Oregon Travel: Silverton
Silverton, Oregon, with a population of just under 10,000 people, is full of surprises and a reminder that good things can come in small packages.
Where to Eat in the Willamette Valley Wine Country
During Oregon Wine Month, here’s where to eat well in the Willamette Valley, from Carlton to McMinnville .
The Grand Hotel Salem
The Grand Hotel and Bentley’s Grill, Salem’s premiere hotel and fine dining restaurant, bar and lounge, has an elegant downtown atmosphere. Featuring 193 beautifully appointed sleeping rooms, The Grand offers every visitor comfortable elegance. Enjoy all that downtown Salem has to offer by staying right in the heart of it all. Complimentary underground parking, hot breakfast buffet, high-speed wireless internet, indoor pool and spa, and more await your arrival. The menu at Bentley’s Grill features Northwest ingredients with items that include fresh seasonal seafood, artfully presented salads, choice steaks, brick oven artisan pizzas and rotisserie tender chicken. Enjoy more than 200 varieties of wine, 100 of them local Oregon wines. Bentley’s service is outstanding, with clientele ranging from professionals to families with children. Downtown Salem Oregon 201 Liberty Street SE Adjacent to the Salem Conference Center Salem , Oregon 97301 Phone: (503)902-9905 Fax: 503-540-7830 Reservations: 1-877-540-7800 Email: Click Here
Travel Spotlight: Cougar Hot Springs
Five cascading pools of milky blue water flow down the hill and make up Terwilliger Hot Springs, more commonly called Cougar Hot Springs, near Blue River.
Arborbrook by Cooper Mountain Vineyards
Arborbrook by Cooper Mountain Vineyards is a family-owned winery located in the Chehalem Mountains AVA. The tasting room is inside of a barn built in 1910, surrounded by 15 acres of estate vineyard of Pinot Noir, planted in 2001. Visit Arborbrook to enjoy a collection of organic and biodynamic wines from Cooper Mountain’s ~200 acres of sustainably farmed vineyards throughout the Willamette Valley: Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Rosé, Pinot Gris and more.
Six Favorite Restaurants in Salem
While Portland is often seen as Oregon’s food hub, a growing number of restaurants in Salem are quietly and quickly shaping the state’s capital into an alluring culinary destination.
Oregon Travel: Eugene
Eugene is home to the Oregon Ducks, whose national reputation as a winning Pac-12 football team has helped change the view of Eugene as little more than a hippie holdover from the 1970s.
A Truly Vintage Wine, and its Old-World Journey to the City
This weekend, Brad Ford and the crew at Illahe Vineyards embark on an old-world journey, via a mule-drawn stagecoach, a canoe and a bike messenger.
A Journey Through Oregon’s Covered Bridges
The Linn County loop is dotted with covered bridges and harkens back to an iconic time in Oregon’s history.
