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Tours of the City

Walking Tours
Chinatown Discovery Tours (tel: (206) 236 0657; website: www.seattlechamber.com/chinatowntour) offers guided walking tours (from US$9.95) of Chinatown, many of which include a sampling of the cuisine. Seattle's Best Walking Tours (tel: (206) 226 7642) specialise in the Waterfront and Pike Place Market area. Underground Seattle, discovered by chance in the 1960s, is a street of subterranean storefronts from the late nineteenth century before the Pioneer Square area was elevated above the tide flats. Guides give a racy, three-hour, three-block walk daily, leaving from Doc Maynard's Public House, 610 First Avenue (tel: (206) 682 4646), costing US$8.

Bus Tours
Grayline (tel: (206) 426 7532 or (800) 426 7505; website: www.graylineseattle.com) offers many different day tours within Seattle. A full-day Grand City Tour costs US$39 and various three-hour tours start at US$30. They also offer a 'Hops and Grapes' tour of Greater Seattle's breweries and vineyards, as well as multi-day tours to the San Juan Islands and Victoria, BC.

Other Tours
Argosy Tours (tel: (206) 623 4252; website: www.argosycruises.com) at Pier 55 offers sightseeing cruises around the harbour and other places, as well as a dinner cruise ship. A one-hour narrated tour of Seattle's harbour costs US$14, the three-hour Lake Washington Cruise costs US$18.50. Seattle & More Step-On Guides (tel: (206) 244 7983) and Show Me Seattle (tel: (206) 633 2489) both offer customised tours on request.



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