The walking tour by the Courthouse is a must do when you arrive in Portland visiting. You will understand the surface transit, the best sites to visit and enjoy a great tour. They make Portland beautiful with their history and design review. We did it two weeks ago. Be sure to also visit Washington Park for their exhibits and the Portland City grill for an amazing view with meal. Do the tour first.

We did the beyond the bizarre tour with Jared. He was a great tour guide... super funny and very down to earth. We hit a few spots that were spooky but by far the basement was the most interesting. We communicated with either Sam Nina or Rose. It was very cool. I would totally reccomend this if you have a spare couple of hours. Thanks again Jared for the amazing experience.

My wife and I took the epicurean walking tour with Herb as our guide. It was outstanding, food was amazing. As well as all the information behind the food. Great to know we are eating healthy, local, sustainable organic food. Highly recommend this tour. Herb is a great host. Thank you

Herb is Awesome!! The tour was better than expected. Herb shared great information about the food and products. Also shared his own experiences which was a nice touch. The tomato orange bisque i will remember forever!!

My boyfriend and I have wanted to do this tour, for years. We finally did it today. It was a lot of fun! The tour guide did a really good job! He was informative and funny. He did a really good job keeping our group engaged. I cant say enough good things about our tour. If youre into Portland history, this is great!We will be going on more tours with this company, in the near future. Thanks for a great time!

Despite the cold, this was a fantastic, informative walk around Portland city. Lots of useful tips, interesting history, and insight into a fantastic town and its history. Our host was entertaining and informed, and pointed out heaps of useful information.Great value too.Highly recommend.In the winter months, wear suitable clothing.

We did the Beyond Bizarre tour. It was so lame! The guide had to keep looking at his notes and he was the most boring speaker. He was new but he still couldve made it more animated and interesting. Dont waste your money!

Went on the beyond bizarre tour with my daughter. There were 3 others booked but they didnt show up so it was just us two. Jordan was our guide and he was the best! Hard to explain what happened downstairs. Jordan used the dowsing rods and gave them to me to use too. Nina and others communicated with us with yes or no answers and a really loud bang from behind a wall. Freaky! Definitely recommend the tour. My daughter wants to do it again.And thanks for the voodoo donut Jordan!

Amazing staff, amazing tours and a must to get to know PDX and what PDX has to offer.

I did the Get Tipsy tour w Herb and it was wonderful! Every location he took us there was a great great story behind it. I’d definitely do it again!

We went on the Underground tour. Tony was a great guide who made the entire tour worth it. The information was great, but the presentation made it much more interesting. Whenever I’m in the area again I’d love to take another one of the tours!

We did the Portland Underground tour with John, who was an amazing tour guide. He was well versed in the history and lore of Portland and to say that he was a great storyteller would be a huge understatement. We started at the old hotel, which is home to Portland Walking Tours, and circled a few of the historic blocks. We then went into the hotel basement to see and learn about what actually lies beneath Portland. The tour was interesting and informative, mostly due to a captivating guide. Thank you John. I will definitely do another one of the tours if I ever make it back to Portland.

Our tour guide Alison was AMAZING! She is fun, knowledgeable and motivated. I did this walking tour on the last day of 2018 with a friend. The weather was freezing but Alison was full of passion. She told the stories behind every scenes, incorporating her family history. Love this tour!

Our tour guide didnt have much enthusiasm for history, or knowledge beyond the cue cards. We couldnt hear her about 40% of the time. The under ground portion of the underground tour was 20 minutes in the tour offices basement.

We did the Got tipsy in Portland tour, Herb was our guide; did an excellent job. Made the tour fun and entertained, gave us some interesting facts about Portland and its surroundings. We got a taste of wine, beer, cider and cocktails... and yes by the end you are gonna be feeling tipsy (he delivered what they “promised”)... Also, we get a few bites of food.Totally recommended, had a great time.

Went on the Portland ghost tour for adults during February. Our guide Tyler, seemed to be utterly incapable of talking about anything other than himself. Everything was in relation to his special relationship with a ghost we were communicating with, how his experience at a burial mound lead to him meeting his partner (in a protracted 20+ min story in a less-than-scenic dilapidated parking lot). There was not one stop that was not defined by a suspiciously embellished personal anecdote. While some people may find this style adds to their experience, for me and my group it definitely did not.Totally unprofessional and honestly baffling behavior. Would not recommend.

