Portland is home to a buzzing array of neighborhoods, historical highlights, and natural attractions’and this private, half-day tour makes for a seamless introduction. Pick between morning and afternoon tour times and hop aboard your luxury, air-conditioned vehicle. You’ll visit the International Rose Test Garden and Pittock Mansion, and will drive past landmarks like the Oregon Zoo, Portland Art Museum, and more as you explore the city’s neighborhoods.
- Enjoy a one-on-one experience with this accessible, private tour
- See more of the city in less time when you explore in a luxury Mercedes
- Visit both the International Rose Test Garden and Pittock Mansion
- Drive past many of Portland’s top landmarks, and stop for views
What To Expect
International Rose Test Garden
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.
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
Pittock Mansion
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.
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Oregon Health & Science University
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.
• Admission Ticket Free
Hoyt Arboretum
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.
• Admission Ticket Free
Oregon Zoo
Watch out for elephants!
• Admission Ticket Free
Portland Japanese Garden
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.
• Admission Ticket Free
Washington Park
Home to Hoyt Arboretum, Oregon Zoo, Children’s Museum, Holocaust & Vietnam memorials, Sacagawea, Portland Japanese Garden, and International Rose Test Garden.
• Admission Ticket Free
Providence Park
Portland landmark since 1926, now the home of Portland’s soccer team, the Timbers.
• Admission Ticket Free
First Presbyterian Church
Most would agree that this High Victorian Gothic structure is the most beautiful church in the City of Portland…
• Admission Ticket Free
Crystal Ballroom
The only remaining floating dance floor in the US.
• Admission Ticket Free
Al’s Den
This basement of an old flatiron and the Crystal Hotel contains a bathhouse.
• Admission Ticket Free
Portland Art Museum
The oldest art museum on the West Coast.
• Admission Ticket Free
Simon Benson House
Home of the most important figure during Portland’s Golden Age.
• Admission Ticket Free
Oregon Historical Society
See the location of this excellent museum of local history.
• Admission Ticket Free
First Congregational Church
The most prominent Venetian Gothic structure in the city.
• Admission Ticket Free
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
The location of the vertical “Portland” sign on Broadway, that is so iconic.
• Admission Ticket Free
Pioneer Courthouse
Second oldest federal building west of the Mississippi.
• Admission Ticket Free
Pioneer Courthouse Square
Portland’s living room.
• Admission Ticket Free
Heathman Hotel Lobby Lounge
The 50 Shades of Grey hotel.
• Admission Ticket Free
Portlandia
The namesake for the television series.
• Admission Ticket Free
Elk Fountain
This iconic statue was donated in 1900 by the founder of the Oregon Humane Society.
• Admission Ticket Free
Hawthorne Bridge
Oldest continuously running lift bridge in North America.
• Admission Ticket Free
Mill Ends Park
Smallest park in the world. For reals.
• Admission Ticket Free
PSU Farmers Market
Largest farmers market in Oregon.
• Admission Ticket Free
Portland Saturday Market
Items must be locally-made and handcrafted.
• Admission Ticket Free
Portland Oregon Sign
This iconic sign next to the Burnside Bridge, used to be the Stag Sportswear sign.
• Admission Ticket Free
Japanese American Historical Plaza
A memorial to the Japanese internment camp victims of WWII.
• Admission Ticket Free
Oregon Convention Center
Contains the worlds largest Foucault pendulum.
• Admission Ticket Free
Steel Bridge
The only dual independent lift bridge in the world.
• Admission Ticket Free
Lan Su Chinese Garden
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.
• Admission Ticket Free
Pearl District
A 21st-century archetype of urban conversion.
• Admission Ticket Free
Powell’s City of Books
World’s largest new & used independent bookstore.
• Admission Ticket Free
Portland Center Stage at The Armory
This Romanesque Revival structure was built as an Oregon National Guard armory annex to contend with anti-Chinese rioting during the 1870s & 80s.
• Admission Ticket Free
Broadway Bridge
Longest double-leaf bascule in the world at the time of construction.
• Admission Ticket Free
Fremont Bridge
The 6000-ton center span with the arch was lifted into place using 32 hydraulic jacks, and was the heaviest lift ever completed.
• Admission Ticket Free
St. Johns Bridge
The most beautiful bridge in the City of Portland.
• Admission Ticket Free
St. Patrick Catholic Church
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.
• Admission Ticket Free
Northwest (Nob Hill)
This neighborhood is known for old Victorians, high-end boutiques, galleries, cafes, restaurants, and old stone churches & synagogues.
• Admission Ticket Free
Ladd’s Addition
This neighborhood of diagonal streets, alleyways, roundabouts, gardens, old trees, and vintage homes harbors the oldest rose bush in the city, planted in 1901.
• Admission Ticket Free
Hawthorne
The locus of Portland hippie culture during the 1970s, now known for vintage homes, boutiques, cafes, restaurants, pubs, and dive bars.
• Admission Ticket Free
Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery
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.
• Admission Ticket Free
Sunlan Lighting Inc
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.
• Admission Ticket Free
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
You’ll pass by by the OMSI on this tour.
• Admission Ticket Free
Highlight
Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
Infant seats available
Service animals allowed
Near public transportation
Stroller accessible
Most travelers can participate
Not wheelchair accessible
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
Max group – 14
