Best Seattle Day Trips & Things to Do

The Pacific Northwest's largest city is easily recognizable by its landmark Space Needle and its nicknames include "The Emerald City," "Queen City," "Rain City" and "Jet City." Seattle located between Puget Sound and Lake Washington in the U.S. state of Washington was incorporated in 1869 and its past major industries included logging and ship building. It was named after Chief Sealth of the area's Native American Duwamish and Suquamish tribes. With a variety of Seattle tours, you can expect to see popular attractions such as the Space Needle, Columbia Center, Pike Place Market, Seattle Great Wheel, Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, The Fremont Troll and Seattle Art Museum. With so many tours, attractions, activities, and fun things to do in Seattle, you can also join popular a Rocky Mountain tour from Seattle to Banff trip and Lake Louise to experience the best of the Rockies.