Discover Portland Half-Day City Tour

Stop At: International Rose Test Garden, 400 SW Kingston Ave, Portland, OR 97205-5883

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, OR 97210-5099

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. Jefferson.

Duration: 20 minutes

Pass By: Hoyt Arboretum, 4000 SW Fairview Blvd Fisherlane, Portland, OR 97221-2706

We’ll drive through a garden that contains over 2000 woody plant species from around the world, 63 of which are vulnerable or endangered.

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, OR 97205-5886

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, OR 97221-2760

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, OR 97205-1605

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

Pass By: First Presbyterian Church, 1200 SW Alder St, Portland, OR 97205-2298

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

Pass By: Crystal Ballroom, Portland, OR 97106

The only remaining floating dance floor in the US.

Pass By: Al’s Den, 303 SW 12th Ave In Basement, Portland, OR 97205-2302

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

Pass By: Portland Art Museum, 1219 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97205-2430

The oldest art museum on the West Coast.

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

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

Pass By: Oregon Historical Society, 1200 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97205-2483

See the location of this excellent museum of local history.

Pass By: First Congregational Church, 1126 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR 97205-2484

The most prominent Venetian Gothic structure in the city.

Pass By: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97205-3004

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

Pass By: Pioneer Courthouse, 555 SW Yamhill St, Portland, OR 97204-1336

Second oldest federal building west of the Mississippi.

Pass By: Pioneer Courthouse Square, 701 SW 6th Ave Broadway between Morrison and Yamhill, Portland, OR 97204-1410

Portland’s living room.

Pass By: Heathman Hotel Lobby Lounge, 1001 SW Broadway In the Heathman Hotel, Portland, OR 97205-3004

The 50 Shades of Grey hotel.

Pass By: Portlandia, 1120 SW 5th Ave Portland Building, Portland, OR 97204-1912

The namesake for the television series.

Pass By: Elk Fountain, Southwest Main Street, Portland, OR 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, OR 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, OR 97204

Smallest park in the world. For reals.

Pass By: PSU Farmers Market, 1831 SW Pedestrian Trail, Portland, OR 97227-1879

Largest farmers market in Oregon.

Pass By: Portland Saturday Market, 108 W Burnside St, Portland, OR 97209-4008

Items must be locally-made and handcrafted.

Pass By: Portland Oregon Sign, 70 NW Couch St, Portland, OR 97209-4038

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

Pass By: Japanese American Historical Plaza, NW Couch St Naito Parkway in Tom McCall Waterfront Park, Portland, OR 97209

A memorial to the Japanese internment camp victims of WWII.

Pass By: Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE M L King Blvd, Portland, OR 97232-2742

Contains the worlds largest Foucault pendulum.

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

The only dual independent lift bridge in the world.

Pass By: Lan Su Chinese Garden, 239 NW Everett St, Portland, OR 97209-3957

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, OR 97209-3184

A 21st-century archetype of urban conversion.

Pass By: Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St, Portland, OR 97209-3114

World’s largest new & used independent bookstore.

Pass By: Portland Center Stage at The Armory, 128 NW 11th Ave Portland Center Stage, Portland, OR 97209-4160

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, OR 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, OR 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, OR 97210

The most beautiful bridge in the City of Portland.

Pass By: St. Patrick Catholic Church, 1623 NE 19th Avenue, Portland, OR 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, OR 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, OR 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: 3345 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR 97214-5046

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, OR 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.

Stop At: 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.

Duration: 15 minutes

Pass By: Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, 1945 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR 97214-3356

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

Pass By: Mount Hood, Hood River, OR

Mt Hood is the highest point in Oregon, about 50 miles outside of Portland.