Seattle - Pioneer Square, International District & SoDo (PDF Chapter)

This is the Pioneer Square, International District & SoDo chapter from Lonely Planet’s Seattle guidebook.

Browsing the Pioneer Square Historical District is like visiting a movie set of ear-ly-20th-century Seattle – with better food and the shopping. This is the city’s birthplace, and the district of historical buildings is still a real crossroads of the modern city.

• relive the spirit of the gold rush at the inspiring Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park, with a museum set in one of the many red-brick Richardsonian Romanesque buildings that sprang up after the 1889 Great Fire
• maps
• dive mouth first into Seattle’s famous coffee scene with a damn fine cup of coffee at Zeit-geist Coffee
• transport
• satisfy lunchtime Asian food cravings at boisterous Jade Garden in the International Dis-trict
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Sights, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping, Sports & Activities.