenden Locks

The Hiram M Chittenden Locks, also called the Ballard Locks, connect Puget Sound with the Lake Washington Ship Canal beside a fish ladder and botanical gardens.

Explore
Benaroya HallPlaces

Architecture / Art

Benaroya Hall

Benaroya Hall is a downtown performance venue built above a rail tunnel, with engineering that isolates its auditoria from street and train vibration.

Explore
Blue Moon TavernPlaces

History

Blue Moon Tavern

Blue Moon Tavern is a historic University District tavern opened in 1934, remembered for its connections to students, writers and Seattle counterculture.

Explore

Original World content and translations, shown as supplied. Practical information may need updating.

06 Ready-made itineraries

Itineraries

Prefer a starting plan? Open an itinerary, see its stops and add the ones you want to My day.

Capitol Hill Art and Arboretum Paths01

The route, stop by stop · 6

Capitol Hill Art and Arboretum Paths

Pair the Frye Art Museum with Cal Anderson Park and Volunteer Park, then continue through Seattle Asian Art Museum, the Arboretum, and Seattle Japanese Garden.

Explore
Lake Union Boats and City History02

The route, stop by stop · 4

Lake Union Boats and City History

Trace Seattle’s maritime story from the Center for Wooden Boats and Lake Union Park to historic vessels at Northwest Seaport and regional history inside MOHAI.

Explore
Market Views and Pioneer Square History03

The route, stop by stop · 7

Market Views and Pioneer Square History

Begin at Pike Place Market and Seattle Art Museum, then follow downtown’s skyline story through Columbia Center, Smith Tower, and the Klondike Gold Rush exhibits in Pioneer Square.

Explore

07 Find your bearings

Map

Choose one of the 61 places to see it on the map and open its guide.

Smith Tower

Seattle / 58

The complete Seattle World

The interactive map connects to OpenStreetMap when opened.

Smith TowerExplore

08 Your day, your way

My day 00

Your chosen stops come together here. Reorder them, adjust visit times or ask for a new draft when plans change.

Saved in this browser, on this device. Shared across the nine languages.

Seattle, in sync.

My plans changed

Tell this moment what changed above. I will offer a new draft of My day, keeping what fits in order.

How do you feel? ↗

Loading your Seattle…

09 Local voices

Every city deserves a local voice.

We are shaping a programme with local guides and creators. Help us imagine the next chapter of Seattle.

Talk to us about Seattle