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What to do in Portland, Oregon 🌲
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items As a Portland, Oregon native resident, here’s exactly what you should do! Whether you already live here or are just visiting, you’ll find some gems 💎
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Restaurants
Other Food & Drinks
Activities
From free to paid activities, they’re all so fun! 💖✨
Want a good hike? This is it!
Macleay Park
I 100% recommend finding a lavender farm stall and trying out fresh lavendar icecream 😋
Portland Saturday Market
My favorite place to go in Portland when the roses are all in bloom 💕
International Rose Test Garden
Cannon Beach is perfect for a weekend away from the big city! Make sure to pick a hotel that offers free fires on the beach!
Cannon Beach
If you have children, but also need a beach day, this place is for you! This little beach spot has so many activities catered towards fun things to do! Like an arcade, Go-Karts and I cant forget to mention Pig-N-Pancakes for breakfast!
Seaside Beach
One of my favorite viewpoints in Portland! Fun fact: this used to be the site of an amusement park from 1907 until 1929.
Council Crest Park
The Pittock Mansion is a French Renaissance-style château in the West Hills of Portland, Oregon, USA. The mansion was originally built in 1909 as a private home for London-born Oregonian publisher Henry Pittock and his wife, Georgiana. It is a 46-roo...
Pittock Mansion
The most peaceful place in Portland, it's my go-to when I need a break from life 🪷
Portland Japanese Gard…
Pictures really can't make you understand how beautiful Multnomah Falls is in person. It's breathtaking! As well as a popular hiking spot since you can find hidden waterfalls everywhere along the trail! 🥾
Multnomah Falls
This is right next to the International Rose Test Garden! I've come here for a few picnics in the sun during the springtime 🌹
Washington Park Amphitheater
Lan Su Chinese Garden, formerly the Portland Classical Chinese Garden and titled the Garden of Awakening Orchids, is a walled Chinese garden enclosing a full city block, roughly 40,000 square feet in the Chinatown area of the Old Town Chinatown neigh...
Lan Su Chinese Garden
I love the Oregon Zoo! There's so many animals and they're all in wide-enclosed spaces. My favorite time to visit though is during the Wintertime when Zoo Lights is happening!!! 💖
Oregon Zoo
An activity I didn't know existed until this year! It was beautiful, I did pay a few dollars to go up and see the bigger garden -100% worth it!
The Grotto
The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry! I've taken several school trips here in my youth, and have even gone back as an adult. There are rotating exhibits and it's so much fun!!! 🧪
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
This district is the pearl of Portland, home to quirky boutiques and brands, cool restaurants, micro-breweries, and artisan coffee shops, housed in reclaimed warehouse spaces. Don't miss Powell’s City of Books, one of the largest independent bookstor...
Pearl District
The perfect place for the best date night you’ll ever have! Get ready to take A LOT of fun photos too! 💕
Hopscotch Portland
Restaurants
Who doesn’t love good food?! 🤤
One of the best breakfast places here! Especially if you’re in the mood for some mouthwatering chicken and waffles! 🧇
Screen Door Eastside
Another great place for breakfast!
Tin Shed Garden Cafe
The best Lebanese food in Portland! 😋
Nicholas Restaurant
Other Food & Drinks
Places that are perfect for your cheat day! 😁
The best donuts in Portland! They’re bite-sized and made fresh for every single order. If you go on your birthday, you get a free dozen 💝
Pip's Original Doughnuts & Chai
The infamous place where you get a pink box full of donuts! My favorite one is eminem, but you can find some really creative donuts here like a blunt or voodoo doll! 😳
Voodoo Doughnut