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During your Portland vacation, don't miss these great establishments and attractions:
Portland Saturday Market
The Portland Saturday Market (actually held on both Sat-Sun) is arguably the city's single most important and best-loved event. For years the Northwest has attracted artists and craftspeople, and every Saturday and Sunday nearly 300 of them can be found selling their creations here. In addition to the dozens of crafts stalls, you'll find ethnic and unusual foods and lots of free entertainment. This is one of the best places in Portland to shop for one-of-a-kind gifts. The atmosphere is always cheerful and the crowds colorful. Located at the heart of the Skidmore District, Portland Saturday Market makes an excellent starting or finishing point for a walk around Portland's downtown historic neighborhood. Don't miss this unique market. On Sunday, on-street parking is free.
Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden
Nowhere do rhododendrons do better than in the cool, rainy Northwest, and nowhere in Portland is there a more impressive planting of rhodies than at Crystal Springs. Eight months out of the year this is a tranquil garden, with a waterfall, a lake, and ducks to feed. But when the rhododendrons and azaleas bloom from March to June, it becomes a spectacular mass of blazing color. The Rhododendron Show and Plant Sale is held here on Mother's Day weekend.
Oregon Maritime Center and Museum
Inside this museum you'll find models of ships that once plied the Columbia and Willamette. Also on display are early navigation instruments, artifacts from the battleship Oregon, old ship hardware, and other maritime memorabilia. The historic steam-powered sternwheeler Portland, moored across Waterfront Park from the museum, is also open to the public. Inside this old steam-powered paddle-wheel tugboat there are more displays about maritime history, and docents are on hand to answer questions about the boat itself.
Embassy Suites Hotel Portland-Downtown
The Embassy Suites Portland Downtown is located in the Historic Multnomah Hotel. Established in an age of grace and beauty, it maintains all the style and elegance of its storied past while offering all the appointments and services you would expect to find in this first class contemporary hotel. Portland Intl Airport 9 MI SW, Airport shuttle - fee. Downtown 0 MI N, walking distance - free. Union Station Amtrak 1 MI S, walking distance - ...
Red Lion Hotel on the River - Jantzen Beach
Perched on the scenic Columbia River the hotel is situated just west of I-5 at the north end of Portland. It is loacted 12 minutes west of the Portland International Airport, 10 minutes north of downtown Portland, and just across the river from Vancouver, ...
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