This was a great tour. Not only did we get to learn about some interesting history about Portland, OR but we got to go on a real ghost finding. We used real EMF reading machines. On our ghost part of the tour, we actually got to hear what sounded like a set of high heel footsteps above us, no one was in the building above us, and we got to hear what sounded like barefoot steps right behind the tour guide and myself. When we heard these two different noises, our EMF reading machines were blinking, which indicates possible spirits detected. We also asked several questions to several spirits that are known to still haunt Portland. The way the questions were asked and to specific spirits, we got several responses. We walked away from this tour believing a bit more and tried to debunk what we heard and could not. Our guide, his name has eluded me, was phenomenal. Definitely give this tour high props.

Kaitlyn (hope I have that spelled right) was my tour guide and she was fantastic! No one else showed up so it ended up being a solo tour, which was a perfect way to get a personalized tour of Portland. She was so knowledgeable and answered all the questions I had. So pleasant and funny too, making it a highly enjoyable experience. Best of luck on your move to Boston!

We had a great time with our tour guide, Grace on the Beyond Bizarre tour. She was very knowledgeable, kind, and an entertaining speaker. We loved chatting with her and hearing her stories about the town and her tour history - definitely recommend her. We also had a minor medical issue which she was quick to take care of in a very professional way.

Dianne was a great tour guide. The tour was excellent and served as a good starting point during your journey of Portland.

Not an underground tour. The title and description are misleading in that way. I was expecting a tunnel tour similar to ones ive taken with the non-profit group that had done a lot of the tunnel restoration work. This tour does not go into the tunnels at all. It spends a few minutes in a basement where you can see a blocked off tunnel, but does not explore any of the tunnels themselves. The tour is good if you are from out of town and want a quick overview of some of Portlands more interesting historical highlights. But do the evening tour with the less expensive non profit group if you want to actually tour Portlands tunnels

For context, we did the Epicurean Excursion for our corporate team building activity.Our experience with Portland Walking Tours was, in a word, fantastic (with two thumbs up!). They went above and beyond to accommodate us, and delivered a unique, educational, and entertaining experience. They were flexible about rescheduling the tour due to weather conditions, responded to emails at all hours of the day (including 7am!), and were even able to start the tour from our office to make it convenient for us. Even though all of us call Portland home most of us had only been to 1 or 2 of the locations we went to, and were amazed by the quality and tastiness of the food in our own backyard. The locations were all great, we totally lucked out on the weather, and walking around the Pearl District and downtown Portland was a relaxing and fun way to bond with our coworkers. But more than that, what made the tour great was our tour guide, Pat. She was funny, engaging, and knowledgeable, and brought great energy to the tour. She connected with us, and rather than just giving a canned tour she joked with us, chatted, and asked for our thoughts and knowledge at each stop. Whether youre a Portland native, or are travelling to Portland for the first time, we would 110% recommend Portland Walking Tours!

We had Damon as our guide for the Street Eats tour. We tried 7 food carts from 3 different cart pods and they were all fantastic. The food and the knowledge of our guide made this tour one of the best we have been on

Despite the high temperature my son and I had a wonderful time following Dianne as she walked us through downtown Portland and shared stories about the city and landmarks. We have learned a lot about the history and people of Portland in 2 hours. Also thanks to Diannes recommendations on visiting Oregon Historical Society Museum and Blue Star donuts, we ended up exploring more of downtown Portland that we would not have thought of doing initially. One of the best city tours I have ever taken.

Just got back from the Epicurean Excursion Tour. My wife and I loved it. Pat was a wonderful guide. Excellent experience. Definitely recommend.

A fun and informative tour. Doug is a wealth of information about Portland history and is an excellent raconteur.

Great introduction to the city of Portland! Very friendly staff and informative. Learned a lot of the history of Portland and the latest trends. Only suggestion is after walking around for 2 hours i had no idea where we went since we didnt use a map. I would appreciate it more if the guide would mention which direction we are going towards in relation to the city center, that would be great!

Todd was an excellent tour guide and story teller who shared his deep knowledge and love of Portlands notorious past (we took the Underground tour). We left having an even greater love of this quirky city and our visiting guests had a great time, too. Also -- Todd is impressively good at walking backward! This is the 2nd Portland Walking Tour weve done (the other was the Best of Portland a couple years ago) and theyve both been really good. We look forward to eventually going on all of the tours this company offers. Even as local residents, you learn something and it really is fun.

We did the Beyond Bizarre (Adults only) tour, and it was more than we expected. Jordan was our guide, and he was fabulous. We’ve already told our friends to do the tour when they come!

