Still haven't finished (started?) your holiday shopping? Still have some hard-to-buy for folks on your holiday shopping list?

Portland Walking Tours can help... (would the Little Drummer boy please give us a drum roll? ...) with Gift Certificates!

Gift Certificates from Portland Walking Tours allow you to give the gift of fun, delicious food and flexibility - all year round.

Whether you're buying for Ebenezer or Tiny Tim, a gift from Portland Walking Tours can fill the bill.

Our Best of Portland tour would make gentle Bob Cratchit proud, while Scrooge might prefer tales of a seedier nature on the Underground Portland tour. The Ghosts of Christmas past, present and future would, of course, opt for the spooky Beyond Bizarre tour.

Looking for yummables to leave Santa? Try our food tours. The Epicurean Excursion is a veritable holiday feast. The Flavor Street food cart tour will fill any sleigh - and not even The Grinch could turn down a scrumptious Chocolate Decadence tour.

Can't decide? No problem! Buy an "any-tour" gift and let your happy recipient apply your selected value to the tour of their choosing.

It's Easy!

Here's the best part:  you can shop from the comfort of your own easy chair. Filling stockings with a gift certificate from Portland Walking Tours are a snap!

Shop today and we'll email you the gift certificate electronically in about 24 hours. Just click, print, and stuff.

Buy-local Giving Guide:
Think Globally, Shop Locally

• beautiful Pendleton blankets, sweaters and scarves


• Oregon-grown hazelnuts, fruits, and organic meats and produce


• Locally-produced jams, cheeses, baked goods, honey, and fresh or smoked salmon


• Fresh, locally roasted coffee


• Gluten-free baking goods and cereals from Bob's Red Mill


• Tickets to shows at Portland Center Stage, the Portland Art Museum, Powell's books and Oregon Ballet Theater, bringing us culture on a working stiff's budget


• Beers from the 51 local craft breweries in the city and the 100+ in the state such as McMenamin's, Widmer Brothers and Hair of the Dog Brewing (and don't forget our 400+ wineries)


• The Made in Oregon store, whose collection of locally-produced goods extends far beyond what any one article can list

• Your money stays local, supporting our economy and creating jobs that in turn may support your own business


• It reduces costs, energy use, environmental impact and the load on the transportation system


• It supports the "Oregon Story" - our regional leadership in promoting creative self-sufficiency and entrepreneurship.


• It helps support a vibrant downtown core, essential to the health of a great city.

Get on a tour with Herb Spice, and you’ve reduced your degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon to one.

Our own in-house “Animal House” actor and self-described “Street Theater Director” boasts the perfect name for leading the Epicurean Excursion, his favorite tour, as well as our private “Beervana” and other specialty tours.

“I love Oregon,” Herb says. Born and bred in Eugene, where he got his "Animal House" opportunity, he moved to New York City in 1980 where he discovered that “…much of America thinks Oregon is a mysterious state, as do I. When I moved back to Portland, I wanted to share my love of the area with anyone who would listen.” Since 2008, Herb has found more than his share of avid listeners on Portland Walking Tours.

Herb’s reputation for enthusiastic story-telling – in particular, about Portland’s food scene and its “greenosity” – makes him much-loved on the Epicurean tour. “The food is the star,” he says. He credits our vendor partners (aka “food buddies”) with showing true passion for the attitude and energy that sustains the creative food culture in Portland. “Visitors and locals are both astounded by the quality and vision of our ‘fooditude’,” he says.

And Herb has stories. Example: “A few years back, an elderly gentleman was intently interested in the food we were sampling from Aybla Grill. I was concentrating on describing the food. A woman in our group said, ‘That’s Harrison Ford! And he looks hungry.’  I gave her an extra falafel and she rushed it to him.  He accepted it, ate it, and thanked us. Best tips I’ve ever gotten on a tour!”

Pretty cool, huh? Now Indiana Jones is only one degree of separation from Kevin Bacon, too.