Private Portland Discovery Tour

4 Reviews | Portland, USA

3 hours (Approx.)

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Overview

On this ALL-INCLUSIVE 3-hour tour, you'll get a broad overview of the Central City. We'll make stops at Pittock Mansion and the International Rose Test Gardens. At Pittock Mansion, you'll get pictures of the best views of the city, and the five stratovolcanoes that are visible on a clear day. You'll have plenty of time to smell the roses at the Rose City's most famous garden. Your expert guide will provide background on the sites and city history, while navigating through city traffic, so you don't have to. You'll meander through all of the major neighborhoods of inner Portland on both sides of the river while gaining views of 14 of Bridgetown's 29 notable bridges. Your guide will return you to your departure location at the end of the tour.

Description

Stop At: International Rose Test Garden, 400 SW Kingston Ave, Portland, Oregon 97205

Here you'll get to stop and smell the roses, in the City of Roses, at the oldest continuously running public rose test garden in the US.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Pittock Mansion, 3229 NW Pittock Dr, Portland, Oregon 97210

Walk around the grounds of Portland's premier French Renaissance-style château, and get a view of the city from above. If conditions are clear enough, you'll also see Mt. Hood, Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Adams, Mt. Rainier, and Mt. Jeffrson.

Duration: 20 minutes

Pass By: Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, Portland, Oregon 97239

You'll get a ride to the OHSU upper campus, where you can walk out onto the longest suspended pedestrian skybridge in North America, and then hop on the Portland Aerial Tram for one of the best views of the city, from the gondola. The tram will take you down to the South Waterfront District, where your guide will be waiting.

Pass By: Hoyt Arboretum, 4000 SW Fairview Blvd, Fisherlane, Portland, Oregon 97221

We'll drive through a garden that contains over 2000 woody plant species from around the world, 63 of which are vulnerable or endangered. To experience the garden outside of the vehicle, come on our Portland Garden City Tour.

Pass By: Oregon Zoo, 4001 SW Canyon Rd, Portland, OR 97221, USA

Watch out for elephants!

Pass By: Portland Japanese Garden, 611 SW Kingston Ave, Portland, Oregon 97205

Get a brief glimpse into the most authentic Japanese Garden, outside of Japan. To experience the garden from the inside, come on our Portland Garden City Tour.

Pass By: Washington Park, 4033 SW Canyon Rd, Portland, Oregon 97221

Home to Hoyt Arboretum, Oregon Zoo, Children's Museum, Holocaust & Vietnam memorials, Sacagawea, Portland Japanese Garden, and International Rose Test Garden.

Pass By: Providence Park, 1844 SW Morrison St, Portland, Oregon 97205

Portland landmark since 1926, now the home of Portland's soccer team, the Timbers.

Pass By: First Presbyterian Church, 1200 SW Alder St, Portland, Oregon 97205

Most would agree that this High Victorian Gothic structure is the most beautiful church in the City of Portland...

Pass By: Crystal Ballroom, Portland, Oregon 97106

The only remaining floating dance floor in the US.

Pass By: Al's Den, 303 SW 12th Ave, In Basement, Portland, Oregon 97205

This basement of an old flatiron and the Crystal Hotel contains a bathhouse.

Pass By: Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Ave, Portland, Oregon 97205

The oldest art museum on the West Coast.

Pass By: Simon Benson House, SW Park and Montgomery, Portland, Oregon

Home of the most important figure during Portland's Golden Age.

Pass By: Oregon Historical Society, 1200 SW Park Ave, Portland, Oregon 97205

See the location of this excellent museum of local history.

Pass By: First Congregational Church, 1126 SW Park Ave, Portland, Oregon 97205

The most prominent Venetian Gothic structure in the city.

Pass By: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway, Portland, Oregon 97205

The location of the vertical "Portland" sign on Broadway, that is so iconic.

Pass By: Pioneer Courthouse, 555 SW Yamhill St, Portland, Oregon 97204

Second oldest federal building west of the Mississippi.

Pass By: Pioneer Courthouse Square, 701 SW 6th Ave, Broadway between Morrison and Yamhill, Portland, Oregon 97204

Portland's living room.

Pass By: Heathman Hotel Lobby Lounge, 1001 SW Broadway, In the Heathman Hotel, Portland, Oregon 97205

The 50 Shades of Grey hotel.

Pass By: Portlandia, 1120 SW 5th Ave, Portland Building, Portland, Oregon 97204

The namesake for the television series.

