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Portland Walking Tours

Portland, OR 97204 (Downtown)
503-774-4522
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Ranked #8 of 94 activities in Portland
Type: Tours
Owner description: Portland Walking Tours’ fun and award-winning events explore the excitement, history, food, architecture, neighborhoods, bridges, parks, fountains,... more » Owner description: Portland Walking Tours’ fun and award-winning events explore the excitement, history, food, architecture, neighborhoods, bridges, parks, fountains, artwork, and just plain weird places in Portland Oregon. Tours include the award-winning “Best of Portland,” showcasing what makes Portland such a fabulous place to live and visit (daily, 10 AM and 2 PM); our scandalous “Underground Portland,” aka "the worst of Portland," revealing both the physical and metaphorical subterranean story of Portland's sordid past; the eerie “Beyond Bizarre”, a hands-on exploration of Portland's paranormal, using real ghost-hunting equipment as seen on shows like "Ghost Adventurer" (TM) and "Paranormal State" (TM); our delicious “Epicurean Excursion” walking tour, a tasty immersion into Portland's amazing culinary "slow food" scene; our indulgent “Chocolate Decadence Tour," exploring and sampling chocolate in its many solid and liquid forms, from bean to bar and everything in between; "Roses Gone Wild!", which dishes the dirt on Portland's famous International Rose Test Gardens; and "Flavor Street," where you taste the best of Portland's incredible food cart scene - and skip the rest. « less
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Portland, Oregon
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 22 May 2013 NEW

My friend and I enjoyed the Epicurean Tour very much! Our guide was amazing! He answered all of our questions with enthusiasm and humor. He was very accommodating when our group wanted to stay a little longer to try more delicious Honey Basil ice cream or wanted to take pictures of the entertaining, hands-on "whisk" sculpture. I was also impressed... More

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Victoria, Canada
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 May 2013 NEW

As a first time visitor a coworker recommended the Epicurean tour and are we glad we did. Adam our tour guide not only 'knew his stuff' it was quickly evident he loves his city. This was also evident of all the various places we visited and the enthusiasm and engagement of all the vendors. This is a walking tour you... More

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Norman, Oklahoma
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 May 2013 NEW

My wife and I took the "Beyond Bizarre" walking tour and really enjoyed it. Our tour guide was Steve and he did a fantastic job of keeping things interesting and entertaining. I'm not really big into the ghost hunting thing but with the right tour guide that doesn't matter. Besides all the ghost stuff Steve also gave a lot of... More

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Gary C, Manager at Portland Walking Tours, responded to this review
22 May 2013

Dear Jason, Thanks for the uber-kind words about Stevie's Beyond Bizarre Walking Tour! You're so right - the tour guide makes the tour, and that's why we only hire (and extensively train) the very best. We're glad that a skeptic like you could enjoy the tour as much as a believer. Regarding the Wesen population, we appreciate that feedback. With... More

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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 May 2013 NEW via mobile

We learned lots about Portland..we had a fantastic guide, Richard, who had a great amount of knowledge and enthusiasm for his city. We found it very informative and it was a great way to get a feel for the city

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Danville, California
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 13 May 2013

My sister and I recently did the walking tour of Portland's food truck "pods" with Alyssa. She was fabulous! She arrived with bottled waters for the 2 of us, (it was a warm day) and we walked our way around tasting everything from dim sum to smoked salmon chowder. It covered every ethnic cuisine imaginable, and went from "down home"... More

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Rochester, New York
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 May 2013

My wife and I took the 2 pm general walking tour offered by Portland Walking Tours. The walk is not difficult, but it took about 3 hours because the group had so many questions and discussions of the topics the guide, Richard, covered. We learned so much about Portland that we cannot remember more than a fraction of it, but... More

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albany, oregon
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 May 2013

A great way to experience the old areas of the city is to meander through the streets which were among the first to be created in Portland. This walk puts you in touch with buildings constructed in the late 1800's when the city was emerging on the west side of the river. Start at SW Pine and SW First Avenue.... More

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Cape May, New Jersey
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 8 May 2013

The first time I visited Portland I had walked from my home in California, on a Planetwalk across the country. Since then I had been back to the city many times on book tours or for speaking engagements, but I had never learned so much about Portland as when I took the Portland Walking tour after my last speaking engagement... More

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Portland, Oregon
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 May 2013

My son and I went on one of 7 Portland Walking tours offered. We took the Underground Portland tour that dealt with the cities sub-culture and a lot of the seedier, "color" side of Portland, OR history. From cop corruption to Shanghaiing, the 2 hour walking tour was a pleasure as our guide, Elizabeth, led us through the streets (not... More

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Gary C, Manager at Portland Walking Tours, responded to this review
8 May 2013

Dear PDX_Guy, Thanks for the fab review! We're glad you enjoyed Elizabeth's unique and charming story-telling ability as you saw the "worst" of Portland. Yes, as you point out, it's not just about going Under the streets - it's about exploring the city's seedy underbelly, too. Just to be clear... even though it's about nasty stuff, it's not a "nasty"... More

Tigard, Oregon
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 May 2013

Tour taken: Beyond Bizarre Time: 10pm on a Sunday night Weather: Mild and warm Review: Our tour guide for the evening was a gentleman by the name of Kevin, who spoke clearly; keeping the majority of people interested with numerous anecdotes and tales from times gone by. Even when scientific facts were used to explain certain anomalies, he acknowledged the... More

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Gary C, Manager at Portland Walking Tours, responded to this review
8 May 2013

Dear ukscots, Thanks for the "spirited" review of Beyond Bizarre! You have done a great job of explaining why you love the tour without requiring any "spoiler alerts" - kudos to you! We'd like to point out that this tour has almost no overlap with the Best of Portland tour, as the two are currently constructed. Other than a very... More

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