South Tacoma Travel Guide
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Popular places to visit
Tacoma Dome
Catch an event at Tacoma Dome during your trip to Tacoma. Amble around this family-friendly area's waterfront or experience its great live music.
Tacoma Mall
You can search for that perfect souvenir at Tacoma Mall during your stay in Tacoma. Discover the top-notch restaurants and great live music in this family-friendly area.
Cheney Stadium
Catch an event at Cheney Stadium during your trip to Tacoma. Stroll along the waterfront or experience the great live music in this family-friendly area.
LeMay Car Museum
You can spend time studying the exhibits at LeMay Car Museum during your trip to Tacoma. Amble around this family-friendly area's waterfront or experience its great live music.
Washington State Fair Events Center
Enjoy a stop at Washington State Fair Events Center, an entertaining place to visit in Puyallup. Experience the area's acclaimed theatre scene and great live music.
Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium
Visit a red wolf habitat, watch polar bears swim and see elephants in a simulated forest environment at this unique zoo and aquarium.
Things to do
Woodinville Wine & Snoqualmie Falls Tour
Small Group Mount Rainier National Park 1-Day Tour from Seattle 2-Can-Go
Small Group Seattle Full Day Tour W/ All Major Attractions
Top hotels in South Tacoma
Best Western Plus Downtown Tacoma
Room and hotel as a while was very clean. All the staff I encountered were friendly. The complementary breakfast was delicious.
Reviewed on 11 Feb 2026
Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, WA
Clean room. Great breakfast. Wonderful staff.
Reviewed on 11 Feb 2026
Coast Gateway Hotel
We could see a gate with a jet pulling up at Seatac from our room, yet the room was totally quiet. Amazing!
Reviewed on 12 Feb 2026
DoubleTree by Hilton Seattle Airport
Clean room and customer service during a powe outage at front desk.
Reviewed on 11 Feb 2026
Red Roof Inn Seattle Airport - SEATAC
The staff were cool. Very nice. Room was perfect and very clean. I loved my housekeeper. She was very accommodating. I loved it there and didn’t want to go
Reviewed on 10 Feb 2026
Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center
Front desk staff member was great, welcoming, and he asked us about our morning flight and informed us of best way to leverage the airport shuttle to make our VERY early morning flight. This contrasted with morning frontdesk gal who we interrupted scrolling on her phone and was dismissive to us when ...
Reviewed on 11 Feb 2026
Other neighbourhoods around South Tacoma
South End
While South End may not have many sights to explore, venturing just a little farther will lead you to top things to see and do like Tacoma Mall and Great American Casino.
Monta Vista
Monta Vista is noteworthy for its restaurants, and you can make a stop at top attractions like Stina's Cellars and Regal Lakewood.
Central Tacoma
If you're spending some time in Central Tacoma, 6th Ave and Cheney Stadium are top sights worth seeing.
Fircrest
While Fircrest may not have many sights to explore, venturing just a little farther will lead you to top things to see and do like Cheney Stadium and Tacoma Nature Center.
Hilltop
If you're spending some time in Hilltop, 6th Ave and Wright Park are top sights worth seeing.
Eastside
While there might not be top attractions in Eastside, you can explore the larger area and discover places like Tacoma Dome and LeMay Car Museum.
