Frommer's Portland day by day
By Donald Olson
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Packed with color photos, this newly updated guide offers dozens of itineraries that show you how to see the best of "Stumptown" in a short time—with bulleted maps that lead the way from sight to sight. Featuring a full range of thematic and neighborhood tours, plus dining, lodging, shopping, nightlife, and practical visitor information, Frommer's Portland day by day is the only guide that helps travelers organize their time to get the most out of a trip. Author Donald Olson is a long-time resident of Portland, and a widely published author, both on travel and gardening.
Inside this book you'll find:
Full color throughout with scores of photos and dozens of maps
Sample one- to three-day itineraries that include Portland with Kids, Rainy Day Portland, Offbeat Portland, and more
A thorough discussion of side trips to the Willamette Valley (Portland wine country), the Columbia River Gorge, Mt. Hood, the Hood River, and the Oregon Coast
Star ratings for all hotels, restaurants, and attractions--all to clue readers in on great finds and values
Exact pricing so there’s never any guessing
A tear-resistant foldout map in a handy, reclosable plastic wallet, as well as bulleted maps throughout.
About Frommer’s: There’s a reason that Frommer’s has been the most trusted name in travel for more than sixty years. Arthur Frommer created the best-selling guide series in 1957 to help American servicemen fulfill their dreams of travel in Europe, and since then, we have published thousands of titles became a household name helping millions upon millions of people realize their own dreams of seeing our planet. Travel is easy with Frommer’s.
Donald Olson
Donald Olson is a travel writer, novelist, and playwright with a longtime interest in gardens and gardening. His work has appeared in the New York Times, National Geographic, and other national publications, and he is the author of several travel guides. An avid gardener himself, Olson has been exploring the great gardens of Europe and the Pacific Northwest for many years.You can visit his website at donaldstevenolson.com.
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Contents
16 Favorite Moments
9781628873849_fm04.tif1The Best Full-Day Tours
The Best in One Day
The Best in Two Days
The Best in Three Days
9781628873849_fm05.tif2The Best Special-Interest Tours
Portland with Kids
Offbeat Portland
Rainy Day Portland
9781628873849_fm06.tif3The Best Neighborhood Walks
Downtown Portland
The Pearl District & Old Town
Northwest Portland
Northeast Portland: Irvington, Alameda & Alberta Arts District
Southeast Portland: Hawthorne & Belmont
Inner Southeast
Sellwood
9781628873849_fm07.tif4The Best Shopping
Downtown & Pearl District Shopping
East Side Shopping
Shopping Best Bets
Portland Shopping A to Z
9781628873849_fm08.tif5The Best of the Great Outdoors
Forest Park
Washington Park
Portland by Bike
9781628873849_fm09.tif6The Best Dining
Dining Best Bets
Downtown, Pearl & NW Dining
Southeast Dining
North & Northeast Dining
Dining A to Z
9781628873849_fm10.tif7The Best Nightlife
Portland Nightlife
Nightlife Best Bets
Portland Nightlife A to Z
9781628873849_fm11.tif8The Best Arts & Entertainment
The Best Arts & Entertainment
Arts & Entertainment Best Bets
Arts & Entertainment A to Z
9781628873849_fm12.tif9The Best Hotels
Downtown & Northwest Hotels
East Side Hotels
Hotel Best Bets
Hotels A to Z
9781628873849_fm13.tif10The Best Side Trips
Mount Hood
Columbia River Gorge
Willamette Valley Wine Tour
Oregon Coast
The Savvy Traveler
Before You Go
Getting There
Getting Around
Fast Facts
Portland: A Brief History
Index
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About this Guide
Organizing your time. That’s what this guide is all about.
Other guides give you long lists of things to see and do and then expect you to fit the pieces together. The Day by Day guides are different. These guides tell you the best of everything, and then they show you how to see it in the smartest, most time-efficient way. Our authors have designed detailed itineraries organized by time, neighborhood, or special interest. And each tour comes with a bulleted map that takes you from stop to stop.
Planning a first-time trip to Portland with the kids? Looking for great ways to explore the Rose City by bike? Or maybe you want to know how to get the most out of the city even on a rainy Pacific Northwest day. Whatever your interest or schedule, the Day by Days give you the smartest routes to follow. Not only do we take you to the top attractions, hotels, and restaurants, but we also help you access those special moments that locals get to experience—those finds
that turn tourists into travelers.
The Day by Days are also your top choice if you’re looking for one complete guide for all your travel needs. The best hotels and restaurants for every budget, the greatest shopping values, the wildest nightlife—it’s all here.
Why should you trust our judgment? Because our authors personally visit each place they write about. They’re an independent lot who say what they think and would never include places they wouldn’t recommend to their best friends. They’re also open to suggestions from readers. If you’d like to contact them, please send your comments our way at Support@FrommerMedia.com, and we’ll pass them on.
Enjoy your Day by Day guide—the most helpful travel companion you can buy. And have the trip of a lifetime.
About the Author
Donald Olson is a travel writer, novelist, and playwright. His travel stories have appeared in the New York Times, National Geographic, and other national publications. His travel guides for Frommer’s include Seattle Day by Day; Seattle, Portland & the Oregon Coast; and Berlin Day by Day. His book The Pacific Northwest Garden Tour was named by Library Journal as one of the best reference books of 2014. His latest book, The California Garden Tour, was published by Timber Press in 2017.
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Star Ratings & Icons
Every hotel, restaurant, and attraction listing in this guide has been ranked for quality, value, service, amenities, and special features using a star-rating system. Hotels, restaurants, attractions, shopping, and nightlife are rated on a scale of zero stars (recommended) to three stars (exceptional). In addition to the star-rating system, we also use a fast_fact.jpg icon to point out the best bets for families. Within each tour, we recommend cafes, bars, or restaurants where you can take a break. Each of these stops appears in a shaded box marked with a coffee-cup-shaped bullet 1232.jpg .
