It’s time to plan your spring visit to Seattle! Between fun family events, the tulip festival and flowering gardens, baseball games, museums, restaurants, wildflower hikes, boat rides, and whale watching, hopefully, you will find the time to rest in one of the local restaurants and recharge. Undoubtedly, the abundance of things to do in Seattle this spring season will amaze you and your loved ones as much as local winter activities did.
The Best Time To Visit Seattle
The period from March through May is the most balanced when you consider the things to do in the Emerald City and its surroundings. This budget-friendly season lasts until mid-June when summer takes over, with waves of enthusiastic tourists. Hence, spring in Seattle offers an excellent choice of activities and treats for everybody’s taste and conforms to everybody’s pocket.
Weather-wise, there aren’t any surprises. Don’t think that overcast skies are Seattle’s only trademark. Just like everywhere in the coastal region, clouds quickly give way to warm and sunny days as spring advances. Nothing will stop you from enjoying the wonderful things to do in Seattle this spring. The best part? You’ll pick up speed for the summer activities in the area and get the best that the jewel of the Northwest can offer.
Flower Lover's Delight
If spring break or any other school spring holiday brings you to Seattle, take a moment to enjoy its gardens and arboretums with your family. A peak bloom time for many flowering species, this is a perfect season to observe the waking up of nature in this scenic area.
Some of the most popular and cherished places to observe blossoming cherry trees include the Quad of the University of Washington, Azalea Way in Washington Park Arboretum, Jefferson Park, Seward Park, Point Defiance Park, and Seattle Center. The Tulip Festival in the Skagit Valley makes April an ideal time to visit and take gorgeous photos. It’s well worth an hour and a half drive north of Seattle.
Between Seattle and Tacoma nestled Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden with its 700 different varieties of Rhododendron. A garden tour brimful with rare flowers seems like a perfect start to a spring day. Stop by to visit the nearby outdoor Pacific Bonsai Museum while you’re in the area.
If Water Is Your Element
Seattle is indeed the right place for you. Unless you consider buying a home in Seattle, your vacation time is likely limited, which makes timely registration for sailing tours and whale watching all the more urgent.
The Center for Wooden Boats is an excellent first stop for exploring local maritime heritage. Not only do they conduct safe, engaging, guided, family sailing tours, but they also offer workshops on woodworking and boatbuilding for adults.
If you’re excited about orcas and gray whales, a boat tour is yet another exciting way to spend a warm spring day on the water. The best spot to watch magnificent Orcas in their natural habitat? It’s the San Juan Islands just north of Seattle. Don’t forget to bring your sunscreen and Dramamine to keep this boat ride in good memory.
Sport Delicases For Every Taste
The only thing as exciting as watching Seattle Orca whales is watching Seattle Seawolves play. You won’t find killer whales at the Starfire Sports Complex but a Major League rugby team. And speaking of Major League sports, following the Seattle Mariners throughout the season at T-Mobile Park is a perfect family get-together: affordable and entertaining baseball games, with loads of tasty snacks to munch on.
There are plenty of fun activities indoors, too! Family Fun Center in Tukwila will take your breath away with their offer of activities for the whole family. Here await Laser Tag, Go-Karts, Bumper Boats, Max Flight roller coaster simulator and the Screamin’ Swing, mini-golf, batting cages, arcade games, and even bowling at Bowlwinkle Lanes.
Does it seem that one visit won’t be enough to explore everything the spring in Seattle brings? Why not move closer to the action from other parts of Washington? You wouldn’t be the first to move here nor the only one to
find experts to help you out with your long-distance relocation. Seattle is a hub, offering equal opportunities to everyone to find a pastime to their liking.
Entertain Your Tastebuds
All the things to do in Seattle this spring are bound to make you hungry, and the choice of diners – hungry for more.
Start your day with breakfast, brunch, or coffee at Portage Bay Cafe, Bacco Cafe, Cafe Flora, or Wayward Cafe. Try pizzas at Pizzeria Credo, Zeeks Pizza, and Serious Pie, seafood at Chinook’s, Duke’s Seafood and Chowder, Ivar’s Acres of Clams and Ivar’s Salmon House, Duke’s Seafood, The Crab Pot Seafood Restaurant, and Lowell’s Restaurant.
Also, you can savor Mexican at Cactus Restaurant, Fogon Cocina Mexicana, burgers at 8oz Burger and Co, Collections Cafe, Skillet, Sharps Roasthouse, or CJ’s Eatery, Asian food at Din Tai Fung, Bahn Thai Restaurant, or Noi Thai Cuisine. Although not only worth visiting but highly rated for delicious food, excellent service, and budget-friendliness, these are perfect places to recharge between attractions.
Don’t forget the desserts! Try out Ellenos for Greek desserts, Bakery Nouveau for the French, Gelatiamo for Italian, and Daily Dozen Donuts, Hot Cakes, Cinnamon Works, Shug’s Soda Fountain and Ice Cream, Molly Moon, or The Cheesecake Factory for good ol’ American sweets.
Are You Perhaps Undecided About Where To Start?
No one in Seattle will take that against you. If you’re visiting the area for the first time, you might feel overwhelmed by the sheer number of attractions. If you’re a returning visitor, you already know what to expect and come for more. And as a piece of
advice for homebuyers who fell in love with the city after their first visit: savor the things to do in Seattle this spring slowly. Once you officially become a Seattleite, you’ll have every spring to enjoy the bounty of “the Queen of the Evergreen State”.
