It's best to
get around
either on foot or on the free
downtown buses. Cross out of the
free zone - bordered by Jackson
and Battery streets, 6th Avenue,
and the waterfront - and you pay
as you get off; come back in and
you pay as you enter. Single
fares vary between $1 and $1.75,
and tickets are valid for an
hour.
Day-passes ($2;
bought from the driver) are
available on weekends and
holidays: ticket books (for 10
and 20 rides; $10 and $20) can
be purchased from the
Metro
Customer Assistance Offices
at the Metro Transit Tunnel,
Westlake Station, Fifth Avenue
and Vine Street (Mon-Fri
9am-5.30pm), or in the King
Street Center, 201 S Jackson St
(Mon-Fri 8am-5pm; call 24-Hour
Rider Information tel
206/553-3000 or Bus-Time tel
206/287-8463 for automated
schedule, ), and can be used on
the overhead monorail ($1.25)
between downtown and the Seattle
Center, and on the waterfront
streetcar ($1 off-peak, $1.75
peak).
Washington State ferries
run to Bainbridge Island and
Bremerton; tickets from Pier 52,
Colman Dock (tel 206/464-6400,
). Gray Line (tel 206/626-5208)
organizes guided half-day bus
tours ($27), or three-hour boat
tours ($33), which are also
offered by other local
operators, the best choice being
Argosy's Locks Cruise tour from
Pier 57 (2 1/2 hrs, $30; tel
206/623-4252, ).
