Secret Portland, Oregon 2010

Portland, the secret gem of the West Coast, is almost too good to be true.
Imagine a city where a bookstore occupies an entire city block. A city where
brewing beer has been elevated to an art form; a city containing both the
world's smallest dedicated park and largest forested city wilderness. No sales
tax, old-fashioned gas stations, the only volcano within city limits, and a
world-renowned transit system. You would have to be imagining Portland, and
you wouldn't be dreaming. Secret Portland is the only guide that takes the
time to explore the city's scores of lesser-known treasures - the secrets that
make it a place worth dreaming about. Leading you to the spots that only
locals know, Secret Portland is readable, quirky, and intimate, exposing
little-known histories and legends, the best ethnic eateries, chicest cheap
hotels, and locally favoured nightspots. Don't miss the opportunity to watch
the weather machine in Pioneer Courthouse Square, choose a favourite blossom
at the International Rose Test Garden, ride the only three-door elevator west
of the Mississippi, or embark on an epic pub-crawl to the city's celebrated
microbreweries. Let Secret Portland show you a side of the city you'll never
forget. Secret Portland is the latest in the acclaimed and award-winning
Secret Guides series. To date, we've unlocked the secrets to New York,
Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Providence and Newport, Toronto, Ottawa,
Vancouver, and Montréal.