OTHER POSSIBLE TOUR OPTIONS — Family Oriented
(SUBSTITUTIONS OR ADDITIONS FOR KIDS AND ADULTS)
Your 'Family-Oriented' Portland City tour includes...your personal tour concierge to customize/plan your perfect tour! Options Below. The tour evolves to be a tour for all ages and includes appropriate narrative, sights and stops that the kids will better enjoy than the standard stops and can be customized as you wish. See below.
These stops can be enjoyed before, during or at the end of your tour. Some of these which takes some time are best done before or after your tour.
(SUBSTITUTIONS OR ADDITIONS FOR KIDS AND ADULTS)
Your 'Family-Oriented' Portland City tour includes...your personal tour concierge to customize/plan your perfect tour! Options Below. The tour evolves to be a tour for all ages and includes appropriate narrative, sights and stops that the kids will better enjoy than the standard stops and can be customized as you wish. See below.
These stops can be enjoyed before, during or at the end of your tour. Some of these which takes some time are best done before or after your tour.
- Wells Fargo History Museum (CLOSED) - Free. Highly recommended! Learn how Wells Fargo connected Oregon communities by stagecoach* and steamboats on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers. Enjoy the museum on your own, or set up a free guided tour.
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Freakybuttrue Peculiarium ...this is a must see place for truly unbelievable artwork, performances and events celebrating the creepiest, most terrifying...things...in the world. $5 pp - New Location: 640 SE Stark
MORE WEIRD MUSEUMS (Hat, Canoe & Kayak, Toy, Movies, Puppets, Police, Firehouse, Vacuum etc.) |
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Mt. Tabor Volcano -
(Image: Author: Boaworm) Visit the caldera of an ancient volcano, just 10 minutes from DT Portland! A playground on the flank of an dormant/extinct volcano, Mt. Tabor is enough to grab any kids attention. We'll visit the cinder cone (caldera) but it's the skyline and mountain views from the summit that will truly knock their socks off! Portland is the only major city in the United States to have an extinct volcano. |
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OHSU Aerial Tram - Image: Author: Cacophony
SOARING VIEWS OF THE CITY—SEE 'THE VIEW' ON A CLEAR DAY! Hop on for a fun & exhilarating ride—and some of the best scenery (right) that our city has to offer. The tram ascends 500 feet from the river front area to Oregon Health & Sciences campus in the hills. From there, you'll enjoy Portland's horizon, the waterfront, Mt. Hood, Mt. St. Helens and the many bridges along the Willamette. $4.70 pp RT or one-way is free. Available for either the walking or driving tour options. Let us know before your tour whether you want one-way or RT. "A staggering view!" - Seattle Times
SOARING VIEWS OF THE CITY—SEE 'THE VIEW' ON A CLEAR DAY! Hop on for a fun & exhilarating ride—and some of the best scenery (right) that our city has to offer. The tram ascends 500 feet from the river front area to Oregon Health & Sciences campus in the hills. From there, you'll enjoy Portland's horizon, the waterfront, Mt. Hood, Mt. St. Helens and the many bridges along the Willamette. $4.70 pp RT or one-way is free. Available for either the walking or driving tour options. Let us know before your tour whether you want one-way or RT. "A staggering view!" - Seattle Times
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— Oregon Rail Heritage Center — The Oregon Rail Heritage Center's collection has three steam locomotives! The center provides for the preservation and public enjoyment of Portland's historic locomotives, railroad equipment and artifacts, and educates the public about Oregon’s rich and diverse railroad history.
Ride the OPR on Saturdays! Ride the Oregon Pacific Railroad passenger train from the Oregon Rail Heritage Center and back via the Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge along the Willamette River Saturdays! Trains depart the ORHC at 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm and 4:30pm for an approximately 45 minute long round trip. Purchase tickets upon boarding, $10 per adult; under 2 are free; cab rides as available are $20. |
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End the day on a sweet note with the unique ice cream flavors at Cool Moon, such as cardamom, pumpkin, huckleberry and vanilla
Refuel at Hot Lips Pizza - Pearl District - located in the historic Ecotrust building
Image: Author: m_e_mccarron
Image: Author: m_e_mccarron
Oregon Zoo & Zoo Train - Image: Author: Steve Morgan
One of the top zoos in North America is located in Portland. Its state-of-the-art, naturalistic exhibits have won many national awards. Visit the Africa Rain Forest, home to monkeys, crocodiles, bats and other denizens of the West African tropics. See penguins on the re-created coastline of Peru, polar bears swimming under the Arctic ice, zebras roaming the savanna, and plants and animals native to the Northwest's mountains and coast. Don't forget to visit the most prolific herd of Asian elephants in any zoo—more than 25 babies have been born here! During the summer, board the vintage miniature zoo train for a ride through the temperate forest of Washington Park to the International Rose Test and Japanese gardens. Outdoor concerts enliven evenings throughout the summer. Winter brings the magic of ZooLights, a holiday festival that runs through December. Visit the zoo for only $4 on the second Tuesday of each month. |
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Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) -
Image: Author: Robert Gaskin Build your brainpower with over 200 interactive exhibits for all ages in life sciences, robotics, global climate, technology and more. Explore the galaxy or watch a laser show in the Northwest's most technologically-advanced planetarium; visit eight hands-on science labs; climb aboard the U.S. Navy's last non-nuclear, fast-attack submarine, the USS Blueback ('Hunt for Red October'); and experience the giant screen and surround sound of the OMNIMAX® Theater. Science playground for children six and under. Refuel with fresh, locally-sourced meals or snacks at OMSI’s riverview café. |
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Fort Vancouver Historic Site - 15 minutes from Dt Portland
Glowing Greens is an indoor, black light miniature golf course. With rooms themed with pirates and aliens, this place is sure to be something that cannot be missed for kids and adults.
