If You Like - Seattle - page 29

Music in Pike Place Concert violinists have been known to busk for free in Pike Place
Market.
Borrow a Bike Numerous hotels now offer free bikes. Grab some wheels and hit the
beautiful Burke-Gilman Trail.
Public Art Viewing all of Seattle's alfresco art, including the Olympic Sculpture Park,
costs precisely zero dollars.
Museums
Seattle Art Museum A leading player in modern and ethnic art, SAM's main gallery has
an enviable Native American collection.
Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park Interactive museum run by the National
Park Service that details Seattle's role in the 1897 gold fever that gripped the Yukon.
Museum of History & Industry The whole spread of Seattle's boom-bust history laid out
in plush new digs on the south shore of Lake Union.
Chihuly Garden & Glass Seattle honors Tacoma-born Dale Chihuly (at last) in a dazzling
display of glass art tucked beneath the Space Needle.
Green Spaces
Green Lake Park Amateur athletics track? Body-beautiful competition? Giant alfresco
community center? Green Lake Park is where it all happens - out in the open.
Volunteer Park Follow Millionaires Row to this elegant park on the posher side of Capitol
Hill, where a water tower offers panoramic views.
Discovery Park This former military installation that became a park in the 1970s retains
an element of wilderness lacking elsewhere.
Washington Park Arboretum Pleasant green corridor that bisects Seattle's eastern
neighborhoods with multiple paths and a Japanese garden.
Romance
Kerry Park Favorite spot for poetry-inspiring views, marriage proposals and a late-night
snog.
Benaroya Concert Hall Impress your date with Dale Chihuly's opulent chandeliers and
the sophisticated sounds of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.