The Best Hotels in Portland, Oregon

The second Ace Hotel and the first step of the oh-so-cool brand’s expansion toward hipster world dominion, the Ace Hotel Portland can arguably claim to have almost single-handedly launched the current boutique hotel craze. Though it sounds...

Don’t let Portland’s low-key, outdoorsy-hipster vibe fool you: the Heathman Hotel is as grown-up and refined as they come. Opened in 1927 as an expansion of one of the city’s grande dame hotels, the Heathman has been the height...

If Portland doesn’t conjure up images of silver-screen glamour, well, think again. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the 100-year-old former Mallory Hotel has been reimagined as an homage to Old Hollywood, complete with...

Constructed in 1909, the building housing the Hotel Lucia may be old by Portland standards, but it has been a place of innovation since the beginning. Originally built by a successful German immigrant as an expansion of his popular Imperial Hotel,...

When was the last time you stayed at a Days Inn? Stay at the Hotel Modera and it won’t have been quite as long ago as you imagine. Yep, this hip, downtown Portland boutique hotel was built in the 1960s as a classic Days Inn, but its retro...

“Put a bird on it.” The design team at this downtown Portland hotel took that directive from a satirical Portlandia sketch very literally. The whimsically decorated and charmingly stylish boutique hotel pays homage to Oregon’s...

Sure, the Hotel Vintage is vintage (it was built in 1894 as the Hotel Imperial, one of Portland’s most iconic grande dames, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places), but its name is dedicated to another kind of vintage: the...

Look past twee, hipster Portland and you’ll discover there’s another side to the city, one that’s fun and bold, a little bit silly, a little bit homey, and not concerned with how many “Top 10” lists it makes. Welcome...

So maybe spending the night in your classroom wasn’t exactly a childhood dream, but how about drinking cocktails in the auditorium, smoking cigars in the detention room, playing pool in the boiler room, or even brewing beer on school...

It’s not hard to take a dilapidated, old grande dame and revitalize it, to bring it into the 21st century. Slap an impressive-sounding, forward-looking name on it and do a paint-by-numbers renovation to turn it into yet another vaguely...

When you visit a too-cool-for-school city like Portland—you know, full of hipster artists and musicians who spend their days sipping artisan espresso, brewing craft beer, and going for long bike rides through postcard-worthy...

Portland isn’t exactly the kind of city that’s known for being “fancy.” Which made it a bold move for the Starwood Luxury Collection to add a sleek 15th floor on top of the iconic Meier & Frank department store building...