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Travel Guide Directory > United States > Washington > Seattle Display All Seattle United States Listings or refine your search: New Listings The Seattle Convention and Visitors Bureau Seattle United States Seattle Washington tourist online destination travel guide with information including Seattle visitor guide, lodging guide and Seattle events calendar. Go Seattle Card: Unlimited Sightseeing at over 30 Seattle Attractions and Tours Seattle United States One low price for unlimited admission at 30 Seattle attractions and tours. comprises the Space Needle, harbor Cruise, Seattle Mariners – Safeco Field Tour, museums, attractions and more. Seattle - Tacoma International Airport Seattle United States Sea-Tac International Airport. Information on airlines, flights, parking and transportation, dining, shopping and other services. About Seattle United States The City of Seattle is located in the State of Washington on Puget Sound, 182 km south of the U.S.-Canadian border. The Seattle city shoreline runs along Puget Sound to the west and Lake Washington to the east. Seattle city covers 217 square km with 41% of it being water and the highest hill being only 158 metres high. The Lake Washington Ship Canal effectively divides Seattle into northern and southern sections. There are over 150 bridges in use in Seattle, helping people travel over the many waterways in the city. Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States with about 3.2 million people live in the Greater Seattle Area and about 570,000 living in Seattle itself. In Seattle, it rains at least 50% of the time with the heaviest rain periods between January and May and between October and December while June, July and August are the driest and warmest months. Seattle has the highest per-capita music and dance attendance in America, with 80 live music clubs and 15 symphony orchestras. The Seattle International Film Festival in mid-May to June showcases world film and new world filmmakers. The century-old Seattle Symphony Orchestra is among the most recorded orchestras in the world and performs primarily at Benaroya Hall. The performing arts are particularly strong in Seattle with 29 professional theatres, 56 fringe theatre companies and seven theatre schools. The Seattle Center, now a center for arts and culture, operates from the original grounds of the Seattle Worlds Fair and is home to the Space Needle, the most recognisable landmark in Seattle. Seafair is a massive two-month summer festival that showcases the traditions and diversity of Puget Sound with parades, festivals, triathalons, hydroplane races and air shows. The Museum of Flight in Seattle is one of the largest air and space museums in the world. Financial services Washington Mutual, Internet retailer Amazon.com, department store Nordstrom, coffee chain Starbucks and insurance company Safeco Corporation have their headquarters in Seattle. Aerospace manufacturer Boeing, with large aircraft manufacturing plants in Everett and Renton, is one of the largest private employers in the Seattle Metropolitan area. In Seattle, opportunities for sailing, skiing, bicycling, camping, and hiking are close by and accessible almost all of the year. |
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