Welcome to the Optional Tour Registration Site for the AALL 2013 Annual Meeting & Conference.  We look forward to enhancing your experience of the beautiful Pacific Northwest during your visit to Seattle! 

Optional Tours on Saturday, July 13:

Option 1 – Downtown Seattle Walking Tour, including Central Library
10:00am-12:30pm
Begin your visit with an insider's view of downtown Seattle!  Our knowledgeable guide will take you on an adventure in architecture and public art, showcasing significant buildings and amazing art installations.  You won't want to miss a tour of our fascinating and uniquely Seattle public library.  Wear layered clothing and walking shoes.  Today's tour will encompass the tallest building in Seattle, the oldest Starbuck's location as well as easily overlooked tell-tale signs of Seattle's past, interwoven with modern architecture.  We will conclude today's tour with an insider's view of the world famous Pike Place Market where you can enjoy lunch on your own.    

$25 per person   

 Option 2 – Unique Sights, Scents & Sounds of Seattle
 9:30am-2:30pm
This orientation to Seattle takes you from the downtown Seattle core, to outlying neighborhoods where you can experience what it means to be a Seattleite!  From the shores of glistening Puget Sound, Lake Union and Lake Washington, to the top of the Space Needle, you will see a diverse range of housing options and modes of transportation.  Today you will venture over one of three floating bridges, tour the beautiful University of Washington campus with a stop at their library, experience the Hiram M Chittenden Locks--an engineering marvel, meet the Troll Under the Bridge, ascend to the top of the Space Needle and personally experience what makes Seattle truly unique.  A gourmet boxed lunch will be provided for a picnic along the way. 

$89 per person
(based upon a minimum of 20 guests, includes knowledgeable guide, Executive Minicoach Transportation, custom tour itinerary, VIP tour of the University of Washington, VIP admittance to the Space Needle, water aboard the coach and gourmet boxed lunch)