Activities in The Seattle and Tacoma Area

Five years ago, Anna Nasset-Glenn took over ownership of this artisan boutique and longtime Port Townsend institution, where she helps customers find

The espresso here is the best in town.

Step through a spacious light-filled glass and aluminum entryway into Bellevue Art Museum's (BAM) textured concrete space. Designed by architect Stev

The small family winery specializes in Rhône grapes such as Syrah and juicy Grenache.

This 150-acre preserve at the northern tip of Bainbridge Island (35 minutes by ferry from Seattle) is a mix of pristine second-growth forest and metic

There’s no way to miss the Capitol Campus—you can see its regal, domed legislative building from almost everywhere in the city. Take a guided tour, an

The Provençal-style castle on 87-acres was built by Washington's second-largest wine producer.

The boutique winery makes a firm Bordeaux blend called Chaleur Estate.

For even more solitude, hike about five miles to the end of the Dungeness Spit and tour the Dungeness Lighthouse.

Drive to remote Dungeness Spit on the Olympic Peninsula, often buffeted by turbulent waters.

See the park's lighthouse and artillery units from the 1890s or fly kites on the parade field.

Day-trippers head 25 miles north of Seattle to Whidbey Island, where beaches, nature, and wildlife abound.  For panoramic views of the Olympic Mountai

Located along Admiralty Inlet, this 433-acre stretch of land once served as an active army installation and then a juvenile detention facility before

Rent a sea kayak or canoe.

Harlequin Productions draws theatergoers to its unconventional shows here.

Bring a flashlight on the Iron Horse Trail, which parallels old railroad tracks and includes a tunnel that goes underneath the pass.

Visitors can try some of Washington's best Syrahs in a starkly modern, 33,000-square-foot facility that includes a full-time kitchen staff, wine-tasti

Since 1951, this brick-faced Port Townsend museum in this historic district has welcomed visitors to what was once a City Hall court room. Exhibits ho

Orchardist Les Price grows an incredibly diverse crop in this "backyard region" of Seattle—some 150 varieties on just four acres. Price attributes his

Paddle out to tiny Cutts Island, keeping an eye out for seals; later, wind down the day with a beach stroll on Kopachuk’s shore, looking for sand doll

Visitors can watch molten glass creations being blown in the Museum of Glass’s (MOG) Hot Shop, a 90-foot stainless steel cone and working studio. This

Fifty miles from Bellingham on the Canadian border is a picture-postcard Pacific Northwest landscape of sawtooth mountains slung with hammocks of snow

Visitors can try some of Washington's best Syrahs in a starkly modern, 33,000-square-foot facility that includes a full-time kitchen staff, wine-tasti

Between April and December, beekeepers, artisans, and local organic farmers gather here to sell their wares.

Designated by Congress in 1938, mammoth and mountainous park stretches across rugged Pacific coast and lush interior old-growth forests. Daylong explo