Highly recommend RIchard. Did a great job speaking about the history of the city, seemed to know everything about all the buildings and sights but, more important, seemed to enjoy introducing visitors to the city. One has a thorough appreciation of the city and its inhabitants at the end of this tour.

We had a blast on the tour, our tour guide Kevin was knowledgeable and very happy to share stories about his city. Had some great stories to share with us. Even had fun walking around with those meters looking for ghosts. Even if it was faked like some suggested the stories and history we got was worth the money. Excellent tour.. well worth going to if you visit Portland

Its a bird! Its a plane! Its Portlandia!Walked the Best of Portland tour recently and it was excellent. Damon, the friendly guide, provided a great lesson on art, architecture, planning, history, urban design, politics, and the natural environment, and did so with plenty of tasteful comic relief (immersive edutainment at its finest). A great way to quickly acclimate yourself with the city. Highly recommended.

My husband and I went on the Food Cart Tour and it was fantastic! Damon was an amazing tour guide. Friendly, entertaining, and very knowledgeable! The food was heavenly, and there was soooo much of it. I am not an experimental eater, so I was surprised that everything I was given, I loved! I was also surprised by how much food we were given in under 90 minutes. We actually had to take some home in a to-go bag! Speaking of which, I loved that Damon was prepared with hand sanitizer, napkins, water, to-go bags and all the things you might need, not having access to a brick and mortar restaurant. There was a huge variety in what we were given as well. We grew up in Portland, and this was a fantastic tour for anyone who is unfamiliar with the food cart scene, or hasnt made it beyond the main pod of carts in Portland. Highly recommend!

Went on the beyond bizarre tour with Tyler as our guide, would definitely recommend! Really great!

Took the Beyond Bizarre tour and we liked it so much that we went back the next day for the underground Portland tour, Brick and John are amazing tour guides! I would definitely recommend taking a tour here we learned a lot and had fun!!

I think everyone who travels to Portland, OR with a taste for the paranormal needs to try the Beyond Bizarre Tour. Stevie was our guide and made the experience awesome! The basement was SO creepy and I enjoyed walking Old Town Portland while Stevie showed us some creepy murder sites. I will be doing this again. I highly recommend this tour :)

Grace, our tour leader, was educational and enlightening. Time spent well on this tour. So was the office. I showed up on the wrong day (my fault) and they fixed my mistake and my ticket.

Lots of fun. Cool stories of Portland.

Had a great time on the adults only beyond bizarre tour, definitely worth the price, brick was our tour guide and you could tell he actually enjoyed what he does for a living, and that made the experience that much more enjoyable

The chocolate decadence tour with Dianne was amazing! Great chocolates and great facts about chocolate and about Portland.

Alison was the best! Her vast history knowledge and fun personality makes us want to go again! We loved having the EMF detectors too. Big fun for the whole family! Thank you Alison!

For the Beyond Bizarre tour - Tyler was very entertaining & a good storyteller. A lot of fun.

My husband, his parents, and I all went on the Underground Portland tour and had a great time. It was full of both fun and serious information and was definitely the highlight of their trip to Portland. My husband and I have lived in Portland for 7 years, but we learned so much about Portland that we never knew. I would highly recommend this for anyone curious about Portlands history.

Best park of my trip to Portland. Our tour guide Jonah was excellent. He was incredibly knowledgeable about the towns history. The stories were memorable and enthralling. We left home wanting to know more about Portlands history.

My son and I live in Tualatin, a nearby suburb of Portland. Even with some knowledge about downtown Portland, we were engaged and entertained by our Best of Portland tour. Our tourguide, Grace, was enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and humorous. We highly recommend this tour to PDX visitors and locals alike.

Fantastic walking food tour with the dearest guide, Herb Spice. Thank you for sharing such a deep knowledge, stories and history about your lovely city! I urge everyone to take the 2:00pm tour and ask for Herb, tell him Brenda from Maine sent you....

Did best of Portland, Damon was great high recommend a tour.

If you have absolutely nothing else to do in Portland, do this. I did the Beyond Bizarre Ghost Tour and it was incredibly pointless and boring. Spent 30 minutes in the basement then another 30 in a parking lot. The highlight of the tour was getting a box of Vodoo doughnuts at the end. The tour also claims to be 2 hours long when it is without picking up doughnuts, and the long time in a basement and parking lot is at best 1 hour.

