California Travel Tips
California Destination News You Can Use!
Published on: October 19, 2012
Photos left to right: Hotel del Coronado Skating by the Sea; Tahoe Magical Memories; Winter Ice Skating at the Beach; Santa Cruz Wharf. There’s a lot going on in California, with many new and fun things on the way at California’s beach and mountain destinations! Read on for the latest news we have received from Convention & Visitor Bureaus, attractions and resorts…
WHAT’S NEW FALL 2012
- CARSON – Dickens Day Celebration at the International Printing Museum December 8-9, 2012 feature Christmas Carol performances, print your own Victorian Christmas Card and more. Supplied by: printmuseum.org
- CARMEL VALLEY – Cardiologist (heart doctor) Dr. Stephen Brabeck opened new olive oil tasting room, Quail & Olive. Emphasizing preventative health care to patients, the dedicated gardener, beekeeper and lover of food & wine recognizes extra virgin olive oil’s heart-healthy benefits and sells California grown and produced extra virgin olive oils, balsamic vinegars, olives and other gourmet gifts. Supplied by: quailandolive.com
- LAKE TAHOE – Magical Memories Holiday Celebration through Jan 6, 2013 launches with Olympic Gold Medalist Jonny Moseley lighting the Holiday Tree on Nov 23; $199 Magical Bed & Breakfast package through December 13 (code: MAGICRSC, call 800.401.9501); breakfast with Santa, holiday concerts, caroling, kids holiday crafts, Menorah Lighting, winter wonderland stories with Mrs. Claus, moonlight snowshoe tours, snowman making contests, elf tuck-ins throughout season, and Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve meals and celebrations featured. Supplied by: visitsquawcreek.com
- PISMO BEACH – 36th Annual Jubilee by the Sea (pismojazz.com) October 26-28, 2012 invites you to the premier west coast jazz event featuring many of the most sought-after traditional jazz bands from across the nation. Call 805-481-7840. Supplied by: classiccalifornia.com
- SAN DIEGO – San Diego sparkles during winter season with Beer Week Nov. 2-11; Wine & Food Festival Nov. 14-18; Mother Goose Parade on Nov. 18; Skating by the Sea Nov-Jan at Hotel del; Coronado Christmas Parade Dec 7 ; Balboa Park December Nights Dec 7-8; San Diego Bay Parade of Lights on Dec 9 and 16; Poinsettia Bowl NCAA college football post-season action on Dec 20 at Qualcomm Stadium. Supplied by: sandiego.org
- SANTA CRUZ – TOURS: Forage for forest edibles with Mount Hermon’s E.C.O. Tours; Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Whale Watching daily tours; free 30-minute tour of Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf every Saturday and Sunday year round. NEW ATTRACTIONS: Santa Cruz & Monterey Bay Railway coastal train excursion between Santa Cruz & Davenport begins Spring 2013; Delaveaga Disc Golf Club new nine hole course opens adding to Pinto Lake Disc Golf Course and San Lorenzo Park Disc Golf Course options; Undertow $5.5 million spinning roller coaster debuts at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk in summer 2013. ANNOUNCEMENT: Santa Cruz County Conference & Visitors Council is rolling out a new brand, Let’s Cruz. Supplied by: santacruz.org
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