Pass By: Elk Fountain, Southwest Main Street, Portland, Oregon 97201

This iconic statue was donated in 1900 by the founder of the Oregon Humane Society.

Pass By: Hawthorne Bridge, Main to Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard, Portland, Oregon 97204

Oldest continuously running lift bridge in North America.

Pass By: Mill Ends Park, Southwest Front Avenue and Taylor Street, median strip of SW Naito Parkway, Portland, Oregon 97204

Smallest park in the world. For reals.

Pass By: PSU Farmers Market, 1831 SW Pedestrian Trail, Portland, Oregon 97227

Largest farmers market in Oregon.

Pass By: Portland Saturday Market, 108 W Burnside St, Portland, Oregon 97209

Items must be locally-made and handcrafted.

Pass By: Portland Oregon Sign, 70 NW Couch St, Portland, Oregon 97209

This iconic sign next to the Burnside Bridge, used to be the Stag Sportswear sign.

Pass By: Japanese American Historical Plaza, Southwest Front Avenue and Davis Street, Portland, Oregon 97204

A memorial to the Japanese internment camp victims of WWII.

Pass By: Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE M L King Blvd, Portland, Oregon 97232

Contains the worlds largest Foucault pendulum.

Pass By: Steel Bridge, Connects Northwest Front Avenue and Northwest Flanders Street to Northeast Williams Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97209

The only dual independent lift bridge in the world.

Pass By: Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett St, Portland, Oregon 97209

Modeled after the classical gardens of Suzhou, Portland's sister city, Lan Su is an oasis downtown, one block in size. To experience the garden from the inside, come on our Portland Garden City Tour.

Pass By: Pearl District, 404 NW 10th Ave # LL1, Portland, Oregon 97209

A 21st-century archetype of urban conversion.

Pass By: Powell's City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St, Portland, Oregon 97209

World's largest new & used independent bookstore.

Pass By: Portland Center Stage at The Armory, 128 NW 11th Ave, Portland Center Stage, Portland, Oregon 97209

This Romanesque Revival structure was built as an Oregon National Guard armory annex to contend with anti-Chinese rioting during the 1870s & 80s.

Pass By: Broadway Bridge, Connects Northeast and Northwest Broadway, Portland, Oregon 97209

Longest double-leaf bascule in the world at the time of construction.

Pass By: Fremont Bridge, Connects Interstate Highway 5 with Interstate 405 and Highway 30, Portland, Oregon 97209

The 6000-ton center span with the arch was lifted into place using 32 hydraulic jacks, and was the heaviest lift ever completed.

Pass By: St. Johns Bridge, U.S. Highway 30, Portland, Oregon 97210

The most beautiful bridge in the City of Portland.

Pass By: St. Patrick Catholic Church, 1623 NE 19th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97209

Another prominent landmark in the city, this Renaissance revival structure, with a 35-foot high dome, is the oldest church in Portland that is still operating as such, along with First Presbyterian. Both were completed in 1890.

Pass By: Northwest (Nob Hill), Northwest 23rd Avenue and Northwest 21st Avenue, NW Everett St to NW Thurman St, Portland, Oregon 97210

This neighborhood is known for old Victorians, high-end boutiques, galleries, cafes, restaurants, and old stone churches & synagogues.

Pass By: Ladd's Addition, Between Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard and Division Street from 12th to 20th avenues, Portland, Oregon 97214

This neighborhood of diagonal streets, alleyways, roundabouts, gardens, old trees, and vintage homes harbors the oldest rose bush in the city, planted in 1901.

Pass By: Hawthorne, 3345 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, Oregon 97214

The locus of Portland hippie culture during the 1970s, now known for vintage homes, boutiques, cafes, restaurants, pubs, and dive bars.

Pass By: Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery, Southeast Morrison Street at Southeast 20th Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97214

One of the largest and oldest cemeteries in Portland, and the second largest arboretum in the city. To experience the garden outside of the vehicle, come on our Portland Garden City Tour.

Pass By: Sunlan Lighting Inc, 3901 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR 97217, USA

Many Portlanders think of North Mississippi Avenue as the epitome of Portlandia. We'll cruise down this street, and we may even get out for a brief stroll into Sunlan Lighting Inc, where you can buy virtually every light bulb known to man.

Pass By: Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, 1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, Oregon 97214

You'll pass by by the OMSI on this tour.

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