Seattle Tips & articles

Tips & articles

  1. Calling the caf-fiends: great coffee spots

    19 January 2012

    It inspires passion, opinion and addiction. It’s the world’s second most valuable commodity (after petroleum), and it will almost certainly...

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  2. Beer, coffee, wine and spirits of the Pacific Northwest

    05 April 2011

    Pacific Northwesterners like to say that surviving the long, gray, rainy winters hinges on two things: beer and coffee. But...

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  3. Loving the eccentric Pacific Northwest

    01 April 2011

    The USA’s Pacific Northwest is known for its magnificent landscape, its cities of progressive thought and innovation, its music and...

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  4. Top scenic USA train routes

    01 April 2011

    This article was specially produced by Lonely Planet for Amtrak.There’s no better way to experience the sheer grandeur of the...

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  5. Cruising Alaska: a starter guide

    17 February 2011

    While many independent travelers will find the strictures of ‘cruise life’ a bit stifling, there are plenty of reasons to...

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  6. Seattle’s Fremont neighbourhood

    20 January 2011

    ‘De Liberta Quirkas,’ meaning ‘Freedom to be Peculiar,’ is the Fremont neighbourhood motto. This declaration blazons a giant 1950’s cold...

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  7. Cycling Seattle’s Burke-Gilman Trail

    20 January 2011

    Cycling the Burke-Gilman Trail is a whole hog experience of Seattle, not just a shank. For one, it’s an excellent...

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  8. The world’s greatest markets

    08 December 2010

    Nothing gives you an insight into local shopping like a loud and sprawling market. Come with us on a global...

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  9. A day at the museum

    17 September 2010

    When we first saw Sue in Chicago’s Field Museum we exclaimed ‘wow, she’s huge!’ In fact, Sue is the largest...

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  10. Road trip rules for Labor Day weekend

    31 August 2010

    Labor Day in the US signals two major things – the last-bash of summer travel when, the AAA estimates,...

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  11. Top spots to watch the World Cup in the USA

    02 June 2010

    Contrary to some opinions, the world’s most-watched sporting event is actually watched by some Americans. In fact, many. If you’re...

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  12. Ice & fire: the Pacific Northwest's volcano trail

    28 March 2010

    Take the scenic route from Seattle to Portland and tiptoe around sleeping giants on this trip down the exquisite volcanic...

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  13. 24 hours in Seattle

    24 September 2009

    As a Seattleite, let me tell you - it really does rain in Seattle as much as they tell you....

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