Shopping

Seattle is home to excellent shopping all over the city, including downtown, the Fremont district, the International District, Pike Place Market, Capitol Hill and the University District. Downtown Seattle shopping is a square of several blocks with large names such as Urban Outfitters, Nordstrom and Gap. Downtown is also the location of Westlake Center Plaza and Pacific Place, both large malls with various shops and eateries.

Pioneer Square isn’t just the location of the original Starbucks—it also has some of Seattle’s best shopping. The International District, just south of Pioneer Square, features about eight blocks of prime shopping with roots from all over Asia. When weary from shopping, the ID has many delicious restaurants to choose from. Pike Place Market is Seattle’s famous waterfront shopping area that features local produce, fresh fish, a flower market and an abundance of incredible restaurants.

No visit to Alaska would be complete without a souvenir to remember it by. From T-shirts to salmon-skin wallets, picture books and diamond-willow walking sticks, a shopper in Alaska can come back with the goods. A bonus of shopping in Alaska is finding works produced by Native artisans in such materials as walrus ivory, baleen and fur. These are available in stores at many destinations and ports. Alaska is home to exceptional artists in a variety of media. Many gift shops downtown carry carved whale bone or moose antlers. All the artists have unique styles and often stories behind their work.