Pike Place Market is a good spot to sample the wares of some of Washington’s best wine producers, and there are few better places than the Tasting Room, which offers four-glass tastings for $12. Friendly experts will talk you through the taste notes and tannins of prized vintages from Walla Walla, the Yakima Valley and the Columbia River region.


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1. Victor Steinbrueck Park

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When you’ve had enough of Pike Place Market and its crowds, wander out the end of the North Arcade and cross Western Ave to Victor Steinbrueck Park, a…

2. Corner & Sanitary Market Buildings

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Across Pike Place from the Main Arcade are the 1912 Corner & Sanitary Market Buildings, so named because they were the first of the market buildings in…

3. Main & North Arcades

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The Main & North Arcades, sandwiched between Pike Pl and Western Ave, contain some of the most quintessential Pike Place Market ephemera: flower stands,…

4. Pike Place Market

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A cavalcade of noise, smells, personalities, banter and urban theater sprinkled liberally around a spatially challenged waterside strip, Pike Place Market…

5. Gum Wall

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Seattle's famous gum wall is one of those cultural monuments you can smell before you even see it. The sweet aroma of chewed gum wafts from this strip of…

6. Seattle Aquarium

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Though not on a par with Seattle's nationally lauded Woodland Park Zoo, the aquarium – situated on Pier 59 in an attractive wooden building – is probably…

7. Times Square Building

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This terracotta and granite structure, guarded by eagles perched on the roof, was designed by the Paris-trained architect Carl Gould (who also designed…

8. Seattle Great Wheel

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This 175ft Ferris wheel was installed in June 2012 with 42 gondolas, each capable of carrying eight people on a 12-minute ($14!) ride. The wheel sticks…