Seattle Bucket List: The best food, drinks, & things to do in Seattle

Looking for the best food, drinks, and things to do in Seattle? We’ve got you covered!

Before living on the road in our Sprinter van, we called Seattle home for 3 years and fell madly in love with this city and surrounding areas. The mix of nature, city life, coffee shops, and proximity to many other amazing cities truly makes it, in our biased opinion, one of the best cities in the United States! We are so, so excited to partner with our friend Allie from Adventures After Coffee for our biggest content piece ever: a 10 page Seattle Bucket List!

While we have many Seattle and Washington blogs and travel guides, we have always wanted to create a huge resource with all of the must-visit restaurants, coffee shops, dessert spots, bars, weekend trips, and best things to do in Seattle. It’s JAM PACKED y’all!

And we couldn’t have done it without Allie! Partnering with her was a no brainer: we both love this city and love to explore it as much as we possibly can. It was awesome to be able to combine our brains, preferences, and favorite spots to make a well rounded list that everyone can enjoy!

We hope that whether you’re visiting and want a huge list of things to do or are a local looking to visit more spots around town, that this bucket list helps you eat, drink, and sightsee your way around the Emerald City! Keep on scrolling to see the full list or download your own copy!

Pro tip:

To keep track of all of the spots you visit on this things to do in Seattle list, download the guide, screenshot each page, and use the “markup” tool (if you have an iPhone) to cross off the spots you visit!

For a pre-made Seattle itinerary that features a lot of these spots, check out our 3 Days in Seattle guide! And to get more Seattle and Washington ideas, read the rest of our guides and blogs.

Neighborhoods

Check out our blog post about our 5 favorite Seattle neighborhoods, with list of the best sights and places to eat in each one here!

Ballard
Great for: Breweries, boutiques, beach, farmers market

Belltown
Great for: Bars, shopping, food

Capitol Hill
Great for: Bars, food, coffee, nightlife, parks

Downtown
Great for: Pike Place Market, water views, piers, shopping

Fremont + Wallingford
Great for: Fremont Trail, views, art, breweries, trails, Lake Union

Pioneer Square
Great for: History, happy hours, professional sports

Queen Anne
Great for: Views, hills, Space Needle, Seattle Center

West Seattle
Great for: Water activities, Alki beach, farmers markets, mountain and skyline views

Weekend Trips

No list of things to do in Seattle would be complete without the awesome areas to explore over a weekend. Want more details about these areas and suggestions of things to do? Check out our 6 Seattle Day Trips and 37 Favorite Hikes in Washington blog posts, as well as our Olympic Peninsula and North Cascades guides!

Ready to explore Seattle?

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