Sightseeing Suggestions

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Visit Seattle or Portland, and also check out some of the many landmarks, recreational and cultural attractions the south Puget Sound region has to offer. Experience Washington is the official Web site of Washington State Tourism.

In Olympia

• The Olympia Farmers Market  (360) 352-9096
• Washington Center for the Performing Arts  (360) 753-8585
• Washington State Capitol Campus and Legislature  (360) 586-8687
• Percival Landing Park
• Capital Lake Park
• Priest Point Park

In Tacoma

• Center for the Performing Arts  (253) 591-5894
• Museum of Glass  (866) 468-7386
• Point Defiance Park  (253) 305-1000
• Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium  (253) 591-5337
• Tacoma Art Museum  (253) 272-4258
• Tacoma Dome  (253) 272-3663
• Tacoma Farmers Market
• Narrows Bridge
• Ruston Way, two-mile waterfront walking path

Within a two-hour drive

• Fort Lewis Military Museum  (253) 582-5838
• Mount Rainier National Park  (360) 569-2211
• Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument  (360) 449-7800
• Olympic Peninsula/Olympic National Park  (360) 565-3130
• Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge  (360) 753-9467