Seattle, Washington – A Walker’s Paradise

I recently visited Seattle, Washington for a long weekend and it was well worth the 5 hour flight. The thing I love about Seattle, other than the low humidity, is the fact that there are so many in town neighborhoods that are a walker's paradise.

I stayed in West Seattle where it was an easy walk to restaurants, bars, coffee shops, music stores and best of all a cupcake shop! If we had walked in the other direction we would have been in the Alki beach area with the restaurants looking over both water and the mountains. The strip of pebbly beach that runs from Alki Point to Duwamish Head is about 2.5 miles. The water temperature ranges from 46 to 56 degrees Fahrenheit so your activities will be confined to dry land unless you are particularly hearty.

The neighborhood was very hilly so I felt like I was able to get a reasonably good workout, at least good enough to enjoy a cupcake from Cupcake Royale. There is a preserve located in West Seattle that was within walking distance of where I was staying. The preserve has walking paths and you can walk through an old growth forest without leaving the city.