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Self Guided Solo "Weird and Wonderful Portland" Walking Tour in Old Town

Self Guided Solo "Weird and Wonderful Portland" Walking Tour in Old Town

Overview

On this weird and wonderful tour of Portland you will go to all that is uniquely Portland. This tour is a Solo Smart Phone / Self Guided Tour on the WalknTours app. Go anytime, at your own pace and speed. Stop and start whenever you want. Take it anytime, once you unlock the tour in the WalknTours app it never expires.

On the tour you’ll discover the best spots to eat, it’s ghostly residents that haunt its halls, the Shanghai tunnels that run under the streets, why the Portland sign used to fill up with sugar and everything that makes Portland weird and wonderful including it’s annual zombie walk. After the tour you’ll be more Portlandia than the TV show. Oh, Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein are going to be jealous.

Please follow the instructions in the booking email to unlock the tour. You will need to,
1. Get the WalknTours app
2.Register and use the experience code in step 3 of your ticket/booking email to unlock the tour
3. Go to Old Town Pizza.

City: Portland

Sun 22 Dec

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Starting at $5.50

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Sun 22 Dec

Starting at $5.50

Make a reservation

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What's Included

Recap tour you can take after taking the in person tour

Smartphone Guided Walking tour on the WalknTours app

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
This is a Solo Smart Phone / Self Guided Tour on the WalknTours app. You go at your own pace and interact or don't as much as you want.

What To Expect

Chinatown Gate

The Chinatown Gates are the entrance to Portland’s Old Chinatown. These gates were built in Taiwan as a gesture of goodwill from the Chinese community and then shipped to Portland where they were presented to the city in 1986.

Portland Oregon Sign

Since its installation, the sign has changed quite often, depending on who owned the building at the time. If you saw the sign in 1950, it read “White Satin Sugar" and was animated to show the state filling with sugar.

Skidmore Fountain

The Skidmore Fountain was named after Stephen G. Skidmore, a wealthy druggist who bequeathed $5,000 for a fountain to provide drinking water for humans, horses, and dogs, not necessarily in that order. It’s Portland's oldest piece of public art.

Kells Irish Restaurant & Pub

The Kells Irish Pub has been serving food and drink since 1983 and while it has not been here very long the building it’s housed in has stood for over a century and Kells has been named one of the most haunted places in Oregon.

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Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Reviews (2)

kerin_B

Aug 2022

The app worked well and the stories were interesting, however the areas in which this tour takes people definitely appear to be unsafe. Drug deals on corners, homeless shanties etc were all passed on the way to another site.

Response from Host

Aug 2022

Thank you for the update! When we made this tour, we did not have issues, and we have heard that the City is clearing out the homeless encampments in Old Town. But this is a great note for anyone in or going to Portland, they have a very serious homeless crisis at the moment and many areas of the city have people sleeping on the streets, and some are drug users. Please do be careful, this is a big city and in any city, there are potential dangers. I would suggest only going to Old Town during day light hours. Thank you for the review!

Natalie W

Apr 2022

The walk n tour app continued to glitch the entire tour. It would buffer, skip over certain sections, automatically play despite being paused second prior- just awful. The tour was fine, random selection of sites, maybe it would’ve been more enjoyable if the app wasn’t a absolute nightmare to use

Response from Host

Apr 2022

If you could email me at [email protected] I'll look into this. There is a chance you did not turn on the location settings. Since this is a GPS guided tour, we do need your location to guide you. If you do shut that off, then the app will ask for it in order to guide you. To note, I have not heard of this issue. And many took this same tour the same day you did.