California Tourism Places
California Attractions - The State nicknamed as Sunshine State is an ideal for tourists and it is not possible to cover the vast and varied landscapes of Northern and Southern California - from the North Coast to Shasta in a single trip. So for your information the attractions as Beaches, Theme Parks, Family Restaurants, hotels and amusement park for kids offered aplenty in Northern and Southern California are given segment-wise as follows:
Northern California tourist attracts tourists mainly for the wine countries.
In Northern California, Napa and Sonoma valleys for tasting the finest wine varieties of the world. Napa valley in Northern California(CA) is the most popular tourist spot for its temperate climatic conditions and the best soil for wineries. From the month of June onwards up to late autumn, tourists are flocking this Northern California regions with luxurious spas, hotel, restaurant and inns with all amenities, beautiful sunlight and relaxing vacation and tourist spot. Most of the travel packages in Northern California(CA) include Napa valley importantly in their schedule of places and in list of Northern Califorina Tourist Spotst. A locomotive tour by the wine train is available for undertaking round trips and fine food and best wines are served in the train itself. Sonoma in Northern California county is one among best tourist spot in Northern California which offers best wines equally with Napa and added attractions are touring the wineries, hot-air ballooning; visiting redwood forests, hotels and family farms are some of the best tourist spot for kids, men and women in Northern California.
Beaches Best Tourist spot in Southern California:
- Huntington Beach in California - 40 miles from Los Angeles, Southern California(CA), this Surf city has over eight miles of sandy beach to be enjoyed with sunny weather, cool breeze, nearest tourist attraction to Huntington Beach.
- Crystal Cove - here you can walk miles along the sandy beach and see the scenic beauties located in Orange County of Southern California.
- Dana Point - You can start your whale watching tour with yachting in any of the 2,500 yachts in the jetty within one and half miles of two marinas.
- Salt Creek Beach - An ideal beach for surfing starting from the 1960's.
- Pismo Beach - you can drive your car or walk along the beach leisurely and see the spectacular sceneries of the sea-shore, hotels, restaurants and many more tourist spot around the beach.
- Santa Monica - A coastal get-away city with charmingly beautiful beach and tourism spot, family restaurants.
- Venice Beach - the biggest of Southern California(CA) for enjoying palm trees, surfing, sand and the sun.
- Pacific Beach - a popular San Diego's beach for board-walking.
- Zuma Beach - Malibu: Northwest of Los Angeles County, 21 miles broad coastline along the Pacific Ocean.
- New Port Beach - an expensive real estate portion of Southern California for its 6 miles of coastline.
- Laguna Beach - a must-see in your list of Southern California Tourist spot to be visited. Provides sandy beach, tide pools, shopping centers and world-class family restaurants, hotels for dining.
- San Clemente - sun shining almost the year round with scenic foot-hills and fifteen square miles of coastline.
Tourist Attractions in San Diego and California Attractions
Belmont Theme Park:
San Diego's largest and best adventurous children's or kids play-center in the beach front and best tourist attraction spot. Traditional family entertainment and seeking fun is enabled by its Giant Dipper Roller Coaster and Plunge; Bumper Mania; Vertical Plunge; Liberty Carousel; Tilt-A-Whirl, Thunder Boats; Crazy submarine; Pirates Cove and Sea Serpent are all present in Belmont Theme Park.
Disneyland:
The ever growing creation of world famous Walt Disney. A must-see tourist spot in your tour for relishing the memory for a very long time to come. The magic of this Disneyland, amusement park lies in its fantastic arrangements and imagination of Walt Disney. People of all ages will forget the time once inside and spend a whole day minimum in Disneyland.
San Diego Wild Animal Park:
San Diego Wild Animal Park 1800 acre animal park is 20 times larger than San Diego zoo, is the best tourist spot for kids and you can see herds of animals, nearly 3500 of them in 260 species, in their natural background roaming as they do in Asia and Africa. A family entertainment with accredited botanical garden.
Raging Waters:
California's water theme park and the largest with 50 acre area. Aquatic recreations like surfing; rides; water slides; speed slides; children's pools and beach for sunbathing and open during summer months.
