Seattle City and Snoqualmie Falls Half-Day Guided Tour
Description
With two activities in one 4-hour tour, see the top sights of the Seattle area, both natural and manmade. First visit Snoqualmie Falls, a waterfall in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. Then experience Seattle on a city tour that introduces you to the attractions and history that make Seattle one of the most livable cities in America. Listen to fun facts and engaging stories about Seattle from a guide, and learn how the city got its name and what the real story is about how much it rains. The itinerary ensures adequate time spent at each location, allowing individual feedback and suggestions from the guide.
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Itinerary
Join Shutter Tours for an exciting 4 hour sightseeing tour of Seattle.
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After meeting your guide at Pike Place Market, your tour starts with a little Seattle history as you travel through Pioneer Square, where the early settlers decided to build the city. You'll learn how the great Seattle fire started as well as the Seattle Underground as we drive through Pioneer Square.
CenturyLink Field is the home field for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL) and Seattle Sounders FC of Major League Soccer (MLS). It is a modern facility with views of the Downtown Seattle skyline and can seat 69,000 people.
T-Mobile Park is a retractable roof baseball park it is the home stadium of the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball (MLB) and has a seating capacity of 47,715 for baseball.
Your first experience in the Cascade foothills will be a drive through the town of Snoqualmie, the real "Twin Peaks" of the Pacific Northwest. Then you'll enjoy the majesty of Snoqualmie Falls, which is sure to be a favorite memory on your tour with us. Time spent at falls is approximately one half hour.
Next stopping point is the Fremont Troll where you can take some time to get some photos of this one of a kind piece of public art. As we drive through Fremont you'll see a 16' tall statue of Bolshevik Russian Communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin. Your guide will share with you how this statue arrived in Seattle and the story behind its history.
The controversial Lenin statue originally came from Slovakia and is remenicant of the old communist style statues of a bygone era.
During the months of September-March, we will visit Fisherman's terminal home of the Pacific fishing fleet.
During the months of March thru August, we stop at the locks. At the Ballard Locks, you may see migrating salmon going through the locks system during the summer months, Sea Lions, Eagles and maritime traffic as they navigate this engineering marvel. Approximate time at the locks is a half hour, giving you time to explore the locks and fish ladder. (Note: This stop is not on tour September 1st-March 1st. See booking page for more info) Winter Tour Notes From October 29th thru March 1st, we do not stop at the locks due to the lack of boating activity and an empty fish ladder.
Next we experience the #1 rated location in Seattle for taking a photo of the skyline, the picturesque viewpoint at Kerry Park.
Our final stop will be back at the Pike Place Market at approximately 2 PM.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Operates in all weather conditions; please dress appropriately
- We can accommodate folding wheelchairs and walkers
- Secure luggage storage is available
- No Hotel Pickups, Please meet at meeting point.
Reviews(1,386)
Dale is a fantastic guide, very knowledgeable about the city as he's lived here for a long time. The amount of spots you get to see and experience is fantastic for the value. As an added bonus he's an experienced photographer and was happy to get great shots of everybody on the tour. Fantastic time seeing the sites if Seattle and seeing the amazing neighborhoods.
We had a great tour! We traveled with our elderly parents who had some mobility challenges and the travel accommodations worked out fine. Our tour guide Terry was excellent. He had tons of knowledge about the city and the places we visited. We definitely recommend this tour.
Very knowledgeable and accommodating guide (Dennis). We had a fun time. The falls were beautiful and the tour of the city, especially the Ballard Locks and Kerry Park, was exceptional!
This tour is definitely worth doing if you are in the Seattle area! Our wonderful tour guide Dennis was very knowledgeable about all of the stops and was able to answer any questions anyone had, sharing loads of history about Washington ans Seattle. With this tour you get to see a wider variety of Seattle and the nearby cities, going to Fremont, Queen Anne Hill, Carrey Park, and up into the Snoqualmie mountains. This tour is great for both families and adults with great entertainment and solid amount of stops. The best part of the tour is definitely all of the photography tips and tricks that really sets this tour above all the rest! The tour guides teach you how to capture some really amazing photos that will be sure to make all of your Facebook followers jealous! Definitely recommend!
Great tour of several interesting places. Dale was very informative, accommodating and funny. Highly recommended!
Our guide was very knowledgeable, very nice and helpful. He shoved us how to take a picture with 2 of the same person by using panoramic mode and during the 3rd image the subject will step behind the photographer and be again ipresent n the 3rd image. Recommend tour.
Our tour guide Dale, was great. He cared about every detail and made the tour so great. We enjoyed all of it.
This isn't a boat tour.. it's a bus tour. They don't mention this at all in their advertising or their pictures.
Fun and informative. Dale was so personable and went above and beyond to make everyone comfortable. He supplied water, snacks and even gave us great photo tips.
Our family did a half day tour with Dale and he was incredible! So knowledgeable, hilarious and with his extraordinary photography skills helped grab some great photos of each group member. Highly recommend this tour and especially with Dale!!
