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With the growing interest in adventure travel, national parks, and wine and micro-breweries, the Pacific Northwest attracts a huge number of visitors every year. This dramatic region, which stretches from British Columbia to Oregon, provides pristine wilderness areas to explorefrom coastlines to mountainsas well as vibrant metropolitan scenes in Seattle, Portland, and Vancouver. Expanded Coverage This edition features the best reasons to go to scores of rugged Pacific coast beaches. New hotel and restaurant reviews cover recently opened properties throughout the region. New photo-rich features highlight Oregons burgeoning Willamette Valley wine region and Seattles popular coffee, beer, and wine scenes. Illustrated Features Colorful, magazine-like features introduce the whales of the Pacific Northwest, with whale-watching tips wine-tasting itineraries in Oregons Willamette Valley and Seattles coffee, beer, and wine scenes and Pike Place Market.