Visit Mount Rainier National Park for an easy, unforgettable day trip (~2hr drive, one-way) from Seattle. The Paradise area offers breathtaking mountain views, wildflower meadows, and scenic trails with options for both short strolls and longer hikes! For those looking for similar views without breaking a sweat, you can take the scenic gondola ride to the top of nearby Crystal Mountain to access panoramic views of Mount Rainier.
Walk the newly renovated Seattle waterfront—it’s full of great spots to sit, grab coffee, and enjoy the Puget Sound. From there, it's an easy walk right up to Pike Place Market for that quintessential Seattle trip!
If you have some downtime, we highly recommend checking out a neighborhood farmers market—Ballard and Fremont are our favorites and offer a great snapshot of local Seattle life. From Ballard, you can easily walk to the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks to watch boats pass through, or continue on to Golden Gardens Park for beautiful water and mountain views.
We're calling it: Seattle hands down has the best beer scene (sorry, Boston!). You can easily test that claim in the Ballard Brewery District where you can recreate our first date at Stoup! From there, you are within a quarter-mile radius of a serious lineup, including Reubens, Urban Family, Bale Breaker & Yonder, Obec, Great Notion, and Fair Isle—perfect for a walking crawl!
Breakfast & Coffee: Old Salt, Sea Wolf, Stoneway Cafe Restaurants: Made in House, Local Tide, Paseo, Lupo, Kin Len Thai Night Bites Drinks: Fremont Brewing, George & The Dragon, Stampede, Ridgewood Taproom
Breakfast & Coffee: Monorail Espresso, Portage Bay Cafe Restaurants: White Swan Public House, Ba Bar, Dukes Seafood South Lake Union Drinks: LOCAL Public
Breakfast & Coffee: Macrina, Moonrise, Cafe Hagen Restaurants: Un Bien, Mammoth, Cornelly, Grappa, Via Tribunali, or Isarn Thai Drinks: Queen Anne Beer Hall, The Masonry
Breakfast & Coffee: Volunteer Park Cafe, Tailwind Cafe, Mt Bagel Restaurants: Taurus Ox, HoneyHole Sandwiches, Monsoon, Momiji, Dick's Drinks: The Pine Box, Elysian Brewing, Tavern Law, Corvus & Company
Breakfast & Coffee: Rachel's Bagels & Burritos, Sabine, Ballard Farmer's Market (Sunday) Restaurants: Ray's Boathouse, Other Coast Cafe, Pestle Rock Drinks: Baker's, Cloudburst, King's Hardware, Macleod’s Scottish Pub