Offers a spectacular view of the metropolitan area including Puget Sound, Lake Union, Lake Washington and the surrounding mountains. The elevator is free if you dine in one of the revolving restaurants at the top.

Located in the heart of downtown on a bluff overlooking the waterfront, Pike Place Market is the oldest continually operating farmers market
in the USA. It has fruit, vegetable and flower stalls plus seafood markets where giant flying salmon are tossed over the heads of spectators. It has specialty shops, restaurants
, craft vendors and street entertainers. Pike Place Market attracts tourists as well as Seattle
natives who come to shop, to dine or to be entertained.

Its central square contains the renowned Seattle Totem Pole and the statue of chief Sealth, the city's namesake. Historic old buildings containing bistros, art galleries and trendy nightclubs surround it.

It has a large population of Japanese, Chinese, Filipinos, Southeast Asians, Koreans and Pacific Islanders. This unique Oriental neighborhood with its array of shops, restaurants and multi-cultural attractions is one of the most interesting in Seattle.