Los Angeles attractions:
This world famous city is home for Hollywood, the Mecca of world cinema creation, contains a number of recreation spot like Universal Studios, Beverly Hills area, homes of movie celebrities, Disney's California Adventure, Theme Parks, Amusement Parks, Aquarium of Sea World and so on.
San Francisco Tourist Attractions in California:
You can enjoy the water front - Fisherman's Wharf; Pier 39; Ghirardelli Square - walk through them to enjoy shopping and street performances by local artists.
Walk on the Golden Gate Bridge, an engineering marvel and the most photographed sight in San Francisco. Visit Alcatraz, the former prison and present day popular tourist spot. The Powel cable car will take you to Union Square atop where elegant hotels and enchanting shopping are available. Visit Chinatown and see the lifestyle of Chinese and buy Chinese handicrafts.
Nevada tourist attractions in California:
The tourists visiting Nevada State have a lot to see and enjoy including Las Vegas Tourist spot and Attractions, Hoover Dam; Lake Mead; Great Basin National Theme Park; Overton-Valley of Fire State Park and Sutcliffe-Pyramid Lake which are the most popular attractions.
| US - Top California Tourist Attractions |
| California - Family Theme and Amusement Parks |
California Attractions Importance |
| Disneyland, Anaheim (LA) |
12 million visitors, Rides for all ages |
| Universal Studios, Hollywood |
TV studio, Live shows, Action-packed rides |
| Sea World, San Diego |
Trained marine life, killer whales, dolphins |
| Knott’s Berry Farm, Buena Park (LA) |
Old West-themed amusement park |
| Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia |
100+ rides, 12 roller coasters, thrill rides |
| Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk |
Amusement park, arcades, shops, restaurants |
| Six Flags Marine World, Vallejo |
Theme park, Rides and a wildlife encounter park |
| Paramount’s Great America, Santa Clara (San Jose) |
Amusement park, Thrill rides and Arcades |
| LEGOLAND, Carlsbad |
Imagine World landmarks made out of Legoss |
| California Tourist Attractions - Natural Wonders |
California Attractions Importance |
| Lake Tahoe |
Second deepest lake in the U.S. |
| Yosemite Valley/El Capitan, Yosemite National Park |
Granite peaks, 7 miles long valley |
| Big Sur Coastline |
Steep cliffs, Fog shrouded peaks |
| Avenue of the Giants/Redwood Highway |
Giant redwoods, 32 miles of parkway |
| Mt. Shasta |
Isolated peak, 14,162’ feets |
| Bumpass Hell, Lassen National Park |
Odoriferous thermal landscape |
| Mt. Whitney |
14,495’ feets, highest in the U.S. |
| Mono Lake |
Migratory birds, tufa outcrops (towers of limestone) |
| California Tourist Spots - Critters |
California Attractions Importance |
| San Diego Zoo/Balboa Park, San Diego |
4000 animals covering 100 acres |
| Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey |
100 galleries, Giant shark tanks |
| San Diego Wild Animal Park, Escondido |
3200 animals – roaming "freely" |
| Tourist Attraction Spots - Online in California |
California Attractions Importance |
| Hearst Castle, San Simeon |
Media mogul William Randolph Hearst’s palatial estate |
| Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco |
Epicenter of Bay tours, historic ships, bicycle rentals |
| Queen Mary, Long Beach/td> |
Luxury liner, Troop transport |
| Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco |
Opening to the Pacific Ocean |
| Getty Center, Los Angeles |
J. Paul Getty Museum art collection |
| Palm Springs Aerial Tram |
Start on the desert floor, 6000’ to snow capped peaks |
| California Tourist Attractions - Unique Towns |
California Attractions Importance |
| US - California - Carmel-by-the-Sea |
Cute and quaint and walkable |
| US - California - Ferndale |
Victorian Hamlet |
| US - California - Mendocino |
Coastside village |
| US - California - Sonoma |
A mission, a museum |
| US - California - Napa |
Vineyards, Opera House, Food museum |
| US - California - Hollywood |
Walk of Fame, Sunset Blvd |
| US - California - Sutter Creek |
California Gold Rush town |
| US - California - Nevada City |
California Gold Rush town |
| US - California - Sonora |
California Gold Rush town |
| US - California - Murphys |
California Gold Rush town |
| US - California - Jamestown |
California Gold Rush town |
| US - California - Columbia |
California Gold Rush town |
| US - California - Julian |
Cooler temperatures, Apples |
| US - California - Avalon, Catalina Island |
Island for great day trip. |
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| US - California Tourist Attractions Towns & California Cities |
| California Towns & Cities |
California Towns & Cities |
