Capture the very best of Seattle on this city tour by bus. Your itinerary for the day includes many must-see spots, including Pike Place Market, the Central Waterfront, the Space Needle, and the locally sculpted Fremont Troll. Plus, this tour operates with a maximum of 15 people, ensuring you’ll enjoy a small-group experience from your expert guide.

Discover the best of Seattle on a comprehensive bus tour
See the Space Needle, Pike Place Market, and the Seattle Great Wheel
Enjoy a personalized experience during this small group tour
Pickup and drop-off included from centrally located meeting points

What's Included

Pick up Location: Hyatt Regency Seattle.
Bottled water

Gratuities

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Hyatt Regency Seattle
808 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.

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Get picked up by bus from a centrally located meeting point in Seattle. Numbers are limited to 15 people on this tour, ensuring you'll spend an intimate day with a small group of like-minded explorers. Plus, 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 Safeco Fields and CenturyLink Field are both go-tos on this tour. Safeco Fields is where MLB’s Seattle Seahawks play their home games, and CenturyLink Field is the stomping ground for the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks.

Moving on, see Pike Place Market, the Central Waterfront, 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)

Lake Union

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Kerry Park

8 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Museum of Pop Culture

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Fremont Troll (Pass By)

Waterfall Garden Park

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

CenturyLink Field (Pass By)

Chihuly Garden and Glass (Pass By)

Amazon Spheres (Pass By)

Hiram M. Chittenden Locks

25 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Lenin Statue (Pass By)

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Not wheelchair accessible
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.
Stroller accessible

Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Most travelers can participate
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Our tour guide, Earl was...

Shawnie_R, Apr 2024

Our tour guide, Earl was amazing! He has so much knowledge of Seattle and made the tour fun. My husband and I highly recommend this tour if it’s your first time to Seattle and definitely with Earl!

Fun tour

Joanne_V, Mar 2024

The tour guide is great! Lot of fun and knowledgeable. This was the best price tour after a search, and pretty much go to the same places as the others, as we did see other tours

Best Seattle City Tour

Dana_L, Mar 2024

The city tour with Earl was great!! We learned so much about Seattle, and we got to see many things we never would have on our own. Earl was entertaining and made the trip so much fun! He even dropped something off at our hotel that we had left on the bus. I would encourage anyone visiting Seattle to take a city tour with Earl!

Excellent

SHEILA_A, Mar 2024

Seattle wouldn’t have been the same without our tour guide, Earl! He communicated well even before the tour, greeted us warmly, was very knowledgeable and just felt like an old friend we can trust.

Best City Tour of Seattle

Marsha_F, Feb 2024

This was one of the best tours I have ever taken. Earle Alexander was entertaining and knowledgeable. I highly recommend this tour.

Highly Recommend this City Tour in Seattle!

John_B, Jan 2024

Highly recommend this city tour (and Earl in particular)! Everything was great from start to finish! We were the only guests signed up for the day, so Earl graciously offered to pick us up from our hotel. He drove us to all the notable places in the city and provided great insight about everything we saw. Thanks again for a wonderful experience!

This is tout is a must!

marctherien99, Jan 2024

Earl picked us up on time and was very informative while having a great sense of humour. This tour is a must!

Very enjoyable tour

Stanly_R, Dec 2023

It was a very nice and enjoyable tour. Earl was very charismatic, energetic, and friendly and let us know many of the most important places in Seattle. Thank you! Highly recommended.

Best Seattle Tour

Debra_S, Nov 2023

Best Seattle tour for sure! Another group cancelled, so Earl ended up just taking our group of 2. Gave up his thanksgiving day to tour us through the city, which was so kind of him. He was funny, knowledgeable, and enthusiastic. Made for an awesome morning. Would recommend this to anyone!! Thanks again Earl!

Earl knows Seattle!

Carl_H, Nov 2023

Tour guide Earl was so knowledgeable… and all-in on making it a great experience. We covered many neighborhoods and much history.

Super city sites

Terry_F, Nov 2023

The three our Seattle city tour was very enjoyable. The bus was comfortable, and the fellow passengers were very pleasant. Our tour guide, Earl, was very entertaining. He had many anecdotes to share to bring the city to life in a fun, positive, happy way! Highly recommend!

Amazing tour with Earl!!

Jennifer_M, Nov 2023

Amazing tour with Earl. He was awesome! It was a very informative tour that took us all around the city and he added in fun facts throughout. We spent some time at Ballard Locks and watched a boat pass through. There were also some seals there. We had a beautiful overview of the city at the end and was also able to see the mountain.

Fun Tour

MD_E, Oct 2023

Overall the tour was cool and driving kept everything interesting and is a great host. I will definitely do it again.

Uncle Earl the best!

Jim_B, Oct 2023

Uncle Earl was the best!!! had a great time at the tour, and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to see Seatle

Extremely enjoyable!

Gary_M, Oct 2023

We appreciated Earl's knowledge of the city of Seattle which was shared with us with the use of humor to keep things light and interesting. The three hours never dragged. There is no possible way we could have learned about the city if we had simply driven around on our own. So many small details were shared. Factoring in 3 hours and an incredible amount of information, the cost of the tour was very well worth it!

Fantastic

Roni_i, Sep 2023

Earl was a great tour guide. He gave us a very entertaining tour of the Seattle area with lots of information. Three hours went by in nothing flat! Take this tour. You will not be disappointed!

Time Well Spent

Velissa_P, Sep 2023

Wonderfully informative and entertaining trip! We travel a lot and most tour guides are useful but a bit bland. Not Avery! From the moment we stepped onto the bus, Avery kept us amused with lots of knowledgeable trivia about Seattle, with frequent tie-ins to our various points of origin. The 3-hour tour was fun and over much too soon! Thanks, Avery, and we believe you when you say it doesn’t *always* rain in Seattle. :-)

Seattle 3 hour local tour

Thomas_Y, Sep 2023

Avery is a very nice tour guide. The trip was smooth and in good pace. Definitely recommend if you come to Seattle first time or many times.

FUN!!!

Randi_G, Sep 2023

The most memorable part of the trip had to be our tour guide/driver, Earl. He was not only knowledgeable but extremely entertaining. His humor and insights made this or favorite experience in Seattle.

Highly recommend!

annmariedavis14, Sep 2023

Earl was a wondeful tour guide! Full of knowledge about Seatlle and a great sense of humor. He had us entertained the whole time. We booked this as a way to fill a gap between getting off a cruise ship and an evening flight home. We had already walked a good bit of Seattle at the beginning of our vacation and still learned and saw so much. Thank you Earl!

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