There are tons of amazing restaurants, activities, parks and attractions to check out while you are here.

FOR FOOD; Chelsea Farm Oyster Bar, The Bread Peddler (bakery), Olympia Coffee Roasters, Vic's Pizza, Shiny Prize (cocktail bar), Ninevah, The Brotherhood (cool dive bar), Uptown Grill, Ember Goods (coffee), Da Nang's, Left Bank (patisserie), California Tacos (taco truck), El Sarape, Sophie's Scoops (gelato), Oyster House for live music, The Leaning Maple (breakfast), The Spar.

FOR ACTIVITES; The Hands On Children's Museum (for the kiddos), the Olympia Farmers Market, Browers Books, Downtown Shopping, renting a boat on the sound via Boston Harbor or Swantown Marina, Legends Arcade, and there are usually tons of local shows during the summer at Capitol Theater/The Washington Center/Harlequin/and other local venues.

FOR LOCAL WALKS AND HIKES; The Evergreen State College beach hike (entrance located in F Lot), Capitol Lake Loop, Squaxin Park, Tumwater Falls Park.

FOR NEARBY NATIONAL PARKS; Mount Rainier National Park (72 miles from Olympia), Olympia National Park (51 miles from Olympia).

CITIES; Seattle (60 miles), Portland (120 miles).