
City in California, United States
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Temecula is a city in Riverside County in Southern California. Temecula is known for its wine and Balloon and Wine Festival.
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This is the oldest and most historic part of town, complete with old western architecture and charming shops and restaurants. There is a lot of new development going on and it's worth taking half a day exploring Old Town.
Retail shop and olive oil tasting; a unique experience with helpful hosts who are happy to explain the differences in olive oil in detail.
The site encompasses a small history museum covering the Temecula Valley, in the historic Vail Ranch Headquarters complex. The old Vail Ranch Headquarters buildings were preserved and used as commercial buildings with displays and historic equipment scattered throughout. The Mormon Battalion marched through town when laying out the Southern Emigrant Trail that the Butterfield Stage line and the pony express later used. Emigrants came through town and stopped at Wolf's Store and stage stop (located at the ranch headquarters) on their way to northern gold rush towns.
Temecula Duck Pond & Veterans Memorial
A nice little area to visit, it's a duck pond with a walking sidewalk so its good to walk as well and next to OBC restaurant too. It has a few memorials like a veteran memorial and a 9/11 one.
The Temecula valley has 30 or more wineries with tasting rooms, including Callaway (owned by the same family as the golf club company) other popular choices include Thornton, Stuart Cellars, Mount Palomar, Wilson Creek and Falkner. The Grapeline Wine Country Shuttle picks up at all local hotels and takes you out for a full day of wine tasting.
Though there are a fair few shops and restaurants, Temecula (especially downtown) is not known as a late night club/bar scene, with the exception of Pechanga. Much of that is changing as many of the restaurants and bars are providing night time entertainment, such as karaoke at Texas Lils or live music at The Edge and The Collective.
A Las Vegas gaming experience in Southern California home to a modern night club, several up-scale restaurants and food court, and theatre which plays host to many famous acts touring across the country
For teens and kids, this is a great spot to stop at, mainly what sets this apart from your average park is that this park has a free Zipline and a wild west theme. The park also has a very long trail perfect for sightseeing, dogwalking, relaxation, scootering, and biking.
Annual hot rod festival in Old Town Temecula in February.
Small and friendly outdoor bar.
A popular place in Old Town Temecula, centrally placed and hard to miss. Full bar, extensive food menu including brunch every day.
Pronounced with an accent on the first "i", this is the current most-popular winery on weekends on the De Portola trail. Parking can be a challenge but generally worth it for the views of the winery and the people-watching. The restaurant, wines, and service will keep you coming back.
A newer winery, pleasant to visit, great service, offering good appetizers and good wines overlooking the vineyards. Offers a wine blending lab by appointment. Co-located with a pool with open bar that's open in the warm months.
A new development encompassing food and wine varietals from Spain (Bolero Winery), Italy (Vienza), and (under construction) France. The property also includes an inn.
Great wines, excellent restaurant, picturesque grounds with a view of the valley. Located near the newest winemakers in Temecula, but with many years of successful winemaking history.
The winery has bored a cylindrical tunnel into the hill on the property to create a man-made cave. In the cave are an excellent restaurant and a distillery that's open late on weekends. The wines and service are very good too.
Wine tasting by day, and wine country's first full bar by night: The Cellar, in the basement of the Ponte Inn next door to the winery. Excellent service throughout the grounds, top-notch wines, and beautiful grounds.
Well-known and trendy. Crowded and hard to find parking on most weekends.
Considered the best area for tourists looking to pick up that nice little souvenir of Temecula. This area has many quaint and charming shops.
A conventional shopping mall. The mall has gone under extentsive redesign to set itself as an upscale mall with shops including Coach and Apple. Apart from shopping it's a very good place to sit down in the plaza.
By plane
The closest airports are in San Diego (SAN), 45 minutes south, and Ontario (ONT), 45 minutes north.
Though Temecula is serviced by some buses, they are unreliable at best. Thus, Temecula has virtually no public transportation.
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