Portland Art Museum (PAM) (Events) - VIDEO - Children under 17 receive free admission. On Sundays, family tours highlight special exhibits and objects drawn from the museums 42,000-piece permanent collection.
Portland Saturday/Sunday Market - A distinctive Portland experience at the nation’s largest weekly open-air arts and crafts market. Stroll down row upon row of unique arts and crafts created by the people who sell them. Listen to live local music and enjoy a plethora of exotic foods in the International Food Pavilion.
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Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum & the Wings & Waves Waterpark (Howard Hughes 'Spruce Goose') - In McMinnville, about an hours drive, but well worth the trip.
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Explorer Portland Bridges Cruise
See the City Of Bridges from a whole new view.
Local historians will guide you on this river tour of Portland’s famous bridges. Travel from the St. John’s to the Sellwood Bridge while enjoying the colorful history of Portland’s ten landmark crossings -- each spanning the beautiful Willamette River and a new chapter in bridge engineering and design.
Daily June 28th-September 30th
Boarding at 4:45pm, cruising 5:00pm-6:15pm
Adults $28
Seniors $28
Kids $28
See the City Of Bridges from a whole new view.
Local historians will guide you on this river tour of Portland’s famous bridges. Travel from the St. John’s to the Sellwood Bridge while enjoying the colorful history of Portland’s ten landmark crossings -- each spanning the beautiful Willamette River and a new chapter in bridge engineering and design.
Daily June 28th-September 30th
Boarding at 4:45pm, cruising 5:00pm-6:15pm
Adults $28
Seniors $28
Kids $28
Portland Chocolate Tour at Creo's or Woodblock
Eat & Sip Chocolate
The use of Cocoa, the key ingredient in all quality chocolate, can be traced back as far as 2600 years. Today, chocolate is primarily enjoyed as an edible product of cocoa and sugar, but it wasn’t always this way. Originally, chocolate was used in drinks or porridge-like dishes.
The history of chocolate can be divided into three main periods: Portland boasts some of America’s finest chocolatiers, and they’re putting an artisan spin on classic treats. One of our favorite ways of experiencing the scene is by sipping delicious drinking chocolates — but don’t mistake these for your mom’s hot cocoa. Drinking chocolate, made from chopped chocolate bits slowly melted and blended with cream, offers a denser and richer mouthfeel than its powdery cousin.
Here's our list of Chocolatiers
Eat & Sip Chocolate
The use of Cocoa, the key ingredient in all quality chocolate, can be traced back as far as 2600 years. Today, chocolate is primarily enjoyed as an edible product of cocoa and sugar, but it wasn’t always this way. Originally, chocolate was used in drinks or porridge-like dishes.
The history of chocolate can be divided into three main periods: Portland boasts some of America’s finest chocolatiers, and they’re putting an artisan spin on classic treats. One of our favorite ways of experiencing the scene is by sipping delicious drinking chocolates — but don’t mistake these for your mom’s hot cocoa. Drinking chocolate, made from chopped chocolate bits slowly melted and blended with cream, offers a denser and richer mouthfeel than its powdery cousin.
Here's our list of Chocolatiers
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Salmon Street Springs - A circular fountain boasting 137 leaping jets of water makes keeping dry in DT Portland seem downright lame.
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Oregon Maritime Museum - Portland's historic waterfront has a maritime heritage that matches any seaports on the West Coast. The Oregon Maritime and Museum contains a collection of ship models — merchant ships and riverboats— permanent and changing exhibits, navigational instruments, and a variety of ship hardware, paintings, and photographs. "Portland's Oregon Maritime Museum" by daveynin is licensed under CC BY 2.0
