California’s Orange County is the favorite family destination for the state in United States. This vibrant destination holds many theme parks, amusements, historic and cultural facilities, mild climate, and stunning beaches. The Orange County is a home to the Anaheim and Buena Park. It is the theme park heaven at Southern California. What is more fascinating is the world famous, 42 mile, picture-postcard-perfect coastline in Orange County. The county offers amazing popular leisure activities including the 24 miles beautiful beaches where you can enjoy surfing, body boarding, hiking, tidepools, scuba diving, shopping, and dining.

The Orange County is renowned for its world famous theme parks like Disneyland and Knott’s Berry farm. Besides this, the county also offers outstanding attractions like Movieland Wax Museum, Wild Rivers water park, the Fun Zone at Balboa Peninsula, Discovery Science and Disney’s California Adventures. Well, it could be said that Orange County offers everything to every interest. Those who are sports enthusiasts can enjoy the shadow of Disneyland’s Matterhorn like Edison Field, which was earlier called as The Big ‘A’. At this site, you will get baseball fans having fun since 1966.

Apart from this, at the surrounding area you will get Honda center, which is a home to the Anaheim Ducks hockey team. This center is also a well-known venue for rock concerts, ice shows, and the John Wooden basketball tournament. So rush here if you are a sports fanatic. The Orange County is also a paradise for shopping where hundreds of fashion setting stores and boutiques can be found. Malls, restaurants, cafes, and microbreweries that suit every taste, all are available in Orange County. This ideal destination offers magnificent places of interests like museums, golf, or attending a play, ballet, opera, or Symphony.

Getting there:

• By Air
  Orange County has only one commercial service airport, which is named as John Wayne Airport. This airport lies at a distance of 35 miles south of Los Angeles between the cities of Costa Mesa, Irvine, Newport Beach and Santa Ana.
• By Train
  Train Stations cold be found everywhere in the Orange County. Metrolink servicing stations are available between Los Angeles and San Diego. Besides this, the station is also there at the east to San Bernardino County.
• By Boat
  You can reach by boat and get docked at ports in Long Beach, San Pedro and Dana Point. Views of the Pacific Coast are amazing. You can take a glimpse of dolphins swimming alongside the boat.
• By Car and Bus
  The County is linked by an array of California State and Interstate freeways. Therefore, you do not have to worry about transportation by car. Bus and car services are very frequent in Orange County.

As Orange County is a well-known tourist destination, you will get excellent locations for accommodations in the form of resorts and lodges. The proximity of San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego makes this destination an ideal place for the tourists. Besides this, do not miss to try the cuisines of Orange County. Here you will get plenty of restaurants. Each restaurant has an extensive profile that suites every tastes and pockets. Orange County is also well known for its speciality.

Some of the fun things to do in Orange County as per your interests and will make your trip enjoyable is:

Parks
Plenty of amazing parks could be found in Orange County like Carbon Canyon Park, Craig Park, Irvine Park, and Orange County Harbors, Beaches and Parks.

Car Shows
A good way to spend your day through the car shows. It generally appears in the Orange County Register Events Calendar. Few of them are weekly.

Bike Riding
This is a fun activity you should enjoy them if possible. The Fullerton Loop, Newport Beach Boardwalk, and Huntington Beach are some of the best options.

The Beach
Orange County has bunch of beautiful beaches where you can spend your special moments. The Newport Beach, Huntington Beach, San Onofre State Beach, and San Clemente State Beach are the better options to hang on.

Dog Beach
If you love your pets a lot, especially dog then take them to the Dog Beach – Huntington and San Onofre State Beach where access of dogs are allowed.

Museum and Art
For the art people The Bowers Museum of Culture and Art, Fullerton Museum Center, Orange County Museum of Art, Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, and Santa Ana Arts District are there in Orange County.

Fishing
Even though not every people likes fishing, but some of the sites where fishing activity is practiced in a large number are Irvine Lake, Newport Landing Sportfishing, and Dana Warf Sportfishing.

Whale Watching
Head to the Newport Landing Whale Watching where you can see the actions of whales year round and is very fascinating.

Live Music
You can enjoy at the local coffee shops where live music can be found all the time. Listening to the Live Music’s will boost your energy ahead. So try this out if you get time.

Disneyland Fireworks
Head towards the Downtown Disney, and take a leisurely walk to the big parking structure. Experience the tallest escalator and wait for the fireworks, which is a great experience. This is a wonderful show, so just checkout the calendar for times.

Still, there are a number of other things to do in Orange County. While exploring the sightseeing and attractions of Orange County, try to enjoy the food and shopping over here. This will be beneficial as well as entertaining to you all. Well, in short it could be said that Orange County has something for everyone.