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A Note on Prices
In the Take a Break
(coffee-cup icon) and Best Bets
sections of this book, we have used a system of dollar signs to show a range of costs for 1 night in a hotel (the price of a double-occupancy room) or the cost of an entree at a restaurant. Use the following table to decipher the dollar signs:
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9781628873849_favmoments_co01.tifStrolling through the Portland Japanese Garden.
16 Favorite Moments
1549.svgSometimes Portland seems almost too good to be true . Just try to get locals to stop rhapsodizing about the cuisine, the liveability and bike-ability, the great neighborhoods, the nearby mountains and ocean, the beer and wine and coffee and—see what I mean? Once the undiscovered city
between San Francisco and Seattle, the City of Roses has now been discovered in a very big way, becoming a magnet for creative, outdoorsy folks young, old, and in-between—in short, for anyone who wants a vibrant, forward-thinking city that’s also manageable. Popularity brings its own set of problems, of course, but let’s accentuate the positive and have a look at just a few of the highlights.
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Cycling across the Hawthorne Bridge.
❶ Browsing Powell’s City of Books. The world’s top independent bookstore fills an entire city block (and that’s just this branch) with over 1.5 million new and used books. It’s pure bibliophile nirvana. See p 78.
❷ Biking over the Hawthorne Bridge. Bicycling has long been a part of life in Portland, and with the city’s new bike-share program biking has become more popular than ever. There’s no better way to join the rolling masses than to take a spin across the historic Hawthorne Bridge over the Willamette River, especially in the evening. See p 94.
❸ Gazing on Mount Hood from the International Rose Test Garden. The flowers are gorgeous and the views even better up in Washington Park. On a clear day, you can see multiple snowcapped peaks on the eastern horizon, with Mount Hood at center stage. See p 90.
9781628873849_favmoments_fg02.tifThe International Rose Test Garden.
❹ Stocking up at the Portland State University Saturday Farmers Market. Local organic produce, baked goods, food carts, and family-friendly entertainment make the Saturday-morning farmers market at PSU a Saturday must-do from March through December. See p 82.
9781628873849_favmoments_fg03.tifSaturday Farmers Market at Portland State University.
❺ Enjoying the superb landscapes at the Portland Japanese Garden. The most authentic of its kind outside of Japan, the Portland Japanese Garden is a world-class destination that offers five meticulously created and maintained historic garden styles with new additions by famed Japanese architect Kengo Kuma. See p 90.
❻ Venturing into the Shanghai Tunnels. For a peek into Portland’s sordid past, when drunken sailors and drifters were Shanghaied
—kidnapped and forced to work on oceangoing ships––take a guided underground tour. See p 34.
❼ Heading over to Alberta Street for Last Thursdays. In the rest of the city, it’s the first Thursday of every month that brings the gallery openings. Over on Alberta Street on the East Side, though, they go with the Keep Portland Weird
theme and turn the whole street into one big party of art, music, and free-spirited independence on the last Thursday. See p 22.
❽ Caffeinating at Caffe Umbria. In this City of Coffee, there are countless cafes to choose from; everyone has his or her favorite spot, and mine is Caffe Umbria, started by master coffee roasters from Perugia. Their bright, modern café in the Pearl District is the closest you’ll come to an authentic Italian coffee and café experience. See p 11.
❾ Having lunch at the original food cart pod.
On SW 5th Avenue between Oak and Stark streets, the line-up of food carts offers you a choice from a global variety of dishes including Cuban, Thai, Indian, pizza, or Bulkogi Fusion
(that is, Korean tacos), to name just a few. See p 110.
Lunch at the original food cart pod.
❿ Circumnavigating the Willamette River. One of my favorite Portland walks starts downtown in Governor Tom McCall Waterfront Park, crosses the Steel Bridge to the east side, and continues along the Eastbank Esplanade, a floating walkway that offers a primo view of the downtown skyline. At the end of the esplanade, return downtown via the historic Hawthorne Bridge. See p 93.
9781628873849_favmoments_fg05.tifSkiing on Mount Hood.
⓫ Rambling through Forest Park. Eight square miles of wild forest, streams, gorges, and fern-covered hillsides wait on the west side of the city, just minutes from downtown, with more than 70 miles of hiking trails and fire roads to explore. See p 86.
⓬ Catching a movie at the Bagdad Theater. Order a microbrew and a slice of pizza and enjoy a second-run movie in this fully restored 1927 movie palace in the lively Hawthorne District. Stay for dinner or a drink afterward, or venture down the block for dozens of other nightlife options. See p 129.
⓭ Tasting local pinot noirs in the Willamette Valley. South of Portland, the mild climate and volcanic soil of the Willamette River Valley is ideal for growing wine grapes, which translates into more than 400 wineries. See p 150.
⓮ Skiing on Mount Hood in the summer. It’s the only place in the country with lift-accessible skiing year-round, but it’s even better in the winter. Or just head up to Mount Hood to enjoy the views from Timberline Lodge, a WPA masterpiece opened by FDR in 1938. See p 142.
⓯ Hiking to a waterfall in the Columbia River Gorge. There are plenty to choose from, but from the Oneonta Trailhead, one easy loop leads you to four waterfalls, including a cascade that you walk behind. Be forewarned, though: A wildfire in 2017 caused some road closures in and around the Gorge, so do a little research before you go. See p 144.
⓰ Walking on an Oregon beach. The Pacific Ocean is too chilly and wild up here to swim in, but Oregon’s shoreline is spectacular and filled with towering headlands, white-sand beaches and charming beach towns you can reach on an easy day trip from Portland. See p 155. •
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