Portland, Oregon: Soul of the City Walking Tour
ID: GYG436829-788004
Category:
Country: United States
Duration:
02:00 hours
Description
Explore the cultural district and park blocks of Portland on this walking tour. Discover what makes Portland walkable, passionate, and full of activism with your certified tour guide.
Discover some of Portland's most influential architecture, from cast iron-fronted structures to the grandly disastrous post-modern Portland Building, on this walking tour. Discuss the modern rise of radical activists, and how it is connected to the city’s history going back more than a century.
Meet your guide in the center of the city, at Director Park, only a block from the city's Cultural District. Walk through the South Park Blocks, visiting the plazas connected to museums and concert halls, including the Portland Art Museum and the Oregon Historical Society.
Explore how Portland got its nicknames and city layout, how its cultural identity was forged, and where its commitment to racial justice and social progressivism comes from. Be surprised as you find out how the state of Oregon was founded and why.
Next, meet Portlandia, the image personifying the city. Learn how much of the city as you see it today has hippies to thank for its richness. End the tour at Pioneer Courthouse Square. On days when attractions are open, you can briefly enter 1 or 2 buildings.
Along the way, discover what led to the prioritization of parks throughout the city center, how the city’s early urban planners decided on their layouts, how modern designers look at the past and plan for the future, and who the streets are named after.
Highlights
- Trace Portland's history through its buildings and street layouts with a guide
- Tour one of the most pedestrian-friendly, park-focused cities in the States
- Walk through parks and plazas where activists made international headlines
- Learn about Oregon's history of urbanism, art, architecture, and hippies
- Explore the city's most extravagant sculptural work, hidden in plain sight
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
• Tour operates rain or shine
• Some attractions in the tour do not allow dogs
• Tour involves 2 miles (3.5 km) of walking
• There are a few hills and some stairs that can be avoided
Meet your guide at the southeast corner of Director Park at SW Taylor and SW Park Ave. The meeting point is across the street from the Regal Cinemas entrance.
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
Cancellation is not possible. If you cancel it anyway or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity and the money you paid will not be refunded.
