The bucket-list things to do — and who runs each one.
Here’s the bucket list for your day ashore: the most extraordinary thing to do at each stop, who runs it, and how to book it direct — so you can weigh it against your ship’s excursion and pick what suits you.
In port at Seattle, the bucket-list move is Space Needle & Chihuly Garden of Glass: Seattle's Twin Icons. Chihuly Garden and Glass runs it. Below: 3 bucket-list things to do on a Seattle port day — worth weighing against whatever your ship offers.
Ascend Seattle's most iconic tower for 360° views of Puget Sound, the Cascades, and Mount Rainier, then lose yourself in Chihuly's otherworldly blown-glass sculptures in the garden and glasshouse next door. A true Seattle bucket-list double.
Book itSeattle: Space Needle & Chihuly Garden and Glass Ticket$78 per person
Run by Chihuly Garden and Glass · 4.70 from 25,000 reviews
Glide through Elliott Bay aboard Argosy Cruises' narrated harbor tour — the definitive way to see Seattle's skyline, Mount Rainier, and the working waterfront from the water. A Pacific Northwest rite of passage since 1949.
We have not yet verified a bookable operator and price for
this one, so we are not quoting either.
Descend into Seattle's beloved Pike Place Market with a private local guide who unlocks its hidden lower levels, artisan vendors, and legendary food stalls — including the original Starbucks and the flying-fish theater of Pike Place Fish Co.
Book itSeattle: Pike Place Market Chef-Guided Food Tour$75 per person
Journey 30 miles east to the thundering 268-foot Snoqualmie Falls — taller than Niagara — then wind through the Cascade foothills to world-class Woodinville wineries for private tastings of acclaimed Pacific Northwest vintages.
We have not yet verified a bookable operator and price for
this one, so we are not quoting either.
Descend beneath Seattle's streets into the original Victorian-era city, buried after the catastrophic 1889 Great Fire and rebuilt above itself. Bill Speidel's Underground Tour is irreverent, expert, and unlike anything else in America.
We have not yet verified a bookable operator and price for
this one, so we are not quoting either.
Sail the glittering waters of Puget Sound in search of orcas, humpback whales, Steller sea lions, harbor seals, and bald eagles — with a certified naturalist aboard to decode every sighting. The Pacific Northwest's most thrilling wildlife spectacle.
Book itSeattle: Wildlife and Whale Watching Cruise$150 per person
Your day in SeattleNothing picked yet — tick what you fancy
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Now plan the rest of it
You know what to do on the day. Here is the trip it belongs to —
each one opens as a whole plan, not a list: where to fly in, every port, what it runs.
