Seattle City Tour
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Seattle, USA
- 3 hours (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
See the best of Seattle in just a few hours on this convenient bus tour. Relax and sightsee from the bus, skipping the hassle of planning transportation throughout the day. Cover several of Seattle's must-see spots, such as Pike Place Market, the Space Needle, and the Fremont Troll. Beyond the major sights, you'll also explore different neighborhoods and learn about Seattle's history from your guide.
- Give your legs a break on a comprehensive bus tour of Seattle
- Get a great photo of the Space Needle during a built-in stop
- Visit more hidden neighborhoods in Seattle you might otherwise miss
- Military veteran can get discounted access to this tour
What's Included
- Pick up Location: Hyatt Regency Seattle.
- Bottled waterSometimes Soda & Beer is available, not guaranteed, water always available
- Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- Hyatt Regency Seattle808 Howell St, Seattle, WA 98101, USA
Tour bus arrive on the 8th Avenue side of the Hyatt at the charter bus loading zone near the corner of 8th Avenue & Howell Street. At completion of tour we can drop off at the pick-up location or Space Needle or Pike Place Market.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Start time.1:00 pm
Itinerary
Get picked up by bus from a centrally located meeting point in Seattle. Your guide has lived in the Pacific Northwest for over 30 years, so they really know the best spots to show you, as well as the quickest ways to maneuver around the city.
Pass through Chinatown (also known as the International District), Pioneer Square, and Waterfall Garden Park. Sports enthusiast will be happy to know that Lumen Field is a go-to on this tour.
Moving on, see Pike Place Market, Chihuly Glass Garden, Queen Ann Hill’s Kerry Park Viewpoint, and Lake Union. Make a pit stop at the Space Needle to take photos, and view the Fremont Troll sculpture up close.
After all the fun, enjoy a relaxing ride back to the original departure point.
Pass through Chinatown (also known as the International District), Pioneer Square, and Waterfall Garden Park. Sports enthusiast will be happy to know that Lumen Field is a go-to on this tour.
Moving on, see Pike Place Market, Chihuly Glass Garden, Queen Ann Hill’s Kerry Park Viewpoint, and Lake Union. Make a pit stop at the Space Needle to take photos, and view the Fremont Troll sculpture up close.
After all the fun, enjoy a relaxing ride back to the original departure point.
Pioneer Square (Pass By)
Pike Place Market (Pass By)
Space Needle (Pass By)
1
Lake Union
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
Kerry Park
8 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
3
Museum of Pop Culture
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Fremont Troll (Pass By)
4
Waterfall Garden Park
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Lumen Field (Pass By)
Chihuly Garden and Glass (Pass By)
Amazon Spheres (Pass By)
5
Hiram M. Chittenden Locks
25 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Lenin Statue (Pass By)
Chinatown International District (Pass By)
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Most travelers can participate
- Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
- We do NOT pick up at airport hotels, take the light rail to Westlake Station and walk 1.5 blocks to the Westin Valet Loading Zone on Westlake Avenue.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 20 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Wonderful experience. Earl was very entertaining and knowledgeable. Saw some interesting sites. Would definitely recommend.
The Seattle city tour is a 5-star event. The guide is knowledgeable and entertaining and he made the tour as much fun as it was informative. The tour is totally worth the booking
Traveled through not so beautiful neighborhoods. Nothing to see there! Flew by space needle! He was late 20 minutes and talked for 10 before leaving. He was full of information, but too much silly talk/joking. Van was bumpy, older, and not a smooth ride. Cut things short and blamed it on the fact that we needed to be back by 4:00, not that he started tour 30 minutes late! He was sarcastic about dropping us off one block away from his scheduled drop off point and spoke about all the one way streets he would encounter now because of us! We let it go. We would not recommend! We had just gotten off a cruise and thought this would be a pleasant afternoon with little or no walking involved. Not the best. Do not recommend!
100% recommend this tour. The tour guide was very informative about Seattle. He let us out by the floating houses, the troll, the locks and the space needle to take pictures and just walk around. The highlight of this tour for me was seeing the seals on the locks. The guide even bellowed like a seal to get them to come to us. Great Tour!!
Our host Earl brought us on an informative, entertaining, and knowledgeable adventure. He's the best.
Earl was a great and very knowledgeable about the present and past of Seattle.
He kept most of us in stitches! He was very considerate of my husband and his bad knees. Would highly recommend Earl!
Earl was fantastic and so funny. Gave a great tour of Seattle and well worth the 3 hours. Highly recommend.
This was a great day we saw Seattle as a an evolving city. Did a lot of exploring of the different neighborhoods. It is an experience that we will remember.
Captain Ron was great! This tour was so good as it gives you a perspective on where everything is. We got great photo ops! Ron was filled with information and tips. It was great to be dropped off at Pikes Market.
The tour was comprehensive but we sat in the back of the bus and the air fan was above us so it was hard to hear everything. We enjoyed seeing the sites. I would recommend it.