| Carmel-by-the-Sea California |
Sacramento California |
| Fresno California |
San Diego California |
| Hollywood California |
San Francisco California |
| Los Angeles California |
San Jose California |
| Monterey California |
San Luis Obispo California |
| Oakland California |
Santa Barbara California |
| Palm Springs California |
Santa Cruz California |
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| US - California Major Airports |
| California Airport Code |
California Airport City |
California Airport Name |
| BUR |
Burbank - California |
Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport |
| FAT |
Fresno - California |
Fresno Air Terminal |
| LAX |
Los Angeles - California |
Los Angeles International Airport |
| LGB |
Long Beach - California |
Long Beach Airport (Daugherty Field) |
| MRY |
Monterey - California |
Monterey Peninsula Airport |
| OAK |
Oakland - California |
Metropolitan Oakland Int'l Airport |
| PSP |
Palm Springs - California |
Palm Springs Regional Airport |
| SAN |
San Diego - California |
San Diego Int'l Airport-Lindbergh Field |
| SBA |
Santa Barbara - California |
Santa Barbara Municipal Airport |
| SFO |
San Francisco - California |
San Francisco International Airport |
| SJC |
San Jose - California |
San Jose International Airport |
| SMF |
Sacramento - California |
Sacramento Metropolitan Airport |
| SNA |
Orange Cty. (Santa Ana) |
John Wayne Airport |
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| US - Northern California Tourist Attractions - Scenic Drives |
| Northern California Tourist Spots |
Northern California Tourist Spots |
| Northern California Historic Gold Country |
Northern California Redwood Highway |
| Northern California Lake Tahoe Area |
Northern California San Francisco Area |
| Northern California Lassen Area |
Northern California Santa Cruz Coast |
| Northern California Monterey Area |
Northern California Shasta Lake Area |
| Northern California Napa - Sonoma Wine Country |
Northern California Yosemite - Mono Lake Area |
| Northern California Pacific Coast Highway |
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| US - Southern California Tourist Attractions - Scenic Drives |
| Southern California Tourist Spots |
Southern California Tourist Spots |
| Southern California Central Coast |
Southern California Palm Springs - Joshua Tree Area |
| Southern California Central Valley - Sequoia |
Southern California San Diego Area |
| Southern California Death Valley Area |
Southern California Santa Barbara Coast |
| Southern California Los Angeles Area |
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| US - California Tourist Vacations |
| California Tourist Vacations |
California Tourist Vacations |
| California Golf Vacations |
California Spa Vacations |
| California Wine Vacations |
California Pet Friendly Vacation |
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| US - California Wine Vacations - Wine Tours |
| California Tourist Wine Vacations Spots |
California Tourist Wine Vacations Spots |
| California Napa Valley area |
California Sonoma County |
| California Livermore Valley area |
California Carmel Valley |
| California Paso Robles/Templeton area |
California San Luis Obispo region |
| California Santa Inez Valley region |
California Mendocino County |
| California Southern Lake County |
California Amador County |
| California Calaveras County |
California Temecula area |
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| US - California Tourist - Major Wine Vacations Regions |
| California Tourist Wine Vacations Regions |
California Tourist Wine Vacations Regions |
| California Mendocino County Region |
California Lake County Region |
| California Napa Valley Region |
California Sonoma County Region |
| California Paso Robles/Templeton area |
California San Luis Obispo region |
| California Carneros Region |
California Sierra Foothills Region |
| California Santa Cruz Mountains Region |
California Monterey County Region |
| California Paso Robles Region |
California Edna Valley Region |
| California Santa Maria Valley Region |
California Santa Ynez Valley Region |
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| US - California Tourist Attractions - National Parks |
| California Tourist Attractions - National Parks |
California Tourist Attractions - National Parks |
| California Channel Islands National Park |
California Lassen Volcanic National Park |
| California Death Valley National Park |
California Sequoia - Kings Canyon National Park |
| California Golden Gate National Recreation Area |
California Yosemite National Park |
| California Joshua Tree National Park |
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