Portland City and Lighthouse Tour
- 1h 45m
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
The most comprehensive tour of Portland! Hop on board a trolley and relax as we show you around. The tour covers all of our most famous sights on the Portland peninsula. Towards the end of the tour, we make a 20-30 minute stop out at Portland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth.
Inclusions
What's included
- Fully narrated tour
Itinerary
Built in 1807, this historic maritime signal tower is the only known surviving tower of it's type in the United States.
Located on Congress Street, it's the oldest standing structure on the Portland peninsula and the childhood home of American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Built in 1860, it's recognized as one of the finest examples of large Italianate brownstone in the United States.
The largest and oldest public art institution in Maine, the collection consists of over 18,000 artworks from Andy Warhol to Winslow Homer to Claude Monet.
Commissioned by George Washington, it's the oldest lighthouse in Maine and is still operational.
Home to Fort Allen Park and scenic, sweeping views of Casco Bay
Main shopping district home to independent boutiques and cafes, cobblestone streets.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
4.8
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Know before you go
- Meeting point
- The middle window in a blue and white building marked Long Wharf.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Group size
- Up to 30 travellers
- Operated by
- Portland Discovery Land & Sea Tours
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Portland
- Its from-price is 29% below the median of the 92 experiences we list in Portland.
- Its length is typical for the group.
- By number of reviews it ranks 2 of 92.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Portland
Portland is Maine's largest city, a working harbour on Casco Bay with a cobbled old port, a lighthouse and a celebrated food scene.
Portland sits on a hilly peninsula in Casco Bay, a working harbour with fishing boats, ferries and a historic district, the Old Port, of brick warehouses and cobbled streets. The Portland Observatory, a shingled signal tower of 1807, is the last of its kind in the country, and the Victoria Mansion is a richly decorated Italianate house of the 1860s. The poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was born here in 1807.
Top-ranked sights in Portland: Portland Head Light, Victoria Mansion (Morse-Libby House), Fort Gorges.
