Getting there

Planes

Portland International Airport (PDX) is about a $30 taxi ride from downtown and is connected to nearly all major airports in the US. You can also fly direct from Frankfurt and Amsterdam (Northwest / Delta and Lufthansa respectively).

Trains

Just north of downtown, Union Station is a 15-minute walk from Pioneer Square. Amtrak (www.amtrak.com) serves Portland from all along the West Coast; there are three trains a day between Portland and Seattle. Coast Starlight (www.coaststarlight.com) runs the length of the Pacific coast from Los Angeles to Seattle.

Automobiles

Portland is an easy three-hour drive from Seattle down the freeway. Although the city’s public transport system | Tri-Met (www.trimet.org) is seen as an example to the rest of the US | you should consider renting a car (www.hertz.com or www.avis.com) if you want to zip off to the surrounding countryside.