For those of you that have not been, Pike's Place Market has been one of the coolest places in Seattle for over 100 years. The market now sits on a hill just above the ferry and cruise ports on the water. It is 3 levels high and spans two city blocks in length. There are vendors of all kinds sellings goods of all sorts.
On the north end of the market there is a small patch of grass where, on a warm day like today, one can easily find a great place to sit and rest before taking on the adventure that is... THE MARKET. :)
On the south end, there are signs everywhere directing people to the market street itself. It would be close to impossible for anyone driving around downtown to miss it!
While this is just a small glance at the produce section of the market, you get a feel for what this place is like. Imagine the section below stretched out times 4 or 5 and you get an idea of how large just one type of vendors space can be.
Produce, fish and flowers take up a HUGE section of the market. The flowers are unlike any I have seen anywhere else and they go on for DAYS!!!!! They are beautiful and the wonderful vendors that sell them will make a boquet for you of whatever flowers you would like. It is like that scene out of My Fair Lady (the movie for those of you that aren't familiar with musicals- rent it!). Kind of a dreamy section of the market.
This is the interior of the market. There are three levels, all with clear directions on how to get to each one. Very cool.
The fish.... O.K. this deserves a video. A video that isn't that great- but again, it at least gives you an idea of what it can be like. The guys that work at this particular fish vendor are fantastic at entertaining the public. They do it all day long and they keep the crowds coming in!
On the north end of the market there is a small patch of grass where, on a warm day like today, one can easily find a great place to sit and rest before taking on the adventure that is... THE MARKET. :) 
On the south end, there are signs everywhere directing people to the market street itself. It would be close to impossible for anyone driving around downtown to miss it! 
While this is just a small glance at the produce section of the market, you get a feel for what this place is like. Imagine the section below stretched out times 4 or 5 and you get an idea of how large just one type of vendors space can be. 
Produce, fish and flowers take up a HUGE section of the market. The flowers are unlike any I have seen anywhere else and they go on for DAYS!!!!! They are beautiful and the wonderful vendors that sell them will make a boquet for you of whatever flowers you would like. It is like that scene out of My Fair Lady (the movie for those of you that aren't familiar with musicals- rent it!). Kind of a dreamy section of the market. 
This is the interior of the market. There are three levels, all with clear directions on how to get to each one. Very cool. 
The fish.... O.K. this deserves a video. A video that isn't that great- but again, it at least gives you an idea of what it can be like. The guys that work at this particular fish vendor are fantastic at entertaining the public. They do it all day long and they keep the crowds coming in!
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