Portland Highlights

The “Portland Highlights” tour is a fun and entertaining clarification into why Portland is regularly recognized as one of the best places to live and visit.

Our Resident Experts (aka tour guides) will unlock the best kept secrets of “Bridgetown” as we delight and entertain your guests with stories about early and modern Portland while touring an enlightened city rich with artwork, parks, bridges, downtown trains & streetcars, and fountains. We’ll visit Portland’s most notable districts and neighborhoods including the Cultural District, Old Town-Chinatown, the Pearl District, while constantly providing photo opportunities that will delight everyone on board. We always include a guided stop (with our portable amplifiers for large groups) at the International Rose Test Garden, the oldest public garden of its kind in the United States with over 500 varieties of roses on display. See and smell why Portland is often called the “City of Roses.” Call us today to book this fun excursion and discover great stories with inside scoops and fun facts about the city of Portland!

If you want to show off some some of the more fascinating things about this area – from the urban growth boundary to the world’s smallest park – be sure to contact us today. Even locals have been amazed and entertained by what they enjoy with us.

Even though our Step-On, Charter, and Meet-And-Assist services are our most popular offerings, we can help you in other ways. And we’re proud winners of the 2007 President’s Award from Travel Portland and voted the Best City Tour from citysearch.com! Let us show you why.

Available As: Charter or Step-On Guide Service
Tour Length: 3 hours (or longer if desired)
Admission Costs: None
Optional Admission Costs: Portland Classical Chinese Garden, Japanese Garden, Pittock Mansion, or a visit to Kidd’s Toy Museum.

Industry rates for tour operators (or NTA/ABA members) are available.

Columbia Gorge and Waterfalls

On the “Columbia Gorge and Waterfalls” excursion you will experience first-hand the beauty and grandeur of the Columbia River Gorge. One of America’s most majestic waterways, our resident experts will be your guide to the rich history and breathtaking natural beauty of this area as we retrace a portion of Lewis and Clark’s epic journey through the Columbia River Gorge atop Oregon’s Historic Scenic Highway. We will visit the Vista House, perhaps the most beautiful travelers’ rest station ever built, before descending down into the gorge to visit the largest and most picturesque of the seventy-seven waterfalls lining the Oregon side of the gorge, Multnomah Falls. These falls are truly one of the country’s natural treasures, as is the adjacent Multnomah Falls Lodge (where we can stop for lunch if you would like). We then begin our return to Portland along the bottom of the gorge, providing not only a different, but equally spectacular, perspective on the natural splendor of the area, but also provides an opportunity to visit Bonneville Dam, one of the gorge’s man-made wonders.

Available As: Packaged Day Trip or Step-On Service
Tour Length: 4.5 – 6 hours
Admission Costs: None
Optional Meal: Lunch at Multnomah Falls Inn or boxed lunch

Industry rates for tour operators are available.

From Farm to Fork

A tour in good taste and worth toasting

“Farm To Table” brings you and your guests to the bucolic back roads of the area, delivering your group to an artisan farm or family vineyard. There, the farmer or grower shares their land – taking you from “ground to glass” or “farm to table” – while you drink in miles of Pacific Northwest splendor. We’re then seated at a nearby table, where the best seasonal and local fare is shared with fellow travelers and is paired with exceptional regional wines.

Not only is the food and drink amazing, but the stories behind the culinary dreams and the people who run it add to everyone’s enjoyment. This is a one-of-a-kind adventure that you and your guests will never forget.
Come along and witness one of the richest agricultural regions in the world. Fertile ground, pristine waters, and a special climate produce exceptional things. The culinary and viticultural history of the Pacific Northwest began with the Oregon Trail and prospered with the railroads in the late 1800’s. With it came European settlers who brought stock animals, seeds, and vine cuttings from their various cultures.
Once sated (in belly and soul), our culinary adventure comes to a close as we make our way back while we reflect on our food and wine journey.

Available As: Packaged Day Trip or Step-On Service
Tour Length: 7 hours (including meal)
Admission Costs:  Packaged Day Trip: all-inclusive; Step-On Service: applicable meals & tasting fees
Meal: Three Course Fine Cuisine

Our Experience

We’ve worked with hundreds of companies from small tour operators to cruise providers to 15 passenger vans. Our current list of satisfied clients include NTA, TAP, and ABA Members including Vantage Deluxe World Travel, Golden Gate Tours, Toby Tours, International Seminar Design, National Trust and many more.

Team Building Hunts

There’s a new game in town and it’s run by our subsidiary, Run Brain Run! Starting at only $25 per person, we get you out of the office and onto the playing field for a few hours of hilarity. Our puzzlemasters give you a set of tools, clues and missions and true team building starts immediately as teams communicate, strategize, negotiate, and bond as they compete with other teams. All this is disguised as fun. After the event, your group will have a shared experience, a lot of laughs, and an optional comedic wrap up or facilitation to bring the event to a successful conclusion. Our hunts are more than a great time. They are fun team builders!

A sample of some current Portland-based hunt offerings can be found HERE.

Any of our hunts are a great way to add something new and fun to your next meeting, conference or team building exercise. We can accommodate groups as small as 10 or as large as 1000.

For more information call the staff at Run Brain Run toll-free in the U.S. at 888.604.3350 (international +1.503.774.4522) or <a href=”http://www.hometownadvantage.com/contact-us/”>Contact Us</a> online today to learn more.

Portland Walking Tours

Tens of thousands of visitors and native Portlanders alike have been delighted and entertained by our subsidiary Portland Walking Tours. If you like short walks and exploring on foot and getting the real story and behind-the-scenes access then you should really check out our different at Portland Walking Tours.

No matter who you are, or what your interests. We have a walking tour that will appeal to you.

• Best of Portland Tour: Our award-winning Portland 101 tour.
• Underground Portland Tour: A look at Portland’s colorful and sinister past.
• Epicurean Excursion: Our food tour. All we can say is YUM!
• Beyond Bizarre Tour:  A tour of Portland’s weird, wacky and paranormal!
• Beer H ere! A tour of Portland’s finest liquid asset, our beer.
• And much, much more.

Ticket for all of our public tours are up on line and available for purchase.

Private Events: All of our tours are available for private events. Private tours can begin at the time that best suits your group’s schedule. Private tours can usually begin and end from your hotel, meeting and/or convention space.

For more information about Portland Walking Tours please visit our website, or call our sales office at 503.774.4522.