Seattle - 175 miles 5 Greatest Hits 30 405 Portland OLD TOWN / 84 NW 23RD / PEARL CHINATOWN NOB HILL DISTRICT 55 miles 5 - 90 miles 1 - 2 1 This Portland landmark is also the world’s largest new WASHINGTON PARK VISITOR EXPERIENCE Coast DOWNTOWN CENTRAL SUITABLE FOR: EASTSIDE and used bookstore. Covering an entire city block, 4 3 Mount Hood 6 , - POWELL S CITY OF BOOKS is more than a great FIT, 2 4 people bookstore: It’s a microcosm of Portland, packed with 4-10 people smart and eclectic offerings, passionate people and, 26 405 Groups, by bus naturally, its own coffee shop. And, just like Portland, it’s open 365 days a year! In addition to the flagship 99E OREGON 5 26 store downtown which contains more than 1.5 million books in 3,500 different sections, Powell’s also has shops San Francisco - 635 miles on SE Hawthorne Boulevard, in neighboring Beaverton and at Portland International Airport. 3 Portland’s INTERNATIONAL ROSE TEST GARDEN is the oldest official continuously operated public rose test garden in the United States. Unofficially known as the Portland Rose Operating since 1974, the 2 PORTLAND SATURDAY Garden, the space features more than 10,000 roses. Hundreds is the largest continually operating outdoor MARKET of thousands of visitors from around the world enjoy it sights arts and crafts market in the nation. Located in and scents year-round. The garden also offers spectacular Waterfront Park in Portland’s historic Old Town, views of downtown and Mount Hood. Best blooms are April the Market is one of the most popular shopping through October and always free of charge. destinations for local handcrafted goods. The Market offers a unique opportunity for customers to meet the After admiring the Rose Garden, head across the street, and artist as well as see one of a kind pieces created in the above to the majestic 4 PORTLAND JAPANESE GARDEN for artist’s booth. Over 250 small businesses and individual more fabulous fauna. Proclaimed one of the most authentic artists from across the NW region gather each week for Japanese gardens outside of Japan, the 5.5-acre (2.2 ha) space the Saturday/Sunday event (March through Christmas includes an authentic Japanese tea house, meandering streams, Eve) with live music and a plethora of exotic foods that intimate walkways. Guided tours are included with cost of will satisfy everyone’s appetite. admission, and the garden also hosts frequent events. 5 The largest art museum in Oregon and one of the oldest in the country, the PORTLAND ART MUSEUM was organized , CONT. Greatest Hits in 1892, and its first exhibition was a set of magnificent plaster casts of Greek and Roman sculpture, displayed in the upper hall of the city’s library. Those casts still dot the museum, a reminder of how the museum — and Western art — began. Belluschi’s original design was ahead of its time. It was airy and admitted natural light into the museum’s galleries, especially the court beyond the entryway, and the visitor today experiences that grand space as a sort of surprise, given the museum’s relative scale. 4 A year-round wonder, the LAN SU CHINESE MUST SEE PARKS: GARDEN is an authentic Ming Dynasty style garden, built by Suzhou artisans, that takes up an entire block FOREST PARK - America’s premier urban park of the city’s historic Chinatown district. Since the TRYON CREEK STATE PARK - Beautiful trails 20 garden’s opening in 2000, its covered walkways, minutes outside of city center bridges, open colonnades, pavilions and richly planted LAURELHURST PARK - Centrally located city park that landscape framing the man-made Zither Lake have hosts free annual events created an urban oasis of tranquil beauty and harmony. It’s an inspiring, serene setting for meditation, quiet MT. TABOR PARK - Large forested park covering an extinct volcano thought and tea served at The Tao of Tea in the Tower of Cosmic Reflections, as well as public tours of the WESTMORELAND PARK - Located in SE Portland and known for its pond grounds led by expert horticulturalists. MILL ENDS PARK - The world’s smallest park occupying a downtown median strip POPULARfestivals: ANNUAL FESTIVALS: JAZZCINC FOESTIVAL DE MAYO February – pdxjazz.com We cannot talk about the greatest hits without including PORTLANDFEAST INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL the famous Portland food scene – from coffee shops to the March – nwfilm.org/piff41 INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL breakfast craze to foodcarts for lunch, or any meal, you CINCO DE MAYO May – cincodemayo.org will overwhelmed with delicious options. The list doesn’t PORTLANDJAZZ FESTIVAL ROSE FESTIVAL June – rosefestival.org stop there. Hit one of the more than 80 breweries around town for some comfort food favorites. And donuts are not OOREREGGONON BREWERSBREWERS FFESTIVALESTIVAL July – oregonbrewfest.com just for breakfast in Portland. You can even sign up for PORTLAND BOOK FESTIVAL donut bike ride and try several in one day. Many chefs now FEAST September – feastportland.com call Portland home because they are passionate about the PORTLAND BOOK FESTIVAL farm-fresh options and collaborative community that November – literary-arts.org inspires them to always be trying new dishes. Eating is a real Portland pastime. For more information, email [email protected] or visit TRAVELPORTLAND.COM..