Guided tour

Seattle: Scandals, Ghosts & Oddities in Pike Place Market

5  / 59 reviews
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Guided tour
Seattle: Scandals, Ghosts & Oddities in Pike Place Market
5  / 59 reviews

Hear about the scandals and secrets of Seattle's Pike Place Market on a walking tour. Discover what haunts the market, who its important figures were, and its complicated relationship with the city.

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Duration 1 hour
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Live tour guide
English
Wheelchair accessible
Small group
Limited to 10 participants

Highlighted reviews from other travelers

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Dana – United States

Loved the history information & exercise! Had was a fabulous tour guide! Couldn’t have asked for any more passionate about her job! My only critique is that some of the information contradicts a tour I was on later in the day. Not a huge amount and definitely not enough to not-go on the tour. Just a few “blips” that I noticed. Guide is very knowledgeable and intuitive, and respectful of the deceased! Fabulous job and fabulous tour! Definitely should go on if you like history! Enjoyed every second of this tour and would 100% do it again!

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Dana – United States
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Kate – United States

fantastic tour! we had been exploring the market all day and we still saw several places we had missed, plus we got a ton of history and learned a bit of everything.

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Kate – United States

Experience

Highlights

  • Be transported to a dark and scandalous time of Pike Place Market
  • Find out about the seedy relationship between the market and Seattle
  • Have interesting questions and curiosities answered by your guide
  • Find yourself below the bustling crowds and cobbled roads of the market
  • Wander down hidden alleys to the old locations of disreputable businesses

Full description

Discover a different history of Pike Place Market on a walking tour that takes you through hidden alleys and under the streets. Learn about the market's sordid past and its connection to Seattle's relationship to greed.

Meet your guide and begin your scandalous history tour of Pike Place Market. Hear about the market's old brothels, coffee shops, mischievous ghosts, and important figures like Chief Seattle. Follow cobbled roads down back alleys and descend under the streets.

During your tour, answer questions like why the market is one of the most haunted in America, what the deal is with the flying fish, and why the market mascot is a piggy bank. Learn which of Seattle's founding fathers married their stepsisters and why the market was planned to be torn down.

Includes

  • Walking tour
  • Guide
  • Snack
  • Drinks

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Meeting point

Meet your guide in front of Seattle CoffeeWorks

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Important information

What to bring

  • Comfortable shoes
  • Rain gear

Know before you go

  • This is an outdoor walking tour that will take place rain or shine

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Dana – United StatesMarch 9, 2023  – Verified booking
Loved the history information & exercise! Had was a fabulous tour guide! Couldn’t have asked for any more passionate about her job! My only critique is that some of the information contradicts a tour I was on later in the day. Not a huge amount and definitely not enough to not-go on the tour. Just a few “blips” that I noticed. Guide is very knowledgeable and intuitive, and respectful of the deceased! Fabulous job and fabulous tour! Definitely should go on if you like history! Enjoyed every second of this tour and would 100% do it again!
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GetYourGuide traveler – United StatesSeptember 27, 2022  – Verified booking
Caroline is a very knowledgeable and humorous tour guide. She made Seattle come alive with her stories of the Market Place's scandalous history. To top it off, she introduced us to the chef at the Oriental Market. We went back the next day and had the best Philippino food we've ever tasted! I would take this tour all over again!
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Kate – United StatesOctober 11, 2024  – Verified booking
fantastic tour! we had been exploring the market all day and we still saw several places we had missed, plus we got a ton of history and learned a bit of everything.
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Activity provider:Thoughtful Chef Tours

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