Portland

The main city in Oregon, Portland, is situated between the Columbia and Willamette rivers, beneath the snow-capped Mount Hood. It's well renowned for its parks, bridges, and bike lanes as well as for being environmentally friendly, and for having microbreweries and coffee shops. From the traditional Japanese Garden to the Oregon Zoo and its railroad, iconic Washington Park is home to a variety of attractions. The city is home to flourishing theater, music, and art communities.

Portland has established itself as a must-visit location in the Pacific Northwest because to its meticulously maintained open areas and fabulously diverse cuisine scene. Whether it's the book shelves at Powell's City of Books or one of the more than 100 small breweries in the Portland metro region, the city is bursting with cultural activities. With some of the most pedestrian-friendly streets in the nation and many of them lined with food carts, the city known by many nicknames (Stumptown, the City of Roses, Bridge City, P-town, PDX) has emerged as an urbanite's dream. Portland has some of the best, most diverse, and reasonably priced street food anywhere.

With miles of hiking and bike trails in Forest Park, access to water sports on the Willamette and Columbia Rivers that cut through and border the city, not to mention the active Mount Hood, it's also packed with adrenaline. The most popular attractions, though, are unassuming and intangible: a cup of coffee from a nearby roastery, a discussion in the late afternoon at a brewery, or a stroll around free art galleries on the first Thursday of each month. One of the West Coast's most prosperous cities, Portland is hip, alternative, and unrelentingly progressive.

Location: the United States
Price: $997 for one person per week

Best time to visit: June to August

Website: https://www.portland.gov/