Captain Ron gave a great running history of Seattle complete with maps and pictures. It was a private tour, as there were no other passengers except us. A lovely way to see the highlights of a beautiful city in 3 hours. KC
My family and I agreed that this tour was by far the best city tour we have ever been on. Earl was informative and funny. We learned so much about Seattle. The bus was super clean, comfortable, and air conditioned. My whole family and I highly recommend this tour.
Capt Ron is passionate about Seattle. He is very knowledgeable and personable. I would recommend him to everyone that wants to know about Seattle. His tours need to be longer and extend further out from downtown Seattle. He knows so much history and current events of ALL of Seattle.
Great tour of Seattle with Avery very informative and funny. Lots to see and also visited Chittenden Locks
Earl was a fantastic guide. He made the tour fun. He kept us laughing and was incredibly helpful. Great stories! I feel like I have a real understanding of Seattle from the perspective a local. Highly recommend this tour!
Nice tour of the city. Avery did a good job! I saw a lot of the sites of Seattle. Van size and group size were great.
Earl was very informative about Seattle! We learned so much about the city. He also gave us a tour of the locks where we were surprised to learn that he is the local seal “whisperer”. The seals came up out of the water to say hello during the salmon run. We would recommend this tour to anyone who would like to know more about the city.
Response from Host, Aug 2026
Thank you so much for the review, I often don't tell people that I want to seal School! Most people think of the Navy Seals, but mine was of the local variety and they taught me their ways. I'm glad you enjoyed the tour and I appreciate the review. Thanks again.
Earl was awesome tour guide!! Enthusiastic, knowledgable and funny!! Took his time and didn't rush at any stops. Explained the salmon runs from the seawater to fresh water at the locks, and the operation of the boat locks that we got to watch - both salmons and boats while we were there. Very cool tour!!
Earl was the best tour guide! Showed us great places. He had great stories and information to share with us.
Great tour of the city with lots of cool stories from a knowledgeable guide with a great sense of humor. Highly recommend!
Very informative. Earl was great! He took his time to give us a thorough tour and explained all the sites.
Earl was a great tour guide and was full of fun facts. We thoroughly enjoyed our tour, comfortable bus.
The tour Earl gave to us was great. So many interesting facts about Seattle and surrounding information. He took us the floating houses on the lake, to a great view of the city from . The one stop we made was to the locks was great from the lake to the ocean. He told us about himself and was all around interesting recommend for kids and family.
You don’t really see the highlights of the city, only different neighborhoods. Was pretty underwhelming in my opinion. Only one good view at Kerry park.
My sons 21 and 23 and I really enjoyed the tour.
On a very busy weekend (world cup soccer), it was amazing. We saw it ALL!!!!
So appreciate it.
It was the perfect way to see Seattle highlights that was fun and easy! Our tour guide Earl was informative and funny in the same breath with great back and forth between him and his guests. He really knows the back roads!! We got to see some naked bicycle riders, too!! 🤣
Very entertaining and informative tour. Earl was funny and gave an insider's view of the city. Nice air conditioned bus.
Earl was very knowledgeable the city he gave us really informed good information and was very friendly and entertaining, especially when he called the seals over to popped her head up at the water gate lock
The city tour was comprehensive. The bus accommodated around 20 pax. Earl our driver/tour guide has an excellent sense of humor. He made the 3 hours entertaining and interesting. The pick-up directions were not clear. But it all worked out. International travelers might not have access to text or calls with local communications companies. A more historical background informative tour would have been welcome. We recommend this tour nevertheless.
I’ve taken multiple city tours around the world, and this was, by far, the most disappointing. Most tour guides are proud and happy to tell visitors what makes their city so great. Our guide, Earl, did just the opposite. He spent a great deal of time telling us about stores and businesses that had closed and the ones still there needed armed guards. He told us that homeless people descended on Seattle during Covid as he took us on a tour of homeless sites. Earl said the tour wouldn’t get political and then made a lengthy speech about how city government was incompetent.
Earl also seemed upset that Amazon had so many buildings in the downtown area.
At one point while driving through Chinatown, Earl pointed out restaurants who had received bad grades from the health department. He pointed out 16 individual places.
Several places listed on the booking website simply weren’t included on the tour. Pike Place Market wasn’t mentioned until the end when a passenger asked where it was and could she be dropped off there. We drove by the Space Needle, but Earl didn’t mention it.
We drove by Lumen Field, but Earl just complained there wasn’t enough parking.
We received very little historical information about the city but heard everything about Earl’s side job as a voice actor.
At one point, one person in our group asked Earl to name some good things about his city since all we were hearing were negatives. Earl said he was just referring to downtown Seattle, the outlying areas were good. (It was a Seattle tour – not outlying areas)
Some people discussed getting off the bus and grabbing an Uber since they were so disappointed.
Bottom line – do not take this tour!
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