Redmond (Washington) Travel Guide
From Wikitravel
Redmond [1] is a city in King County, Washington in the United States of America.
Redmond is famous for being home to Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft has a large presence over the area. It is also home to Nintendo of America along with numerous other companies. Redmond is the self-proclaimed biking capital of the country.
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Get in
Get around
Pick up a bike. The city has numerous trails. Just be careful as some end on extremely busy roads.
See
- Microsoft's campus. The majority of the campus is comprised of office buildings closed to the public, but there is a recently renovated Visitor's Center (formerly the Microsoft Museum): http://www.microsoft.com/visitorcenter/default.mspx
Do
Spend a day a Marymoor Park. There are a number of things to do in its vast 640 acres. It lies along Lake Sammamish and the Sammamish River. There are sports fields, tennis courts, a climbing wall, a radio-controlled airplane field, a dog park, and the Velodrome, which is a bicycle racing track that connects with the Sammamish River Trail. There is a small parking fee for automoblies.
Buy
- Redmond's main shopping district is the Redmond Way/Cleveland Street corridor in downtown Redmond. It consists of a variety of small stores and a few strip malls.
- Redmond Town Center is an outdoor mall between downtown Redmond and Marymoor Park, with around 50 of the usual mall boutiques.
Eat
- Mayuri Indian Cuisine(425)641-4442, 15400 NE 20th St #6. Southern and Northern Indian food. One of the few restaurants in Washington that serves dosas. $8.95 lunch buffet daily ends at 2:30pm.
Drink
Sleep
Get out
- Seattle is right across the river, about a 10-15 minute drive (barring rush hour traffic)
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