Download the activity provider's app, which is your personal tour guide, audio tour, and map all in one. Once downloaded, your walking tour of Portland begins at the Visit Portland Information Center.
Walk through the gorgeously preserved architecture of the city's downtown and listen to tales of its heroes, like Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and suffragist Augusta Hunt, who didn't take “no” for an answer. Stop by the Our Lady of Victories statue, a tribute to the Portlanders who perished in the Civil War. Revisit the Battle of Portland Harbor, when the Confederates launched a major assault on Portland. Relive a tale of deceit and determination. The walking tour concludes in Old Port.
Begin the driving portion of your tour on Commercial Street. Discover how Portland became Canada's “winter port” for wheat. Find out how the original wharves and waterfront were buried in earth. Pass the Western Cemetery; among the prominent Portlanders buried there are poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's parents. Heading up the Western Promenade, proceed past Portland's most elegant and graceful Victorian-era mansions.
Take in the views from the Cadillac Mountain Overlook. As the journey continues, learn about the local fauna, from beavers to peregrine falcons and beyond. Be introduced to characters like the radio-obsessed tycoon Alessandro Fabbri and John D. Rockefeller Jr. Finally, ascend the majestic Cadillac Mountain which is rife with geological history, going back to the dinosaurs.
