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🌧️ Visiting Seattle: A Cozy & Scenic Guide
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items Explore the magic of the Emerald City — from misty mornings by the water to vibrant local markets and coffee shop culture. This list highlights the best places to stay, eat, and experience while soaking in Seattle’s cozy, rain-kissed charm. Whether y...
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🛏️ Dreamy Stays & City Views
🍷 Sip, Savor, Repeat
📸 Insta-Worthy Stops & Must-Sees
🧺 Take a Little Piece of Seattle Home
📖 Places to Sit, Sip, & Stay Awhile
🛏️ Dreamy Stays & City Views
Where comfort meets city views. Charming boutique hotels and cozy Airbnbs perfect for curling up after a day of exploring.
This hotel offers comfortable beds, a fun retro vibe, and a convenient location near Pike Place Market. They also have affordable prices, charming decor, and helpful front desk staff to make your stay easy breezy!
Palihotel Seattle
This hotel offers a rooftop bar, a restaurant, and convenient access to Pike Place Market. They also have a friendly staff, clean rooms, and convenient location. Modern comfort with historic character!
The State Hotel
This hotel offers spacious rooms with fireplaces, and stunning waterfront views. They also have friendly and helpful staff, and a cozy, lodge-like atmosphere. Iconic waterfront stay with unbeatable Elliott Bay views!
The Edgewater Hotel
This hotel offers spacious suites, comfortable beds, and well-appointed bedding. They also have a friendly, attentive, and accommodating staff, and the convenient valet parking. Classic elegance with cozy, old-world charm!
Hotel Sorrento
This hotel offers spacious and clean rooms, comfortable beds, and luxurious showers. Very convenient downtown location within walking distance of major attractions like Pike Place Market and the Space Needle, and the modern, chic, and relaxed vibe. T...
The Sound Hotel Seattle Belltown, Tapestry Collection by Hilton
This hotel offers bright, brand-new rooms with bay views, comfortable beds, and amenities like a teapot, coffee machine, and safe. Very convenient location near the metro and Pike Place Market, the on-site restaurant with a-la-carte breakfast and stu...
Lotte Hotel Seattle
This hotel offers spacious rooms, a rooftop bar with city views, and a convenient location near the university and public transportation. Art deco-inspired, nostalgic, and a little quirky — rooftop views of the skyline are chef’s kiss 🤌🏽
Graduate by Hilton Seattle
This hotel offers clean facilities and comfortable beds. They also have a friendly staff and great value. Minimal, creative, and cozy — perfect if you love indie coffee shops, vinyl, and pared-back interiors!
Ace Hotel
🍷 Sip, Savor, Repeat
Sip, savor, and taste the Seattle vibe. Fuel your trip with local coffee, creative brunches, and fresh seafood.
They have delicious cinnamon rolls, croissants, and vanilla lattes, as well as a variety of other pastries and coffee drinks! Cozy and inviting atmosphere, with comfortable seating and a view of the market, and friendly and helpful staff. They also h...
Storyville Coffee Pike Place
I am a huge fan of Italian food and let me tell you, this is worth stopping for! They have fresh seafood, flavorful pasta dishes (specifically arancini, cioppino, and bolognese), and the perfect lively atmosphere with live music and entertainment! Th...
The Pink Door
They have the most dreamy Dutch pancakes, delicious French onion soup, and baked eggs. Very cozy atmosphere and the staff is friendly and attentive! Love the unique and creative menu with European flair 🥞
Tilikum Place Cafe
This restaurant serves delicious shakshouka, biscuits, and lattes. Unique rustic brunch, vintage décor, and neighborhood charm 🧋
Oddfellows Café + Bar
This seafood restaurant offers a wide variety of fresh oysters, as well as delicious crab cakes, fish and chips, and seafood pasta. Also to note, attentive and friendly service, the knowledgeable staff, and the beautiful waterfront location with outd...
Elliott's Oyster House
This *vegetarian* restaurant offers delicious dishes like the black bean burger, yam fries, and biscuits and gravy, as well as creative options like the mushroom Wellington and Eton Mess. They have a beautiful atrium setting with a fountain, and a co...
