Pioneer Square is Seattle’s oldest neighborhood where the city’s founders first started to build. Today, with a backdrop of picturesque 19th-century Richardson Romanesque buildings, it’s an iconically trendy Seattle spot. Sample some of the city’s famously good coffee from artisanal coffee shops, browse the neighborhood’s numerous art galleries, grab lunch from a food truck or perhaps book a bocce court in Occidental Square.

Seattle’s oldest neighborhood, Pioneer Square boasts some incredible architecture, art galleries, cafés and bookstores. For a bird's-eye view of the city try Smith Tower; built in 1914, this was the tallest building on the West Coast for years, and the views from the 35th floor are still spectacular.