Portland
Portland, one of the Best Places to Visit in Oregon, has established itself as a must-visit location in the Pacific Northwest because of 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.
Rankings:
- #4 in Best Places to Visit in Oregon
- #9 in Best Foodie Cities in the U.S.
- #20 in Best Cheap Vacations in the U.S.
State: Oregon