I went on the best of Portland tour. I went into it very skeptical, but came out wondering why, as a Portland-area resident, I hadnt gone on this tour much earlier.Our guide whose name escapes me (a younger gentleman) was astounding. We went ahead of another group so I could tell that the material presented was the same between groups, but he added interactivity & a true passion to his tour.The content was absolutely informative and unlike the Shanghai tour (not by this company) that I took the night before, the facts presented were... facts! Skip the shanghai tour and hit this one instead. Well worth the money.

Extremely knowledgeable tour guides

A very passionate local historian took us on the Underground tour. Learned a ton about the seedy past that Portland had to offer, not much to do with it actually being underground, but the tour guide had very good explanations with the urban myths surrounding the shanghai tunnels and the art of crimping. Very knowledgeable fellow, and great to listen to.

Fun, informative...and pretty damn cool.

I heard about the beyond bizarre tour and we decided to take it. It was a big disappointment.He talked about EMP detecter that gave us for 30 minuts, We were supposed to find Gosts during our tour with them , then for 45 Minuts walked us on the street pointing to some old “haunted” buildings telling old stories, I saw some people were laughing at us the last 20 minuts he finally took us in the basement of their office and talked about different experiences other people had there and many more crazy things he did that it was clear that was not true like knocking on door and waiting for responses !!!! The basement was not big and had nasty air!!! . I barely could breath. If you have breathing problem or Asthma it will be a problem for you. I felt so stupid paying $20 per person to go and waste my time. I only give one star to them because in the middle of the tour he bought VOO DOO dounuts for everyone.

We had a blast doing the Portland walking tour. The guides were very knowledgable and you get a great walk. It last 2 hours and you get to see some great things around Portland.

A great way to learn about the history of Portland with some seriously friendly staff. Its a bit pricey, but worth it.

We went on a 2 1/2 hour Underground Tour of Portland and it was actually quite interesting but only 15 minutes was in a basement of a restaurant while the rest was walking in old town. I hate when tours misrepresent themselves because I was under the impression we would be touring HELLO underground! The tour guide loved the sound of his own voice and hurried us along so we finished in 2 hrs. which was actually a good thing!

I live in Portland, and recently did the Best of Portland tour. It was a nice introduction and orientation for tourists and newcomers, but it also included many things that I had never seen. The guide was full of interesting tips and tidbits, and was clearly as in love with this city as I am. Highly recommended. They also do tours focused on food, chocolate, and bizzare/creepy things, as well as custom tours for groups.

We loved it! I took my two 18 year olds and my wife on the late night tour, we had a blast, and it was over far too soon!!! Our tour guide, Justin, was Very well versed and hilarious!!! Oh! and the last digital picture I snapped in the darkened basement yielded a ghost orb!!!

My boyfriend and I reserved the Epicurean Excursion on May 26th and it was everything I hoped it would be! We met Alexis, our tour guide, along with a few other couples and began the tour. We ended up going to 9 places in total. Alexis, who is masterful at walking backwards so she could face the group, was informative, light-hearted, and showed a genuine passion for her work. She really made the experience even more fun and enjoyable! A few highlights, because I dont want to give the whole tour away, included drinking chocolate, beer, wine, asparagus & blue cheese pizza, panuchos, and so much more! Every tour and every experience is different. If you love food and drinks, I dont think you can go wrong with choosing to do this. I know Ill be doing it again when I visit Portland again. Thanks Alexis!

It is ok. Nice, a lot of talking, not that much walking. I cut in the middle

Absolutely wonderful. Definitely would recommend. We went on the 2pm underground tour. My daughter and I are happy we went. We learned a great deal about Portland.

The culinary tour is excellent - fun, quirky and tasty. The chocolate tour is disappointing; not nearly as interesting. the first 10-15 minutes are spent in a classroom setting learning about chocolate (yawn....)

Johan was a good story teller and had a great deal to tell, I personally would have liked to see a bit more of the city while walking around, but I knew that the tour was only 1 mile walking. This really gave some flavor to our trip to Portland.

Great guide and a unique selection of food. I would recommend these tours to anyone wanting to get to know Portland.

I had a really great time on this tour. The guide was a great story teller. This a MUST SEE tour

We booked 4 adults on the Beyond Bizarre Tour in downtown Portland two days after the election! I know what you guys are thinking, how was the Anti-Trump Protestors? Haha...From booking to the end Portland Walking Tour as a company excelled! David and Tori was helpful in our booking, Tori was efficient and friendly while David was very reassuring later when we called to ask about how the protestors rioting because of the election will be affecting the Tour. Our tour guide, Alison, is a great story teller. It also is awesome that she graduated with a History major in college. She is knowledgeable and informative in every aspect of the Beyond Bizarre Tour. She gave us tons of information including how EMF works, the real history of Portland and true events that happened in her tours. Halfway through the Tour, we saw the riot come our way, she was quick on her feet and turned us back to the building and quickly found an alternative. We felt safe and well taken care of! We then continued the Tour once the coast is clear and it felt like we didnt even miss part of the tour.We will definitely use this company again when friends and family come to visit! Hands down the best service we have ever gotten from a Tour company!

