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Portland’s Top 5 Spots


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00:00:01welcome to watchmojo.com I’m your host

00:00:03angeleka when planning your trip to

00:00:05Portland budget in some time to visit

00:00:07these five attractions number one the

00:00:10classical Chinese garden the garden

00:00:12occupies an entire city block near

00:00:14Chinatown and was conceived as a

00:00:16microcosm of the natural world the

00:00:18garden offers a series of composed

00:00:20vistas and vegetation the gardens

00:00:22official name land su yon means Garden

00:00:26of awakening organs number two the

00:00:28Oregon Zoo resting on 64 acres in

00:00:31Washington Park and providing shelter

00:00:33for more than 1,000 animals the zoo has

00:00:36become one of the state’s largest

00:00:37attractions animal habitats replicate

00:00:40natural environments and the zoo works

00:00:42diligently to protect endangered species

00:00:45and prevent threatened ones from

00:00:47becoming extinct attractions within the

00:00:49zoo includes sections that mimic the

00:00:51terrains of Africa Alaska the Amazon

00:00:54rainforest and the savanna number three

00:00:57the Portland saturday market looking for

00:00:59a souvenir for your travels or just an

00:01:01immediate taste of Portland head to the

00:01:03saturday market a weekend event that’s

00:01:05held in the city since 1970 for the

00:01:08market is perfect for gift shopping or

00:01:10just absorbing the sights and sounds of

00:01:12Portland and people watching number 4

00:01:15forest park it’s the country’s largest

00:01:17urban forest located within the city

00:01:19encompass a more than 5,000 acres it’s

00:01:23filled with 40 miles of hiking and

00:01:25equestrian trails the park can be found

00:01:27on the eastern portion of the northwest

00:01:29hills and it’s only 10 minutes from

00:01:31downtown if you’re a wildlife lover it’s

00:01:33almost guaranteed that you’ll catch

00:01:35glimpses of an abundance of local

00:01:37and fauna number five Governor Tom

00:01:39McCall’s waterfront park even in bad

00:01:42weather a multitude of people congregate

00:01:44along the waterfront and on nice days

00:01:46families bikers bladers and joggers all

00:01:50find a way to coexist peacefully

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