For over 20 years, Pamela Lanier's Portland, Oregon Travel Guide has been your connection to Portland's tourism community with invaluable details on local attractions, restaurants, shopping, museums, history, outdoor recreation and more.
Festivals
Bed and breakfast travelers will find that Portland is an incredibly festive city. With annual festivals that certainly appeal to just about every interest, there is sure to be an activity right up your alley. The Oregon Seafood & Wine Festival, held in the middle of Dungeness crab season, is a culinary feast celebrating the seafood and wines of the region.
The annual Rose Festival lasts more than one week and includes a Grand Floral Parade, Concert in the Park, Rose Festival Queen’s Coronation, and Grand Floral Walk. Portland is known as the City of Roses, and this event brings out the best the city has to offer! Yoshida’s Sand in the City brings more than 450 tons of sand to the city to be sculpted by local companies and organizations and then shown on display over the weekend. Live music, kids’ crafts, and a giant sandbox for children make this a perfectly pleasing event for bed and breakfast travelers planning to bring the whole family.
Known by many as one of the finest craft beer festivals in the world, the annual Oregon Brewers Festival pours brews from more than 73 breweries during this four-day event. Don’t miss the food lover’s paradise at the annual Bite of Oregon where bed and breakfast travelers will be tempted and seduced by delicacies from more than two dozen restaurants and a wine and beer garden. For those seeking a brilliant display of Christmas lights, the end of the year isn’t complete in Portland without the annual Christmas Ships Parade on the Columbia and Willamette Rivers when almost sixty boats decorated for the season are out on the water every night for two weeks; a sensational way to celebrate the season and prepare to ring in the New Year.
Bed and breakfast travelers from all over visit Portland for their unique and lively festivals, which are always bustling with friendly locals and visitors. If you plan to come to Portland during one of these festivities, be sure to reserve a stay at a Portland bed and breakfast. Your bed and breakfast innkeeper will provide information about local festivals, as well as local restaurants, shopping centers, and more. The people of Portland, as well as the comforting accommodations of your Portland bed and breakfast, adds to the warm ambiance that you will get no where other than in Portland.
