California is the USA's premier vacation destination.  Why not take advantage of it's many wonders when you visit Sacramento?  Below is just a sampling of the attractions which are available:

Napa-Sonoma area.  Dozens of world-class wineries.

Yosemite National Park.  Reservations far in advance are usually necessary for the best lodging on the Valley floor, but last-minute cancellations and the range of more rustic alternatives mean even last-minute visitors can enjoy the spectacular waterfalls and panoramas at this National Park.

San Francisco.  The cable cars. Golden Gate Bridge. Fort Point. The most cosmopolitan of U.S. West Coast cities. And if all this isn't enough, remember that Alcatraz prison is still open for business - the tour business, that is.

Lake Tahoe.  Well, our neighbors in Nevada might object to us calling this a California Vacation Destination, since most Lake Tahoe visitors go at least in part for the gambling at the luxury hotels on the Nevada side of the lake. But even if you stay just in California, there are the water sports and breath-taking sunrise-to-sunset alpine scenery.

Northern California coastline.  Redwood forests with the tallest trees and some of the oldest plants on earth. Bed-and-breakfast inns at quaint towns in Mendocino County. Isolated beaches where you can be the only ones watching the waves crashing against the rocks.

Monterey-Carmel.  The Monterey Bay Aquarium, named one of the best in the world. Those golf courses you've seen on TV, with the beachfront sand traps. Shops with the latest fashions from clothing to swimwear to cookware to electronics.

Gold Rush Country.  Just outside the Sacramento Valley, the picturesque towns that blossomed when gold was discovered in California and today hold memories of those times. Places like Columbia, a California state park with working retail businesses down the road from where the kids can still pan for gold.