Hidden Washington: Including Seattle, Puget Sound, San Juan Islands, Olympic Peninsula, Cascades and Columbia River Gorge (Hidden Travel)

The new spiritual center of art and free expression, Seattle has become an urban magnet for travelers seeking everything from rock clubs and symphonies to upscale galleries and folk-art shops. Going neighborhood by neighborhood, Gottberg gets to the heart of each community while describing both its famous attractions and hidden favorites.

Eric Lucas likes to be near the city but also enjoys staying away from the crowds (like any Hidden guide!). That's why he lives on Vaughn Island in Puget Sound (a 30-minute ferry ride from Seattle), where he claims the local population of semi-famous artists and writers leave their keys in their ignitions to accomodate one another's unexpected transportation needs. An avid outdoorsman, he loves British Columbia's tall, forbidding mountains as much as its sophisticated cities

Eric Lucas likes to be near the city but also enjoys staying away from the crowds (like any Hidden guide!). That's why he lives on Vaughn Island in Puget Sound (a 30-minute ferry ride from Seattle), where he claims the local population of semi-famous artists and writers leave their keys in their ignitions to accomodate one another's unexpected transportation needs. An avid outdoorsman, he loves British Columbia's tall, forbidding mountains as much as its sophisticated cities