Cafe Flora
This cozy cafe serves delicious Dungeness crab Benedicts, biscuits and gravy, and breakfast burritos. They also serve fresh juices, generous portions, and fast service. Bright and welcoming breakfast spot with the best scrambles and fresh juices — pe...
Bacco Cafe
📸 Insta-Worthy Stops & Must-Sees
Rain or shine, adventure awaits. Seattle’s must-see experiences that capture its beauty and soul.
This market offers fresh seafood, produce, flowers, and unique crafts, as well as delicious clam chowder, baked goods, and coffee. Very lively atmosphere, the fun fish-throwing spectacle, and the stunning waterfront views 🐟
Pike Place Market
The famously known Gum Wall is a public art installation in Seattle's Post Alley, featuring thousands of pieces of chewing gum stuck to a brick wall, originally started in the early 1990s by people waiting to enter the nearby theater.
The Gum Wall at Unexpected Productions Improv
This city park offers breathtaking views of the Seattle skyline, Space Needle, and Mount Rainier, as well as the harbor and downtown. You will love the panoramic views, especially at sunset and night, and the opportunity to take photos. Super chill a...
Kerry Park
The observation deck offers breathtaking 360-degree panoramic views of the city, Puget Sound, and surrounding mountains, and features a unique rotating glass floor. The experience is worth the ticket price, especially on a clear day, and the views ar...
Space Needle
This art museum features stunning glass sculptures and a beautiful glass garden. Very unique experience, vibrant colors, and relaxing atmosphere, and the live glass blowing demonstrations are a cool bonus. Another bonus - the combination ticket with ...
Chihuly Garden and Glass
Calling all nature and dog lovers! 🗣️
This park offers beautiful trails, a beach, a lighthouse, and stunning views of the Puget Sound, Olympic Mountains, and Mount Rainier. Peaceful and serene atmosphere, and a variety of terrain and paths suitable ...
Discovery Park
Diverse Capitol Hill is packed with hip bars, eateries and gay clubs, plus laid-back coffee shops and indie stores. Volunteer Park, atop the hill in a historic mansion district, has walking trails, a plant conservatory, panoramic city views and the a...
Capitol Hill
🧺 Take a Little Piece of Seattle Home
Take a little piece of Seattle home - support local makers and find aesthetic treasures.
This bookstore offers a vast and well-curated selection of books across various genres, including a dedicated section for local authors and a wide selection of gifts, journals, and calendars. Cozy and inviting atmosphere, perfect for browsing and rea...
Elliott Bay Book Company
Local print shop specializing in letterpress cards and custom artwork, must visit to secure your stickers and post cards from Seattle!
Pike Street Press - Letterpress Print Studio
Modern, minimalist design and PNW-inspired style.
Glasswing Shop
Handcrafted jewelry and gifts from local artists.
Pike Place Crafts Market
Quirky art and one-of-a-kind finds full of personality.
Ugly Baby Shop
Colorful but still intentional. Clothing, journals, candles, and gifts that feel personal.
Prism
Bright corner boutique selling amazing vintage clothes & accessories for women & men, plus original designs.
Pretty Parlor
📖 Places to Sit, Sip, & Stay Awhile
Slow mornings, soft lights, and warm cups. Perfect hideaways for reading, journaling, or watching the rain fall.
Bright, minimalist, and calm with expertly roasted beans.
Elm Coffee Roasters
Creative seasonal drinks in a moody setting.
Ghost Note Coffee
Laid-back neighborhood favorite with a warm wood aesthetic.
Analog Coffee
Casual French bistro serving a classic menu in a homey space with vintage posters.
Cafe Campagne
Vintage-style espresso bar that feels like home.
Victrola Coffee Roasters
A moody, velvet-and-dark-wood cocktail lounge tucked under The Spheres. Candlelit, intimate, and perfect for slow conversations or journaling with a drink. Think Parisian speakeasy meets rainy-night romance.
Deep Dive
Dimly lit, warm leather chairs, a crackling fireplace, and live jazz some evenings. This is where you go to feel like you’re in a movie set in 1923.
The Fireside Room - Hotel Sorrento