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During your Portland vacation, don't miss these great establishments and attractions:
24-Hour Church of Elvis/Where's the Art?
This is Portland's longtime temple of kitsch, the city's most bizarre attraction. Coin-operated art, a video psychic, cheap (though not legal) weddings, and other absurd assemblages, interactive displays, and kitschy contraptions (such as the Vend-O-Matic Mystery Machine with whirling dolls' heads) cram this second-floor oddity. As celebrity-spokes-model/minister S. G. Pierce says, "the tour is the art form." If you pass the customer test, you can even buy a Church of Elvis T-shirt. Great fun if you're a fan of Elvis, tabloids, or the unusual; and if you've seen Elvis anytime in the past decade, a visit is absolutely mandatory.
Portland Art Museum
While this relatively small art museum has a respectable collection of European, Asian, and American art, the museum has in recent years been positioning itself as the Northwest stop for touring blockbuster exhibits. Scheduled June 1 to September 22, 2002, is "Splendors of Imperial Japan (Arts of the Meiji Period from the Khalili Collection);" and, from August 17 to December 1, 2002, the museum will be showing "Grandma Moses in the 21st Century." An expansion a couple of years ago added several new galleries and a small sculpture court to the museum. The galleries of Native American art and Northwest art are now the museum's most impressive displays. October through May, on Wednesday nights, the Museum After Hours program presents live music. The adjacent Northwest Film Center is affiliated with the Art Museum and shows an eclectic mix of films.
End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center
With its three Paul Bunyan-size wagons parked in the middle of Abernethy Green (the official end of the Oregon Trail), this interpretive center is impossible to miss. Inside the first of the giant wagons, you'll find an exhibit hall, hands-on area, and gift shop. After looking around this first wagon, you'll then be led through the next one by costumed interpreters who explain the difficulties of provisioning for the overland trek. The third wagon houses a multimedia presentation based on three Oregon Trail diaries.
Hotel Lucia
Nominated by Conde Nast Traveler magazine as one of the 80 best new hotels in the world. Portland's "hippest" boutique hotel. 127 guestrooms all individually appointed, with custom made pillow top mattresses, luxury linens, pillow menus, high speed wireless internet access, CD players, plush robes, private bar and Aveda bath ...
Four Points by Sheraton Portland Downtown
Nearby Airport: * Portland International Airport - 9 Miles Nearby Cities: * Raleigh Hills - 3 Miles * Beaverton - 5 Miles * Milwaukie - 5 Miles * Happy Valley - 6 Miles * Clackamas - 7 Miles * St Johns - 7 Miles * Tigard - 7 Miles * Gladstone - 8 Miles * Lake Oswego - 8 Miles * West Linn - 9 Miles * Gresham - 10 Miles * Oregon City - 10 Miles * Vancouver - 10 Miles * Wilsonville - 10 Miles ...
Doubletree Hotel & Executive Meeting Center Portland-Lloyd Center
Within walking distance of the Oregon Convention Center, the Rose Garden Arena and Memorial Coliseum. Just 20 minutes from the airport. Across the street from the fabulous Lloyd Center Mall, featuring over 200 stores, 18 movie theatres and an ice skating rink. Adjacent to the MAX light rail system which is fareless to most downtown locations and costs just $1.55 each way to the airport. The Oregon Museum of Science and Industy and Washington Park Zoo are nearby. Our 476 ...
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