Seattle Colorful 2-day tour
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8 attraction(s) |
total distance 16
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Day1: Seattle
4 attraction(s) ·
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Experience music project
This building, ranked third on Forbes' ugliest architecture list, is a peculiar one from inside out. Built in honor of the Seattle native rock musician Jimi Hendrix, who had an unparalleled charisma in the British rock scene when rock music was booming in the 1960s. Besides, the museum also features various exhibitions and a sound lab where visitors can freely play musical instruments. The most captivating is the instrument sculpture "If Ⅵ Was Ⅸ" that can be seen upon entering the museum. Before seeing it, one may never imagine the exhilarating and passionate energy that bursts from this countless stack of instruments, reaching all the way to the top.
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When you arrive in Seattle, not going up the Space Needle is like going to Paris without seeing the Eiffel Tower, or going to New York without visiting the Empire State Building. No matter where you are in the city, you can always see the Space Needle when you look up. Tourists can take the elevator, which travels at a speed of 16 kilometers per hour, to the top of the tower. From the top, the whole city looks like a miniature landscape, and on clear days, you can even see Mount Rainier in the distance. On Independence Day and New Year, there are fireworks displays at the Space Needle.
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Kerry Park is the best place to capture the night view of Seattle. From this angle, you can not only include the downtown area and the Space Needle in your frame, but also capture the top of Mount Rainier on clear days. If you have enough patience, you can watch the sky gradually darken from dusk, changing from orange to light blue, then deep blue, and finally into purple. Standing on a high point and watching the city slowly light up with city lights will make you wonder how there can be such a city in the world that fulfills people's imagination of a better life, making people aspire to have one of these thousands of lights. Many postcards featuring the scenic views of Seattle's various cities, as well as the Space Needle and Mount Rainier, are taken here.
Day2: Seattle
4 attraction(s) ·
11 km
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The Seattle Central Library is a unique building with a distinctive appearance, consisting of 11 floors of glass and steel. Its sharp angles give it the resemblance of a large spider web. From the library's rooftop, one can overlook the downtown landscape of Seattle, making reading here a true enjoyment.
The Seattle Central Library is the largest and most comprehensive flagship library within the Seattle Public Library system. It was opened to the public on May 24, 2004, and is ranked as the 5th largest library in the world. Designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, it has received numerous accolades, including being named the Best Architecture by Time magazine in 2004, winning the Outstanding Architectural Design Award from the American Institute of Architects in 2005, and garnering high praise from The New Yorker magazine as "the most important new library of the era."
The designer of this building is the same person who designed CCTV Headquarters in Beijing. Therefore, one can see similar elements in their designs.
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Pioneer Square, also known as the scavenger square, belongs to the historic preservation area. Surrounded by ancient red brick buildings, the ground is also paved with red bricks. In 1889, the entire city of Seattle was once devastated by a great fire. After reconstruction, it was found that the terrain here was low and often waterlogged. The government planned to raise the entire road surface by one level, so the original ground floor became a basement, forming an underground city. The underground tunnels can lead to all the surrounding buildings. There is a museum here that introduces the history of Seattle, and there are guided tours of the underground city. It can also be visited independently. This area has now become an art district with many galleries, antique shops, bookstores, restaurants, and bars.
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In the film "Sleepless in Seattle", Tom Hanks' houseboat made a deep impression on many viewers, and the famous Lake Union, known for various boating activities, became more widely known. Lake Union spans across Seattle, dividing the city into two parts: to the south are the Space Needle, downtown, and the waterfront district, while to the north are Fremont and the University District. Fremont is Seattle's most well-known eco-conscious area, as they refuse to use any nuclear fuel and have a strong anti-nuclear stance.
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The University of Washington is located in a large area with a great geographical position. It is surrounded by Portage Bay and Union Bay, facing the vast Washington Lake, and only a 15-minute drive from the city center. The main entrance of the University of Washington has several tall totem poles, which are unique landscapes of the university and a symbol of the indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest. The University of Washington is known as having the most beautiful campus in the United States. When you enter the university, you will be immediately impressed by the magnificent European-style buildings, as if you are in a city in Europe. Here, you can not only see buildings with Gothic spires, but also buildings with Baroque-style exquisite decorations, which are grand and elegant, and all exude a strong classical atmosphere.
Spring is the best time to visit the University of Washington. There is a whole road of cherry blossoms leading to the Drumheller Fountain in the center of the campus. Inside Suzzallo Library, there is a reading room that resembles a scene from Hogwarts in Harry Potter. The free atmosphere of academic openness allows you to visit without registering.
