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Travel Planning

    3 Hr Visit | 4 Hr Visit | Spend the Day| Spend the Night

Photos courtesy of Barbara Kvinge, Sun Song

From Seattle or Vancouver BC - Lunch and shop in Snohomish
(I-5 Exit 194 - St. Highway 2 - First Exit "Snohomish - Bickford Ave."
4 miles to Downtown Snohomish)

To Leavenworth from I-5 - via Hwy. 2 - Morning Coffee Break & Lunch
(I-5 Exit 194 - Highway 2 - First Exit "Snohomish - Bickford Ave." 4 miles to
Downtown Snohomish)

No matter how long you’re here, you'll be surprised how it's just not long enough!
Take a 1 hour break in Snohomish or …

Start your visit at the Snohomish Visitor Information, 1301 First Street

Photo courtesy of City of Snohomish

3 Hour Stop:
10:00 a.m. - Arrive in Snohomish
Take self-guided driving tour of the Historic Residential District
(Driving maps available)
10:15 a.m.
Off Second Street at Cedar Ave. and Pearl St. (Shown on Residential Tour Map)
10:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.:
Shopping and site seeing in the Historic Downtown Commercial District
(Self guided historic downtown tour map available)
11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch break
15 dining restaurants, alehouse and cafés in the Historic Downtown-shopping district.
1:00 p.m.:
back on I-5 via Hwy. 2 in 8 minutes.

4 Hour Stop:
9:30 a.m. Arrive in Snohomish
9:30a.m. - 10:00 a.m.:
Coffee Break - Light Breakfast - (if you are feeling wicked, it could be
Pie and Coffee at the Snohomish Pie Company)
10:00 a.m. - 11:45a.m.
Shopping for antiques, collectibles or just getting nostalgic. Lose tract
of time in our wonderful specialty shops where you can find
everything from Native American art, to cowboy spurs, fine
bone china to hand carved treasures.
11:45 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.:
Lunch can be a trip to the 50's for burgers fries and shakes, a hearty salad at one of our

fine restaurants, or Fish n Chips with your favorite ale in our local alehouse.
1:00 p.m.:
Take a walk on the River Trail
1:10 p.m. - 1:35p.m.:
Take a Driving or walking tour of Historic Residential District.
1:35 p.m.:
Enter Hwy. 2 East from 2nd St. or Back to I-5 from Avenue D              

Spend the Day in Snohomish
Do it all!
9:30 a.m.: Arrive in Snohomish
Have a leisurely breakfast. Choose hearty diner-style, pile-on-the-hashbrowns, to refined and light.

10:30 a.m.:
Hit the antique shops, but be careful you could spend all day in Star Center Mall where there are over 175 dealers in one location. Antiques not your style, don't worry, our specialty shops will amaze you.  Shop Italian Imported Venetian glass chandeliers to spectacular hand forged copper fountains. How about a store to fit your decor? Southwestern - 50's revived - country cottage - rustic - western cool and much much more.

12:00 p.m.:
Still full from you big breakfast, grab a piece of freshly homemade apple pie or fudge. If it's soup and salad you crave you are sure to find a favorite. 

Photo Courtesy of: Jean Sherrard

12:45 p.m.:
Stroll the Riverfront trail where you will come face to face with our 100-year-old railroad bridge.

1:30 p.m.:
As you walk back downtown, you won't want to miss the Arts of Snohomish Gallery at the corner of First Street and Cedar. Located in the historic old Carnegie Library building.

2:00 p.m.
Take a break from walking and drive through the historic residential area, many home were built at the turn of the 20th century and some dating to the late 1800's.

2:30 p.m.
Schedule a scenic plane ride from Harvey Airfield.

3:00 p.m.
Those shops are calling you back? Don't miss the old-fashioned candy shop, you'll need that energy for the ride home.

5:30 p.m.
Scope out the dinner situation and choose from a genuine Alehouse with Pub fare, European cuisine, fabulous seafood or prime rib to make you very happy.

Here on the weekend?
Stick around for some great jazz, blues and rock. And if you missed seeing it all...an overnight stay in our Inn or a Bed and Breakfast is the way to stay.                                                   

                                                                                                            Photo by Karen Guzak and Rebecca Lovelace
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