History • Festivals • Arts • Family Fun • Recreation • Ag Tourism • Shopping • Dining • Lodging • Real Estate • Businesses & Services • Area Map
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The official guide to Washington’s Bavarian Village for 46 years FREE YOUR GUIDE TO • History • Festivals • Arts • Family Fun • Recreation • Ag Tourism • Shopping • Dining • Lodging • Real Estate • Businesses & Services • Area Map A supplement to The Leavenworth Echo Sonnenschein auf Leavenworth 2009 Sonnenschein auf Leavenworth 2009 2 Sonnenschein auf Leavenworth 2009 Sonnenschein auf Leavenworth 2009 3 Sonnenschein auf Leavenworth 2009 Sonnenschein auf Leavenworth 2009 Contents Herzlich Willkommen Welcome to Leavenworth. We are pleased that you are visit- Welcome ............................ 4 ing with us. Our community has embarked on some wonderful and exciting improvements for our residents and visitors, while Leavenworth FAQs .............. 5 maintaining the beauty and charm that is Leavenworth. During Next stop, Leavenworth ....... 6 your visit you will notice ongoing improvements to downtown Leavenworth that include the replacement of our roads, side- The History of Leavenworth 7 walks, public spaces, street lighting and downtown amenities. The Magic of Leavenworth .. 9 This is a truly exciting time for our community, and I invite you to learn more about our project at www.cityofleavenworth.com/ Festivals .............................10 masterplan.htm Leavenworth is a city accustomed to visitors from all over the Valley Arts .........................15 world. Cradled in the eastern foothills of the Cascade Mountains, Family Fun ........................18 Leavenworth’s scenic beauty offers each visitor a truly unique experience. Enjoying all four seasons. There are activities for all throughout the year, including golfing, horseback riding, Outdoors ...........................21 hayrides, tubing, white water rafting, kayaking, birding, indoor/outdoor theaters, hiking, enjoying the autumn colors of the surrounding mountains and parks, snowshoeing, cross- Camping ........................... 24 country skiing, snowmobiling and downhill skiing. Ag Tourism ...................... 26 On most days Leavenworth’s world famous Bavarian Village is filled with the sights, sounds and smells of old world Bavaria. Leavenworth has over 100 retail/service businesses, Shopping Guide................ 29 45 restaurant/food establishments, three banks, and over 45 lodging facilities ranging from Dining Guide ................... 35 RV parks to quaint B&Bs to full service hotels. We will be able to accommodate all your needs during your stay with us. Lodging Guide .................. 40 As you tour our village be sure to stroll through Front Street Park, which is a delight year round. During the winter months try our world famous sledding hill, and during the Real Estate ........................ 49 summer enjoy Friday through Sunday Village Art in the Park, where local and regional Businesses and Services ..... 50 artists show their work. To change the pace, you may want to take a walk along our many park trails, especially along the river, and make sure you visit the Upper Valley Museum and Barn Beach Reserve. Thank you again for joining us in Leavenworth. As you relax, explore and create memories for you and your family, we hope you enjoy the spectacular scenery and old word hospitality 2009 Edition of our village that makes Leavenworth unique. Copyright© 2009 NCW Media, Inc. — Mayor Rob Eaton A guide to Washington's Bavarian Village Publishers: Bill and Carol Forhan, Jeff and Audrey Walter A Royal Welcome Advertising Manager & Sales: Carol Forhan Advertising Sales: Lindsay Timmermans As the 46th Royal Lady of the Autumn Leaves I want to Editor: Ian Dunn welcome you to the Bavarian Village of Leavenworth. I know Design & Production: Annette Shacklett you will be thrilled with the wealth of activities we have in store Writers/Photographers: for you. Whether you are looking for a quiet stroll through Sebastian Moraga, Ian Dunn, Chelsea Gorrow, downtown, shopping and browsing boutiques or your revved Bill Forhan, Carol Forhan, Diana Martinez, for some whitewater rafting, hiking or skiing, there is no end Icicle Valley Photography/Reed Carlson, Terry Loss, Icicle Creek Music Center, to the possibilities for having a spectacular visit here. Leavenworth National Fish Hatchery and Come in the spring when the hillsides and mountains are Jacqueline Biedl (U.S. National Forest) ablaze with hundreds of thousands of balsamroot flowers. NCW Media, Inc./The Leavenworth Echo Photo by Terry Loss Come back in the summer for a sunny day on the river, and 215 14th Street • P.O. Box 39 • Leavenworth, WA 98826 (509) 548-5286 • fax: (509) 548-4789 an evening under the stars watching our Summer Theater’s classic production of The www.leavenworthecho.com Sound of Music. Play outside, dine outside, the weather is so accommodating, there is [email protected] sunshine galore. Surely you will want to visit us in the fall, as we host Washington State’s Autumn Leaf Festival in September, followed by three weekends of Oktoberfest. Winter