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Portland, Oregon City Tour: Parks, Plazas and Views

Portland, Maine, USA

Overview

Learn the story of the Portland, Oregon while enjoying its highest and most intimate viewpoints, smelling roses, wandering through gardens, peaking into a forested park and sampling donuts.

After we pick you up at Director Park downtown, we’ll drive up the city's north/south dividing line, head to the summit of King’s Heights, and walk the grounds of the mansion built by a newspaper baron to the view that was once available only to the city’s elite.

We'll visit Washington Park, and walk through our favorite secret garden, and into the Rose Test Garden. In season, we'll smell the roses -- literally and figuratively!

Next: the city center and cultural district. It wouldn't be Portland without a stop for doughnuts, so we'll discuss the history of the city's foundation and the design of these blocks after we duck into one of our favorite shops and grab a treat.

We'll visit the South Waterfront, an inner Eastside neighborhood, and give you lots of foodie ideas before we drop you off!

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Portland, Oregon City Tour: Parks, Plazas and Views

Tour guide

Language: English

Human tour guide

Duration: 3 hours

Availability depends on seasonality and number of participants.

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Bottled water
Doughnut or other morning treat

Gratuities for your guides, always appreciated

Meeting point

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We'll meet in the southeast corner of the urbanscaped Director Park, on the corner of SW Park Avenue and SW Taylor Streets, across the street from the Regal Cinemas Fox Tower entrance.

Return details

Open location in Google Maps

We'll meet in the southeast corner of the urbanscaped Director Park, on the corner of SW Park Avenue and SW Taylor Streets, across the street from the Regal Cinemas Fox Tower entrance.

Director Park

We’ll pick you up in central downtown Portland at Director Park in one of our roomy vans. We’ll then drive up Portland’s north/south dividing line, pointing out important sites, including some of the city’s bike art, and historical buildings.
We’ll pass Powell’s Books, and tell the story behind the biggest independent book store in the world (pass by)
Pearl District

Learn about the history of this art and food rich neighborhood. (We do not stop to walk around in this neighborhood)
Pittock Mansion

Once we reach the summit of King’s Heights, we’ll walk around the grounds of the mansion built by a newspaper baron to the view that was once available only to the city’s elite. It's one of the best places to develop the context by which to experience this city. We'll take photos at the summit overlooking the city. We’ll walk through the mansion’s grounds and back to the van. (We will not visit the inside of the mansion.)
International Rose Test Garden

We'll learn about the story of the roses here and the rose city; we'll investigate our favorite varieties; we'll take photos and (in season) inhaling the scent of the roses, we'll get into the van for our next stop. (When roses aren't in season, we may make an alternative stop at the Hoyt Arboretum.)
Washington Park

we will drive into the SW Portland neighborhood of Arlington Heights, on the edge of Washington Park. Here we'll take a walk through our favorite secret garden, and into the International Rose Test Garden, introducing you to the story of the rose city. (When roses aren't in season, we may make an alternative stop at the Hoyt Arboretum.)
South Waterfront Park

TIME PERMITTING. After this, it's a drive along Portland's South Waterfront and the waterfront park, telling the story of the shining Swiss Alps-style engineering of the Aerial Tram and the development of this brand-new neighborhood and its beautiful, one-of-a-kind Tilikum Crossing bridge.
South Park Blocks

From here, we'll head back into the city center, driving through what Portland calls the cultural district -- once the literal heart of the city, the center line along which once the merchants and lumber barons lived, and now institutions like the Portland Art Museum, the Oregon Historical Society and Portland State University dominate. It wouldn't be Portland without a stop for doughnuts, so we'll discuss the history of the city's foundation and the design of these blocks after we duck into one of our favorite shops and grab a treat.
We will pass by the cultural district (pass by)
On some days we will visit the south waterfront (pass by)
We will tell the story of the art heritage of Portland (pass by)
We'll point out a few great coffee shops in the city (pass by)

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller

Service animals allowed

Public transportation options are available nearby

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Gear/equipment sanitised between use

Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons

Guides can accept cash or contactless payment for gratuities

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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