NorthernCaliforniaKidsGuide

Clean. Comfortable. Efficient. Americas Best Inn & Suites wants to help you feel at home as much as possible when you're on the road. Experience a warm, inviting, and family-oriented lodging choice at a reasonable price at Americas Best Inn & Suites with your complimentary breakfast, free local calls, and the opportunity to take advantage of membership in our frequent guest loyalty program. Americas Best Inn & Suites also offers a limited number of EcoRooms. Appealing to todays environmentally conscious guest, these rooms are designed to be environmentally friendly " using less energy and fewer disposable items. At Americas Best Inn & Suites " Expect More. Get More. (less) ... (more)

Meet 20,000 amazing marine animals as you walk through 300 feet of crystal clear tunnels. Touch sharks and rays. It's like skin diving without getting wet.

Selected as one of the "World's Best Places to Stay," by Conde Nast Traveler's Gold List 2005

Its Buckeye Weather.... And our warm, inviting restaurant is the perfect place for lunch with friends, a cozy dinner or your New Years Celebration. Whether youre in the mood for Champagne and Oysters Bingo or a hearty plate of House Smoked Beef Brisket with Mashed Potatoes, the Buckeye is the place to be. (less) ... (more)

Discover why California's Great America is Northern California's best choice for family fun and adventure.

Teaching and learning center focusing on astronomy and the space sciences.

Premium chocolatier products include gourmet chocolate bars, handmade confections and chocolate covered nuts. Free factory tours.

Visit Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose where you can expect to test, crank, listen, prod and tinker. One of the largest museums of its kind in the nation, CDM's 150 interactive exhibits lead visitors to explore, understand and enjoy the world in which they live. (less) ... (more)

Provides high-speed passenger ferry service from the San Francisco Ferry Building (foot of Market Street) and Pier 41 to Vallejo.

Next to Light Rail, complimentary hot breakfast buffet, huge sunny pool and spa, free HS Internet, HBO, refrigerators, miniature golf and new rooms!

Enjoy our Courtyard Cafe breakfast, Fitness Center, or Outdoor Pool and Jacuzzi after visiting area attractions such as McHenry Mansion & Museum, Hilmar Cheese Company, Great Valley Museum of Natural History, Gallo Center for the Arts, Castle Air Museum and Sciabica Olive Oil Company. (less) ... (more)

The Courtyard by Marriott San Francisco Downtown Hotel, a whole new class of hotel located just blocks from MOMA, the Moscone Center and the Embarcadero.

We are about 30 minutes to Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39, about 12 miles south of Oakland International Airport, Oakland Coliseum, Jack London Square and other attractions in the area.

Utilizing the abundance of local and seasonal farmstead products, Chef/Owner Mark Franz focuses on innovatively prepared seafood harvested from fresh and salt waters, along with roasted meats and game.

Located in the heart of Chinatown, offering a broad selection of authentic Cantonese flavor with full-seated service, takeout, full bar, cocktail lounge and dim sum.

The Gold Nugget Museum was incorporated in 1973. Our mission is to preserve and protect The Ridge heritage through our collection and artifacts and with community education programs.

Newly renovated hotel at the entrance of Chinatown, one block from the Bank of America headquarters and cable car lines and three blocks from Union Square.

Happy Hollow Park and Zoo exists to provide an affordable, sustainable, conservation-centered outdoor adventure for families with children.

The Holiday Inn Silicon Valley, a Mediterranean-style full-service hotel, offers: free shuttle to Great America, restaurant/bar, room service, pool/spa, complimentary internet, fitness center, and more!

Welcome to John Steinbeck country, home of the Laurel Inn & Conference Center...your home away from home. Conveniently located just off California's scenic Highway 101, in the lush green Salinas Valley...and the heart of Monterey County's spectacular Central Coast Region. (less) ... (more)

Situated on the banks of the Sacramento River, Le Rivage Hotel is Sacramento's first luxury hotel set on the river front. Inspired by European architecture, the hotel was designed with luxurious comfort in mind for both leisure and business travelers. Many of the guest rooms and suites feature river views and private balconies, setting a new standard for accommodations in Sacramento. The hotel is conveniently located two miles from downtown and the State Capitol Building. Sacramento International Airport is 13 miles away. (less) ... (more)

Lions Gate Hotel is noted for attentive and friendly charm, traditional hospitality and excellent food and beverage service.

The Mainstay Suites offers 47 beautifully decorated extended stay suite rooms, all with comfortable beds, full kitchens, great features, and a wide range of extra amenities.

Tour National Landmark, former Mare Island Naval Shipyard; chapel has beautiful Tiffany glass. Commander's mansion, a huge 1855 museum, up to 1,000 person events.

Since 1959, the Boyd Gate House has served as the home of the Marin History Museum (formerly the Marin County Historical Society, founded in 1935), and has delighted visitors with its rich history and Victorian charm.

The McHenry Mansion, built in 1883 by Robert McHenry, prominent local rancher/banker, is a fine example of the Victorian Italianate style of architecture.

One of the prime houses in terms of historical and architectural significance is the Meux Family home at the northwest corner of Tulare and R Streets. The home was built in 1888 by Dr. T. R. Meux who had come to Fresno from Tennessee the year before. (less) ... (more)

Discover life in Monterey's bay without leaving dry land at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

A pristine sweep of pale sand set beneath the miles of dunes, the high keening of seagulls, sunsets where the dolphins and whales play, and the roar of the waves as the Pacific Ocean tumbles to shore form an idyllic setting.

Only a few miles north of San Francisco, in an isolated canyon grows the ancient coast redwood forest known the world over as Muir Woods. The park offers solitude, interpretive displays and programs, and numerous hiking trails.

Original Joe's is conveniently located in Downtown San Jose, within walking distance of the San Jose Convention Center and all the major hotels with plenty of parking.

Locally Owned & Operated Johann & Sandra Klempa, Owners Richard Spiegel, Manager Serving the Paradise area for the past 14 years.

Stand at the base of a coast redwood and the huckleberry bushes tower over you. Watch statuesque Roosevelt elk grazing in the prairies. Observe the tail of a female Chinook salmon heave skyward as she makes a nest for her eggs. Whether a morning or night person, you can hear the endangered marbled murrelets' keer across the treetops as they fly from sea to mossy nest. (less) ... (more)

A collection of odd/unusual exhibits, interactive and video displays in 11 galleries - a landmark at Fisherman's Wharf for 40 years and entertaining for all ages.

Very Efficient! " You don't need to waste a day in San Francisco if you want to see Muir Woods and San Francisco. Now you can go on both Muir Woods and our popular Most Comprehensive 5 Hour City Tour in one day!

Take a private limousine or sedan on a sightseeing tour to John Muir Woods. Cross the Golden Gate Bridge in your private chauffeured vehicle to this 491-acre Redwoods National Monument that embraces stands of Sequoias, the biological ancestry of which can be traced back 150 million years. (less) ... (more)

Northern California's largest zoological park features approximately 1,000 exotic and endangered wildlife.

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is the ultimate destination as Land, Sea and Sky meet to provide adventures, thrills and fun!

Family run bed and breakfast inn. Old World charm, modern amenities, house cat, afternoon tea and homemade cookies.