Run, bike and walk outdoors along the American River Parkway, aka Jedediah Smith Memorial Bicycle Trail. You'll travel a spectacularly scenic 3.2 mile trail that runs from Old Sacramento to Folsom Lake offering many entry and exit points along the way.
Hear the sound of music at the California Musical Theatre, Northern California's premiere producer and presenter of musical theater, and the largest nonprofit musical theater in California. For over 50 years, audiences have enjoyed the entertainment of musicals like The Sound of Music, Fiddler on the Roof, and Marry Poppins during the summer Music Circus season and the Broadway Series.
Hidden in the heart of downtown Sacramento, The Inn and Spa at Parkside is a chic and elegant mansion and spa. Your urban oasis is complete with gourmet breakfasts, Italian arias, and candlelit evenings. While visiting Parkside, you're just a stone's throw from the California State Capital and an hour away from Lake Tahoe.
It's a scientific playground at Sacramento's Powerhouse Science Center. Interactive experiences put kids right into an Archaeology Dig to discover fossils and dinosaurs, a space adventure at Space Quest is complete with wearing an astronaut suit and flying a space ship and into a galaxy of stars far, far away at the Planetarium. There's something to do and see for the whole family at this educational attraction.