
Seattle - Belltown & Seattle Center (PDF Chapter)
This is the Belltown & Seattle Center chapter from Lonely Planet’s Seattle guide-book.
The Seattle Center, site of the highly successful 1962 World’s Fair, is home to the Museum of Pop Culture, Chihuly Garden & Glass, and the Space Needle. After a day’s sightseeing, escape to adjacent Belltown for a bar-hopping evening out.
- ponder the shimmering glass art that sprang from the creative mind of Dale Chihuly in Chihuly Garden and Glass underneath the Space Needle
- maps
- watch the sun slip behind faraway mountains from the grassy slopes of the Olympic Sculpture Park
- transport
- take an elevator to the top of the city and marvel at the origins of the innovation and tech boom at the Space Needle
- restaurants & accommodation
Coverage includes: Sights, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping, Sports & Activities.

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