Seattle Off The Beaten Path Tips by GracesTrips

Wine Tasting in Woodinville!

Woodinville is about 25 minutes from Seattle. You don't see a sea of grapevines covering the landscape there but you do have a cluster of wine tasting rooms all in a common vicinity. Chateau Ste. Michelle is probably the most recognizable and most opulent of them all. Wine tasting there is free. We also visited Columbia, Januik & Brian Carter (my favorite). We seem to run out of time (it was a Sunday and tasting rooms generally don't open until noon). Wine tasting generally runs from $5 to $10 per person.

At Brian Carter there was an outdoor woodfire pizza stand. We all had some pizza and it was pretty good! The wine at Brian Carter is amazingly good.

If you enjoy wine, you should make it a point to check it out!

See more pics on my travelogue, link:
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/tt/c12cf/

Website: http://woodinvillewinecountry.com/

Take in the views at Kerry Park

2012 VT World Meet in Seattle brought a lot of us together. Fortunately for us, we had some locals with us who knew about Kerry Park. We managed to take 14 people in 4 cars up to Kerry Park which was not too far from Belltown. Amazing views of the Space Needle, downtown Seattle skyline and Puget Sound.

If you can make it up there, the best time to go is at sunset! It's gorgeous!

Address is:
211 W. Highland Drive, Seattle, WA 98119

Website: http://www.seattle.gov/parks/park_detail.asp?id=342

Waterfall Garden Park

The original site of United Parcel Service, a waterfall garden was erected and it's quite beautiful. Located in Pioneer Square on a street corner, is quite unexpected to see.

219 2nd Avenue South Seattle, WA 98104

Website: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Seattle_Waterfall_Garden_03.jpg

Don't have to buy anything - just go in! Waterfront Review

The Ye Old Curiosity Shop - a tourist's souvenier shop but filled with the most unusual things to see and read about. You'll find shrunken heads, exotic artifacts and collectibles. We spent quite a bit of time is this place amusing ourselves.
Located at 1001 Alaskan Way, Seattle, WA 98104

Phone: 206-682-5844

Is there a Henrick's Memorial? Jimi Hendrix Memorial Review

Probably there is, we did not search this out. But did drive by this statue of Hendricks mounted to the a sidewalk. There are many tributes to individuals here and there throughout the city. It's very cool, you should take the time to see who they are when you see one. Someone left a tulip on this day in Jimmy's mouth.

Most unusual tours - A Blast!

I discovered this tour suggested by another VT member. Our first time in Seattle - no car rental, this was a good way to view the city. We did the Haunted Happenings Tour which Jake drove us around in a comfortable van to show us haunted places around the city. They also offer up a crime scenes and murder mystery tour. Very affordable - our tour lasted about 3 hours.

Website: http://www.privateeyetours.com