Travel to Washington

Best Places Seattle: The Locals' Guide to the Best Restaurants, Lodgings, Sights, Shopping, and More! (Best Places Seattle)

Format: Paperback
Author: Shannon O'Leary
ReleaseDate: June, 2004
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
Rating:

Great Book On Seattle
However, it doesn't tell you what to avoid, so it is a bit slanted. BEST PLACES SEATTLE is a great book on where all the good stuff is in the Seattle area. Even so, the book is well-written, and I highly recommend it.

I would recommend other guidebooks
After doing going onto Seattle Citysearch, we found a lot of recommendations that weren't even mentioned in the book. I think this is a pretty awful guidebook. Ivar's, Crabpot, that had raving reviews, and even mentioned in the city's free brochures weren't mentioned. It didn't really tell me what they thought about each place. I don't want a babbling description of a place, but more of "great food!" or "don't miss!" or "it might not be worth the money"

Some of the Top 25 attractions I would question. For example, Pioneer Square was very desolate on the weekend. From the locals, we got the impression that it's more a nightlife center. Also, if you're not into doing every little touristy stuff and spending the money, i don't think you can find anything to do, according to the book!

For a person that's going for the first time trying to find out what is good to see or do, it is awful. The brochures and maps collection in the hotels and stores were more helpful, and that's sad.

Great book for visitors
Lots of people who have stayed with us have used it and have been very happy with the information it contains (short trips to take or activities to do in and around the Seattle area). We keep a copy of this book in our guest room.

My only criticism is that the section with restaurant recommendations is lacking -- but the dining culture of Seattle changes so frequently that this isn't a significant negative for a general-purpose "Best Places" book.

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