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

Include

PA system
Air-conditioned vehicle
Bottled water
Snacks
Gratuities

Exclude

Parking Fees