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Information

Chamber of Commerce ( www.wallawalla.org ; 29 E Sumach St; 8:30am-5pm Mon-Fri,
9am-4pm Sat & Sun May-Sep) For information on wine tasting and maps of four fascinating
urban walking tours call in here.

Getting There & Around

AIR
Alaska Airlines has two daily flights to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (from $210
return) from the Walla Walla Regional Airport ( www.wallawallaairport.com ) , northeast of
town off US 12.
The local bus service is operated 6:30am to 5:30pm weekdays by Valley Transit
( www.valleytransit.com ) .

BUS
Greyhound ( www.greyhound.com ) buses run once daily to Seattle ($67, seven hours) via
Pasco, Yakima and Ellensburg; change buses in Pasco for Spokane. Comfortable Grape
Line ( www.grapeline.us ) buses run thrice daily to Pasco ($15)

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Pullman
POP 29,913
Another of Washington's liberal university towns, Pullman lies in the midst of the golden
Palouse region, a fertile pastiche of rolling hills and well-tilled agricultural fields replete
with wheat, lentils, barley and peas that is excellent for cycling.

Sights & Activities

Washington State University UNIVERSITY
(WSU; www.wsu.edu ) Situated 7 miles west of the Idaho state line, most of Pullman's sights
are related directly to expansive WSU, which accommodates more than 22,000 students
and one of Washington's leading agricultural schools. In this small 'city within a city' is
the WSU's Museum of Art (Fine Arts Center, cnr Stadium Way & Wilson Rd; 10am-4pm Mon-