Car Rental Seattle Airport

Seattle is an American city in the State of Washington in the Northwest of the United States with nearly 600,000 inhabitants in an area of about 370 square kilometers. From the border to Canada, only 155 kilometres separate Seattle. The metropolis, which was founded in 1869, after a famous Indian chief named Chief Seattle, which also known as environmental visionary received its name. Even today, is one of the cities with the most parks in the United States Seattle and is therefore also known as the Emerald City or Emerald City, which symbolically stands for the extensive urban green in Seattle.

In contrast to the significant and historic past of Seattle, the city skyline appears to even futuristic. This impression is strengthened in particular by the 184 metre high space needle, which dominates the city skyline of Seattle. From the platform of the observation tower built in 1962 on the occasion of the world's fair, you have a fantastic view over the whole village. In addition, one has the possibility to explore rotation in the restaurant of the flying saucer in 47 minutes a 360 and to take everything so easily view.

Also in cultural terms, Seattle is a city of superlatives. In addition to numerous art museums, the city stands out due to their music scene. This is true both of the last century for the classical music in the form of sensational of the Seattle Symphony Orchestra was also for pop and rock music, so for example, here of the grunge in the 1990s with the legendary band Nirvana its start.

Due to the expanse of Seattle, which was described in the past several times as the most livable city in the United States, it is best with a rental car to explore.