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    Underground Tour

    4.1 (102 reviews)
    Open 10:00 am - 6:00 pm
    Updated 2 months ago

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    Interest fact you'll learn about this purple glass when you take the tour.
    Tony H.

    Great tour over in Pioneer Square to learn some interesting history of Seattle from the 1800's. Our tour guide Adam did a great job keeping the tour interesting and fun. We did the tour the day after we did our own site seeing which ended up adding more cool facts to stuff we saw on our own on the city. I don't want to give away anything the tour tells you so I'll just say I 100% recommend anyone that's interest in history or cool facts should sign up for one of the tours.

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    Keandra P.

    I wanted to learn a bit more about the city of Seattle, and my other few friends did too. So we decided to take some time to book this tour while visiting the city. Did you know the old city lies below the current city? And they are sky lights from the underground still to this day? Truly this interactive walking tour is part old timey history, part city politics lesson, part ghost busters tour, part exercise sessions with all the walking. I appreciated our guide as she gave the nitty gritty of the folks that lived during this time. Including the "seamstresses" that were working during this time for men.. afterhours, IYKYK. The ghost story was a lil cray. And she cut the lights for a good 10 to 12 minutes (at least it felt like that), to set the mood for a spooky tale, which I was not expecting. Tickets are $20, maybe around 75 minute or less tour. Family friendly, there were a few kids in our session. I know some reviews say it depends on how good our maybe bad your tour guide is and the info/stories they decide to share, as to ones experience. That's probably true. But I feel like our tour guide, I forgot her name, was decent. We gave her a tip. There's also little gift shop after the tour.

    Indiana L.

    My friend and I decided to do the Underground Tour and it was good. We did the first tour at 10 AM with a really funny tour guide. They walked you through some of the city underground and above ground while giving you the history. It's a neat tour. There was an incident where an unhoused person punched a guy on the tour. However, the tour guide and his boss ensured the person left. If you're in the city, do this 75 minute tour. You'll enjoy it.

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    PJ M.

    We really like doing the haunted things and other possible paranormal tours. This one wasn't as much touted as haunted but there was always the possibility. We met and as a group we entered the underground thru a door in a back alley. Our guide gave us lots of info about how and why these were created. It was an amazing story along with the places they would Shanghai unwitting patrons tht would find themselves working on a boat some where. It was quite a massive area with many areas still being worked on. We didn't see any ghosts but had a good time.

    Amanda M.

    Follow me on IG: @solo_inseattle Exploring Seattle's Underground History! I was invited to experience Bill Speidel's Underground Tour in Pioneer Square, an hour-long adventure beneath the streets of Seattle. The tour is strict on timing, so be sure to arrive early--don't expect flexibility or same-day tickets! Our guide kept the group entertained with puns while diving into the history of Seattle's founders, Yesler & Denny. However, the tour noticeably skimmed over the origins of the area and the Duwamish tribes, which felt like a missed opportunity to fully acknowledge the foundation of this land. It's definitely a unique way to learn about Seattle, but I'd love to see a more inclusive narrative included in the storytelling. Have you taken the tour? What are your thoughts? #SeattleHistory #PioneerSquare #SoloInSeattle #UndergroundTour #DuwamishLand #HonorNativeLand #IndigenousHistory #SupportDuwamish"

    Lizzy C.

    We took the Bill Spidels Underground Tour. It isn't quite what I thought it would be but, it was full of Seattle's history dating back to the 1850s. Kalyn was our tour guide, he had some funny jokes and alot of information on how the town was built. I thought that the majority of the tour would be winding underneath the city streets, however it is part here, then you go up to the streets, walk a bit and enter another underground enterance. Overall the tour was very informative, and full of history, just not quite how I anticipated it to be. Our tour guide was awesome and had alot of knowledge.

    Kristin S.

    I've lived in Seattle my whole life and finally did the tour. This is a once and done . Was interesting but I left wanting more substance. I liked that our tour guide had a sense of humor, but was surprised with the type of humor. The guides do a great job, this is a lot of history to cover. Warning- Wear good walking shoes. You'll go up , down , navigate uneven ground. If you're claustrophobic, this might not be for you. Tight spaces, little air movement, dirty, webs... 60 min is plenty. - no bathrooms on the tour so go before you leave the check-in area.

    Khadijat R.

    It's interesting... be prepared for walking and steps and being in dark spaces. You aren't looking at much, it's more about the stories and history you're hearing. Nice to hear the history and understand this history behind Seattle. No mention of genocide or battles between populations. It's about poop, floods, pioneers, dumb ideas, and building this downtown area of Seattle and the waterfront. I thought it was cool but I wouldn't say it's a must do.

    James E.

    This is a must do if you love history. I tool my son for his birthday. He was skeptical at first and then told me as we were doing the tour he loved the tour. The guide did a fantastic job. He was qwirky and made it fun.

    Andrea S.

    Amazing tour! Highly recommend if you are visiting Seattle/Pioneer Square. TJ was a hilarious and very knowledgeable tour guide. I learned so much about the history of Pioneer Square all in a fun and engaging way!

    Julie U.

    I love history and museums and had heard about the Seattle underground tours for years. When we were in Seattle this summer, my family and I took this tour. There are several tours but after checking out Yelp (of course) I decided on this one. So glad I did! It was amazing to be walking underneath the sidewalks of Seattle. I'd known about those little purple squares of glass and how they lit up the underground area, but to see the labyrinth of hallways and old streets was fascinating. The story I most enjoyed was how people used to park their carriages on the upper level and then climb down ladders to get to the lower levels. If you get a chance, take the tour. You'll never walk the streets near Pike Place without imagining what lies below.

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    Rebecca T.

    A lot of history is in Seattle and we learned so much (and I am not a history buff by any means and LOVED this the most out of visit to Seattle)! Our guide was fantastic! She definitely knows how to tell a story and kept us hanging onto every word, wanting to be close to her to hear everything she had to say. The kids were literally sitting at her feet at the end and made sure to be by her side throughout the tour. Highly recommend!

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    A really fascinating tour! Our guide TJ was fantastic - incredibly funny, extremely informative, so fun!! Well worthwhile.

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    Monica is a great tour guide. She made it fun. And she's very knowledgeable. Enjoyed learning a little history about how Seattle came to be.

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    Hilarious and informative fun tour! Lived here most of my life and always wanted to to it and was not disappointed.

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