Me and my GF walked up to Pioneer Square after dinner at the waterfront. After reading a travel book, we were hoping to view old seattle, the architecture and maybe check out a band at a club in pioneer square. Big mistake, huge! It was a warm, Saturday evening in August and was just closing on darkness and almost immediately... more

Nothing much to do here other than strolling the street and see some unique buildings. more

I was here for the Underground Tour. Lots of homeless in this area. Nice architecture but not a lot to do. You can see a fake waterfall to commemorate where UPS was founded. There's also a totem pole. Basically it's the area between the waterfront and the downtown business district where the tallest buildings are. If you're into old time... more

March 29, 2009 - You know I read the reviews before I went and remembering what the Alaska lady said and the rebuttle from the girl from Seattle, I'd have to agree with the Alaska lady. I wasn't very impressed with Pioneer Square. It looked very run down and was not very touristy. I thought of it as more of... more

I really liked this area, it reminded be of the theatre district in London, lovely old buildings, good coffee shops and of course the Underground tour ! The tour taught us a lot about the history of Seattle and appreciate all that is above ground. Like also the statues of fire men, very impressive. Feel that this is one of... more

I loved Pioneer square! The underground tour was fabulous! The goldrush museum was very cool too (I had no idea that Nordstrom was started by a gold rush person). The waterfall UPS park was neat and the firefighter memorial. So I obviously went in the daytime and while yes there were definitely homeless people I walked around by myself (young... more

Based on our guidebook, we made our way down to Pioneer Square. While we loved the Elliott Bay Book Company with its old bookshelves and room after room of books - the rest of the square seemed to be run down with many vagrants at every turn. I wouldn't go at night...and except for the bookstore, I probably wouldn't go... more

We walked from Downtown and enjoyed the Underground Tour, Elliot Bay Book Co. we also walked to the Smith Tower and checked out the observation deck. It is an easy walk to the waterfront where we caught a ferry over to Bainbridge Island for a view of the city. more

I followed a walking tour in my travel book so I wouldn't miss anything. The gold rush museum, waterfall park, fallen firefighters memorial, Elliott bay book Store, cow chip cookies, and pioneer place. Take the underground tour! more