Portland Hilton and Executive Tower

For my second trip to Portland in two weekends I decided to change it up a little and stay at a different hotel to experience a different part of the city and see what other options there are in the city. If you haven't already, make sure you check out JD's review of our room at the Embassy Suites from the first trip.

This trip Kelsey, my parents and I stayed at the Hilton Portland and Executive Tower. The hotel is located in an awesome position downtown with almost direct links to the tram system so you really don't need a car. The building is split into two separate towers, the regular tower and the executive tower, which are located across an intersection from each other. If you bring a car, call ahead and see which building you are in because each has a separate parking structure. You can valet park for $32 per night or self park for $22 per night.

We arrived at the regular tower and were told that we had been placed in the Executive Tower so we went around the block and checked in to the second building. The Executive Tower is all upgraded rooms and takes up floors 11-20 of the building. Our rooms were located on the 17th floor at the end of the hallway and were both "Executive Kings."

When you walk into the room it looks like a basic king. It seems the only difference between the Executive rooms and the regular rooms is a bit more space and a higher floor for a better view (more on that later).

Right on the right when you enter is the bathroom, which was quite small and basic....nothing special here.

Bathroom

Bathroom

 Past the bathroom is the main bedroom with the king bed on the right side and a night stand on either side...as always it's great to see the lamps with outlets next to the bed to plug in phones. To the right of the bed was a chair and a table that can serve as a sitting area.

Bed and Sitting Area

 Across from the bed is the tv, dresser and desk with chair.

TV, Dresser and Desk/Chair

 The room overall was very basic, but the view more than made up for it. The beautiful and clear day made the view of Mt. Hood (Edit: Originally put Mt. Baker in my addled 3 hrs of sleep state) absolutely stunning from our room (sorry my picture doesn't capture the beauty as well as it could..just have to go visit!).

 
The hotel offers breakfast in their restaurant on the ground level and for Gold/Diamond HHonors members the option is for a continental breakfast off of the buffet.

There was nothing special about the hotel, it is the consistency of look and feel you would expect from a Hilton. But its location in downtown Portland and the ease of access to the city it's the perfect place to stay!

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Two Weekends and Two Trips to Portland...What Should We Do?

Last week United plugged in an amazing fare from Washington, D.C. to Portland ranging from $171-193 which average out to a great cents per mile that we don't usually see in DC on UA. I jumped on one fare last week for March with Kelsey and my parents are going to drive down from Seattle to visit us, which I could not be more excited about.

But today my friend Joe texted me and said that the deal was still around for the weekend before that and asked if I would want to go again. After going back and forth a few times and moved what I had scheduled for that weekend around I had the itch and I knew that I had to go...I couldn't miss out on this fare and I couldn't miss out on a trip with friends. Joe texted JD in the meantime and he jumped on it with us so we are going to have a nice guys weekend up in the Pacific Northwest!

Even though I lived in Seattle for a few years before going off to college I only made it down to Portland a few times so I don't really know what we should do (besides the obvious Powell's Books and Voodoo Doughnut) so we need your help! Do you live in Portland? Have you been to Portland recently? What can we not miss? Where should we stay? We are at your will and need your help!!!

Until then...I'll just be dreaming of a delicious doughnut and a nice cold glass of microbrew!