Tour activities in Seattle
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Bill Speidel’s Underground Tour
- Seattle, USA
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This famous ‘underground’ tour, which takes you through the tunnels and sidewalks hidden beneath the streets of Pioneer Square, might get a little corny at times, but it delivers the goods on historic Seattle as a rough and rowdy industrial town. The tour starts at Doc Maynard’s Public House, named after one of the city’s founding fathers and quite a character. An Ohio native, Maynard was divorced when he arrived in the city and was out for a good time; he was vivacious and generous and he liked his liquor. This combination led him to give away cash or land to almost anyone with a promising idea, and he died essentially landless and broke. (The rather revealing epitaph on…
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Gray Line of Seattle City Sights Tour
- Seattle, USA
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Gray Line has a whole catalog of Seattle-area bus tours, but its three hour–plus City Sights Tour is recommended as a quick-hit rundown of the city’s highlights in a 20-passenger coach. Gray Line also offers multiday package tours to the San Juan Islands and Victoria, BC. All trips depart from the Gray Line ticket desk at the convention center at 800 Convention Place.
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Tillicum Village Tours
- Seattle, USA
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Another easy way to get onto the Sound from Seattle is with Tillicum Village Tours, which operates from March and December, departing from Pier 55. The four-hour trip to Blake Island - the birthplace of Seattle's namesake, Chief Sealth - includes a salmon bake, a native dance and a movie at an old Duwamish Native American village.
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Chinatown Discovery Tours
- Seattle, USA
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This tour group leads travelers through the International District with stops at historic sites, a fortune-cookie factory and various shops. Options include a daytime tour with a dim-sum lunch and an afternoon tour, as well as student-group tours. Reservations are required: call ahead.
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Argosy Cruises Seattle Harbor Tour
- Seattle, USA
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Argosy's popular Seattle Harbor Tour is a one-hour narrated tour of Elliott Bay, the Waterfront and the Port of Seattle. It departs from Pier 55.
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