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Portland - Smile4Travel | Reiseblog aus den USA

Tulips, Lavender & Dahlia: A local’s guide to flower fields and festivals in Oregon

Oregon sunflower field

Pink cherry blossoms, multi-colored tulips, purple lavender fields: Oregon is home to some of the Pacific Northwest’s most beautiful flower fields. This article will guide you through the different blooming season, locations of Oregon’s most beautiful flower fields, and dates for flower festivals near Portland.

Things to do in Portland in December

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It’s Holiday Season: 15+ Festive Things to do in Portland in December

Happy December! It’s the holiday season in Portland with Christmas trees being lit, holiday lights installed throughout the city, holiday markets popping up, and inviting you to shop local to support your favorite small businesses. The remaining days of the year are truly magical and these holiday events will for sure brighten up your days and evenings.

Herbstfarben in Portland, Oregon

11 min

18 spots to enjoy epic fall colors in Portland, Oregon

Visiting Oregon in autumn and want to catch some fall colors in Portland? You are lucky! Portland is a very green city: Tree-lined streets, greenspaces, public parks, and extensive gardening of the residents make the city the perfect place to enjoy Portland’s fall colors without even leaving the city limits.

Lavendelfelder in Oregon, USA

8 min

20 Lavender fields in Oregon – from Portland to Hood River Valley

Endless, purple blooming carpets of lavender can only be found in France and the most beautiful lavender fields are located in Valensole? That’s only half the truth. Lavender doesn’t only grow in Europe, but also in the US. Some of the most beautiful lavender fields in Oregon are located in the Hood River Valley

Pacific City, eine der schönsten Küstenstädte Oregons

11 min

Charming Oregon Coast Towns near Portland

Planning a trip to the Oregon Coast? Then beaches, lighthouses, viewpoints, and coastal hikes are probably part of your itinerary already. Besides the natural wonders, Oregon is home to charming coastal towns that are worth stopping by. In this article, you’ll find a description of Oregon coast towns from North to South, plus a list of things to do nearby. Also included: a recommendation on where to stay on each part of the Oregon Coast.

Oregon Wine Country Wochenendtrip ab Portland

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Oregon Wine Country – the perfect weekend trip from Portland

Looking for a weekend trip from Portland that isn’t a forest, the coast, or snowy peaks, but a culinary highlight? Then the Oregon Wine Country is your choice! 877 vineyards and 676 wineriesm are located in the Willamette Valley between Portland and Eugene.

Wintereinbruch in Portland, Oregon

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Snow in Portland: Urban skiing & sledging for groceries

Snowfall in Portland is a rare event. But whenever it happens it turns the city upside down. Nobody moves their cars, instead everybody is skiing in the city and sledging for groceries.

St. Johns Bridge von oben, Ridge Trail Portland

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The best Urban Hikes in Portland, Oregon

Thanks to huge recreational areas like Forest Park, Washington Park, more than 150 developed city parks, tree-lined streets as well as the river banks of Willamette and Columbia River – Portland, Oregon is one of the greenest cities in the US. No doubt that urban hikes have to be an essential part of every Portland itinerary.

fall foliage Oregon

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Fall in the Pacific Northwest: Things to-do & go-to destinations

Hiking through colorful fall foliage, farm visits, pumpkin patches, Halloween and Thanksgiving, soaking in natural hot springs, cuddling up in front of a campfire and enjoying the weekend in a cozy cabin in the woods. The opportunities for fall activities in the Pacific Northwest are as diverse as the geography of the upper left USA itself.

Getaway House Portland

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Getaway Portland: Glamping in the Pacific Northwest

Who doesn’t want to get away from the ordinary, hectic daily routine and take a break from the city, technology and work from time to time? And who wouldn’t like the idea of relaxing in the woods and at the same time enjoying all amenities that a cozy cabin brings? For sure it made me feel really excited about Getaway Portland

Cherry Blossom Portland Oregon

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The best spots to witness cherry blossom in Portland, Oregon

The Portland Waterfront is one of the most popular spots in Oregon to see cherry blossoms each spring. But the city has many more places where you can go for hanami.

Portland Japanese Garden

9 min

A Japanese inspired day in Portland, Oregon

Separated by thousands of miles by the Pacific Ocean Portland, Oregon, and Tokyo, Japan, have more in common than you might think. Mount Hood and Mount Fuji, Portland Japanese Garden and many Japanese restaurants and cafés make it easy to travel in time and space and spend a Japanese inspired day in Portland, Oregon

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Portland October activities: pumpkin patch, fall foliage & Halloween

I cannot believe how time flies! It almost feels like it´s only been some weeks ago that we were looking for a cooling dip into Oregon´s mountain lakes. Now it´s…

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I’m a German photographer, storyteller & travel addict. I now call the U.S. home and Portland, (Oregon) my travel hub. After having lived in China and Europe you can now usually find me exploring the PNW with a camera in hand. Let’s wander and get lost together!

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