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The 7 Best Skyline Views in Bellevue
Where to take the photo your out-of-town friends are asking for.
Ascend Prime has the best top-floor view. Somerset has the best free view. Newcastle Golf Club has the best at-sunset view.
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Bellevue Botanical Garden
4.8A free 53-acre public botanical garden in Wilburton with the celebrated Perennial Border, Yao Japanese Garden, Ravine Experience suspension bridge, and the annual Garden d'Lights holiday show.
Downtown
Newcastle Golf Club
4.7Two championship courses with Seattle skyline views.
Newport
Meydenbauer Bay Park
4.7Bellevue's downtown waterfront: a swim beach, a pier, and kayak rentals ten minutes below Old Bellevue.
Old Bellevue
Ascend Prime Steak & Sushi
4.7Bellevue's highest dining room — dry-aged prime steaks, hand-rolled sushi, and a wraparound Cascades-and-skyline view from Lincoln Square South.
Downtown
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