• Fairhaven...This district has a European atmosphere with courtyards, outdoor cafes and quaint shops and restaurants. It also has a port for ferries to Alaska, and the San Juan Islands.

• Fremont...In "The Artists Republic of Fremont"public art abounds. Quaint shops and ethnic restaurants fill the landscape transforming this light-industrial/manufacturing district of Seattle into a mecca of art and culture; Northwest style.

• La Conner ...A small village on the banks of the Swinomish Channel with quaint retail shops, restaurants and museums.
  
  

• Port Townsend...A Victorian Seaport on the Olympic Penisula with restored turn-of-the-century homes and downtown buildings.

• Vashon Island  A close-in island off the shores of West Seattle ( 15 minute ferry ride). Farms, horse ranches, parks and beaches abound on this centrally located island. It also has shopping, bed and breakfasts and restaurants, art galleries, and local artists.
  
  

Whidbey Island

• Langley...A small village on the shore of south Whidbey Island on a bluff overlooking the Saratoga Passage, Camano Island and the Cascade mountains with bed and breakfasts, shops and restaurants.