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.