Tours
Discover the Future with a Look at the Past
“I walk by here every day and I never saw that before.”
Some version of this familiar comment, which our tour guides hear on a regular basis, gets to the essence of why Seattle Architecture Foundation (SAF) exists. Through entertaining and informative guided walking tours, SAF awakens people to the profound influence of the environment that surrounds them, and inspires them to get involved in shaping its future. Through active participation with our built environment the shape of our communities will better reflect who we are and who we wish to be.
Tours Expand!
If you're a SAF regular, you’ll notice a big change this year. SAF now offers tours on most Saturdays throughout the year and on Thursdays and Fridays. Major holidays are excluded.
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Tours by Date Range
Tours by Month
Federal Avenue East Open House Tour
Three-hour Tours
- Craftsman Bungalows: Ravenna
- Designed for Dining: Seattle's Delectable Eateries
- Pike/Pine: Cars, Bars and Dead Rock Stars
Two-hour Tours
- Art + Architecture: Where Form & Function Meet
- Historic Skyscrapers
- Harvard Belmont District: Mansions on Capitol Hill
- Family Tour: A Kid's Eye View of Seattle
- South Lake Union: Extreme Makeover
- Modern Skyscrapers
- That's Entertainment: Movie Palaces and More!
- Design Details: Lions, Griffins, & Walruses, Oh My!
- Art Deco: The Roaring 20s, Northwest Style
- Columbia City: Valley on the Rise
- Ballard: Small Town/Big City
- Greatest Hits: Seattle Architecture Highlights
- Madrona
- Pioneer Square: Seattle's First Neighborhood
- International District: Seattle's Fortune Cookie
- Friday Art Deco Tour