Private Portland Discovery Tour

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.

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.

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.

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.

Watch out for elephants!

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.

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

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

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

The only remaining floating dance floor in the US.

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

The oldest art museum on the West Coast.

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

See the location of this excellent museum of local history.

The most prominent Venetian Gothic structure in the city.

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

Second oldest federal building west of the Mississippi.

Portland's living room.

The 50 Shades of Grey hotel.

The namesake for the television series.

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

Oldest continuously running lift bridge in North America.

Smallest park in the world. For reals.

Largest farmers market in Oregon.

Items must be locally-made and handcrafted.

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

A memorial to the Japanese internment camp victims of WWII.

Contains the worlds largest Foucault pendulum.

The only dual independent lift bridge in the world.

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.

A 21st-century archetype of urban conversion.

World's largest new & used independent bookstore.

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

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

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

The most beautiful bridge in the City of Portland.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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