SoHo, Little Italy, Chinatown Walking Tour

Best of the City walking tour

From cast iron-fronted buildings to the grandly disastrous post-modern Portland Building, much of Portland, Oregon’s history can be told through the buildings and street layouts; most importantly, the prioritization of parks throughout the city center. How did the city’s early urban planners decide on their layouts? How do modern designers look at the past and plan for the future? Who are the people these streets are named for? What’s with all the roses? It’s not a dry history: full of back-room deals, early deaths and greed; and then there were the hippies! We’ll also discuss the modern rise of radical activists in Portland and how that is intimately connected to the city’s history going back more than a century. Two hours, two miles

Multnomah Zen: Hike the Columbia Gorge Waterfalls

The hiking in the Columbia River Gorge is some of the best in the world, but with hundreds of miles of networked trails over two states and frequent closures for wildfires and erosion, selecting the right trail is a tall order. Zipping out of the city for a few hours, just long enough to see some of the highlights and get in an hour of hiking in the forest, is an ideal way to fit the most into a few days in Portland.

San Francisco in a Day Walking Tour

Explore the highlights of San Francisco in a smaller group of 15 people or less so you move faster and see more. Learn about San Francisco's colorful history as a port city. Walk along the notorious Barbary Coast trail in North Beach. Make your own fortune cookies in Chinatown. See the Financial District, San Francisco’s business hub since the gold rush. Enjoy a leisurely lunch at the Ferry Building Marketplace. Come see where Tony Bennett left his heart in Union Square. Get to know San Francisco’s eclectic downtown neighborhoods. We’ll explore Fisherman’s Wharf, North Beach, Chinatown, the Financial District, and Union Square.