World Travel - Seattle May. 2014 | Page 7

YOU’LL SEATTLE Seattle is the largest city in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Is located in the Washington State, over the Oregon State. The Space Neddle is an observation tower, opened since April 8,1962, is located near seattle downtown. On the top the space needle has an observation deck at 520ft., and has a rotating reataurant “Skycity” outside of the tower is located a gift shop, where you can buy beautiful souvenirs. From the top of the Needle, one can see not only the downtown Seattle skyline but also the Olympic and Cascade Mountains, Rainier and surronding Islands. Photographs of the Seattle skyline often show the Space Neddle prominently, above the rest of the skyscrapers and Mount Rainier. The architeture of the Space Needle is the result of a compromise between Edgar E. Carlson and John Graham. The Seattle Great Wheel is a giant Ferris Wheel at Pier 57 on Elliot Bay in the Waterfront of Seattle Washington. Next to the wheel is located a famous seafood restaurant, was opened since June 29,2012. Seattle was the third North America to offer a wheel. But is the only wheel built over the water During the ride in the gondolas of the wheel you can see the Ferris, the waterfront reataurants and the Space Needle. The Seattle Great Wheel has 42 climatecontrolled gondolas. The ride in the Wheel is around 12-minutes extendeds 40 feets 7 out over Elliot Bay.