BORING. Walked for almost 2 hours, the leader just related bull crap 2nd hand oh my god someone got shot on a downtown street corner!! Theres no hunting associated with this, complete false advertising. Waste of money, will be trying to get a refund. Also, did not feel safe on these streets, in any way. Stay away

This wasnt as great as I anticipated. We went on the 21+ Bizarre Portland Ghost tour and I was definitely glad we got tipsy before it. I guess you could say the spirits were dead that night. LoL! If you have a good group & tour guide, it could definitely be fun, but the mix we had were boring. At least we got VD donuts & it ends close to a lot of clubs so we could party afterwards!

He did an amazing job. Kept things fun and lots of interesting information about the city.

So much fun

I was in Portland last week (early May 2017) and signed up for two walking tours. The first was the Beyond Bizarre Portland Tour where we hung in a dark old basement with low ceilings and voltmeter for 45 minutes trying to find a ghost, and spending another 15 minutes wandering around a supposedly haunted parking lot (yes a parking lot). At every site we went to (about five sites), we found nothing. The whole tour was a complete waste of money and was just about a tour guide telling not very scary ghost stories and buying us Voodoo Donuts at the end of the tour. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND AVOIDING THIS TOUR and think its a complete rip off. The second tour I took was the Chocolate Decadence Tour. Our group went to 4 chocolate shops and a restaurant (two chocolate shops were owned by the same chain - Cacao) capped off by a tour of oil/balsamic vinegar shop, which really had nothing to do with chocolate (unless you think drinking chocolate balsamic vinegar is something amazing (it was gross.) I felt the tour guide was being lazy taking us to the same chain of chocolate shops twice (Cacao) and not even taking us to a chocolate shop at the last stop especially since there are many chocolate shops in Portland. We also did not get to see anyone making chocolates, which is what I was hoping to see. Both my friend and I were disappointed with both these tours and we both said we wouldnt recommend either of them. I do recommend a visit to Cacao and drinking pure chocolate.

Here is the description of the tour from their website:For some, the highlight is the portion of the tour where we venture below the citys streets to see if the equipment can locate Nina, a former working girl who is known to haunt the 1885 Merchant Hotel. For others, its getting the real dope on downtown hauntings. This walking tour offers an in depth view into the reality of Ghost Hunting and not the drama that you see on TV. We constantly hear back from guests who call this tour a Ghost Hunting 101 training session and who were trilled to get an understanding of all the different types of hauntings including Residuals, Object Hauntings and Poltergeists.The highlighted part of the tour comes at the very end and lasts about 20 minutes. There was no in-depth view into ghost hunting. We got handed EMF monitors and no description of the different types of hauntings. Our guide, Justin, was hard to hear, rushed us through and said Ummm a lot. We heard a lot of interesting history about Portland, but this tour wasnt even Bizarre, let alone, Beyond Bizarre. I didnt appreciate the cavalier attempt to make humor out of the tale of the Japanese who were rounded up and shipped out to other locations while their land was stolen. I thought it was pretty disrespectful.Unfortunately I feel totally ripped off. Skip this tour... We heard maybe 2 ghost stories. Ive scared myself better for free.

I did the Underground Portland walking tour yesterday. It is known as the Worst of Portland Tour opposite the Best of Portland tour. We learned about the debauchery and early crime that happened in the underground scene. It begins in the mid 19th century and goes until the mid 20th. I thought our walking guide did a fair job. The problem I have with the tour is that I expected much more of it to be underground. I learned on the History Channel all about the underground (literally) culture of smuggling, prostitution, etc. I thought wed get to see more historically preserved scenes that took place underground. In the end, the last 20 minutes of the tour goes in the basement of the building Portland Walking Tours occupies. It is just a dark room with newly boarded walls and a clean concrete floor. Theres not much to see down there at all. In the end, I was disappointed with the experience, but maybe its because I didnt fully understand it going into it.

Great tour! Will do it again next time in Portland.

One of their your guides assaulted a guide of a rival company in public! Shame.

Fun and informative.

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