will dazzle you with our snow frosted mountains and town twinkling with Publishers of: The Leavenworth Echo, Cashmere Valley Record, millions of lights, making our Christmas Lightings one of the most magical weekends Lake Chelan Mirror, Quad City Herald and Okanogan Valley Gazette-Tribune you will experience. Sonnenschein auf Leavenworth is a special publication of NCW Media, Inc. Reproduction of any part of this publication From shopping, to theater, from wineries to restaurants, from lodging to music, to in any form, including, but not limited to all printed and the great outdoors of climbing, skiing and rafting - Leavenworth offers all these world electronic media is expressly prohibited and unlawful without prior written permission of the publisher. class experiences wrapped up in our own Bavarian hospitality. Cover Art: Like Renee Zellweger’s famous line from Jerry McGuire,” You had me at Hello”, we Cover design by Annette Shacklett are hoping Leavenworth will have you at Herzlich Wilkomen. with photographs by The Leavenworth Echo staff and advertisers. — Pat Rutledge 4 Sonnenschein auf Leavenworth 2009 Sonnenschein auf Leavenworth 2009 Leavenworth FAQs Where are the restrooms? is usually available downtown along Front What is there for kids to do? You’ll find public restrooms in Front Street and Commercial Street. Leavenworth is one giant playground Street Park on the corner of Eighth and If you’re visiting during one of Leav- for kids of all ages. The Enzian Falls Put- Commercial streets, in the Festhalle on enworth’s many great festivals or on a ting Course, Icicle Junction Activities Front Street and 10th Streets and in the weekend, parking close to downtown may Center and the Nutcracker Museum are Obertal Mall on Ninth and Commercial be a challenge. If possible, we recommend just a few. streets. During festival weekends, portable parking a few blocks away and walking to For more ideas check out our Family restrooms are visibly placed around town the village. It’s great exercise and gives you Fun section and have a blast! for your convenience. a chance to see some beautiful scenery. Most lots are free or charge only a small Where are the cash machines? daily fee. We advise against parking in private, Three banks on the north side of High- restricted or reserved lots, however. Those way 2 have cash machines and there is one places are visibly marked, so you shouldn’t located on the outside of the Obertal Mall have any problems avoiding them. on Ninth Street. Where is a good place to eat? Where is the information center? We are asked this question most of The Leavenworth Chamber of Com- all and our response is always the same: merce is in the Liberty Station Building What do you like? An authentic Bavarian next to the post office on Highway 2. experience? A great burger? Pizza? Vegetar- ian? If you’re not sure, just turn to our Where can we park? Dining Guide. Wherever you choose to Parking in Leavenworth has its good days go, we’re sure you’ll enjoy a great dining and its bad days. During the week parking experience. Leavenworth’s Royal Bavarians announce the start of another festival with a blast from their Bavarian Böllers (hand cannons). 5 Sonnenschein auf Leavenworth 2009 Sonnenschein auf Leavenworth 2009 Next stop, Leavenworth Construction of Leavenworth’s new Amtrak station is expected to be completed by the fall of 2009. The Bavarian Village of Leavenworth takes a step into the past Once that approval was granted, the way was paved for Eaton to this year with the addition of the Icicle Station train stop. The begin raising funds for the future Icicle Station. station draws on Leavenworth’s roots as a one-time train depot in The train stop will be located just outside of town on North the early part of the last century. Icicle Station is the pet project Road, where presently the Christmas Lighting trains stop. The of Leavenworth Mayor Rob Eaton, who has championed project Christmas Lighting trains annually bring thousand of visitors for the past seven years. from the west side of the state. The train service has proven Eaton pitched Icicle Station to anyone who would listen, from very popular, as each year the Christmas trains are almost always the courthouse steps in Wenatchee to the halls of Congress in sold out. Washington, D.C. His dogged persistence finally bore fruit with The Amtrak train that will stop in Leavenworth runs along the local and national pledges. Now, it appears that Icicle Station Empire Builder route, which operates daily between Chicago and will become a reality. Seattle. The Empire Builder stops daily in nearby Wenatchee. Key to getting approval for Icicle Station was convincing West side travelers can catch the train at the King Street Station Amtrak and Burlington Northern Santa Fe to sign off on the in Seattle. Daily rates are approximately $30 each way, less than deal. From Amtrak, Eaton needed an agreement that the passen- a tank of gas in many cases. ger only train would stop in the Leavenworth. From Burlington When the mountain passes are closed in the winter due to Northern Santa Fe, permission was needed to use the tracks.