From trendy Portland to the beautiful wineries of the Willamette Valley to the volcanoes of the Cascades, and the Columbia River Valley, Oregon is a great place to visit. Yes it rains, but the summers are glorious.
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Itineraries
Bend, Oregon
Bend is a very special place (to the point where we've debated moving there many times). The town itself is cute and artsy. It's filled with…
Pacific Coastal Northwest
Welcome to the beautiful Pacific Northwest! On this trip you will visit the two capitals of the American Northwest, Seattle and Portland, tr…
Portland Oregon
Portland is a fun and quirky city with wonderful restaurants, pretty parks, and the best books store in the world. Enjoy a weekend visit, or…
Eat & Drink
Multnomah Whiskey Library
bar · cocktails
Salt and Straw
dessert · ice cream
Willow
Portland · tasting menu
Deschutes Brewery Bend Tasting Room
Deschutes is a fantastic craft brewery founded in Bend in 1988. Their brewery and tasting room offers one of the best brewery tours we've…
Oui! wine bar and restaurant
wine · wine tasting
Avid Cider Co.
cider · hard cider
Pelican Brewery Company
beer · brewery
Kachka
This is a distinctly Soviet flavored restaurant. The chef is a first generation American o…
Ned Ludd
This is a typical Portland eatery where dishes are cooked in a wood fired oven and served …
Deschutes Brewery Public House
beer · brewery · pub
Pok Pok
thai
Cannon Beach Hardware and Public House
This may be, if not the only, the best place on the planet to get your hardware, a beer, and a meal ("screw and…
Hopworks Urban Brewery
beer · pub
Portland Restaurant Scene
Oui! Wine Bar / RestaurantWillowKachkaQ Restaurant ExpatriateRipe CooperativeLe Pigeon Ok …
Voodoo Donuts
donuts
See
Crater Lake National Park
national park · outdoors
Oregon Shakespeare Festival
arts · entertainment · theatre
Portland Japanese and Rose gardens
garden
Ecola State park
hike
Powell’s City of Books
books · bookstore · cafe
Fort Clatsop National Historic Park
historical reproduction · national park
Lan Su Chinese Garden
garden · tea
International Rose Test Gardens
garden · park · roses
Stay
Country Willows Inn
bed and breakfast
Arch Cape Inn and Retreat
This is a castle-like hotel in beautiful Cannon beach. It offers wonderful and comfortable…
Timberline Lodge
hotel
Lion and the Rose
bed and breakfast
Hyatt House Portland downtown
This is a modern hotel near the river and downtown Portland. It's right on a streetcar lin…
The Society Hotel
This is a nice, more budget friendly option in Portland. Housed in a building which dates from the 1881, its a restored budget boutique…
Ace Hotel
This place is awesome. Both elegant and funky, it's a great option in downtown Portland in easy walking distance of what you'll want to…