Orange
County
The seat of the more famous thematic park of the world,
Disneyland. In addition to other amusement parks, hotels,
shopping malls, the county also offers 67 charming kilometres
of beaches and several towns in the zone of the Santa
Ana Mountains.
Formerly an agricultural community, since Walt Disney
decided to construct his first amusement park in Anaheim
in 1955, millions of tourists have visited the region.
Easily the most known attraction of the county, Disneyland
continues being enormously popular. The magic kingdom
reopened Tomorrowland in 1998, with new experiences from
the 3D generation, with a high speed trip on the car-rocket
of the future and an interactive pavilion among other
attractions. Known as the city of the arts, Costa Mesa
is the cultural centre of Orange County. There is the
Centre of performance arts, with an ample variety of cultural
arts, including theatre, classic ballet, opera and classic
music, among others.
Here is the Mission of San Juan Capistrano, constructed
in 1776 and recently recovered. It is the oldest historical
attraction of California, and is famous by the annual
sparrow migration in the day of the San Jose (19 March).
The Los Ríos district offers some of the oldest
stucco buildings of California, some still inhabited.
The most famous beaches of the county are Huntington -known
as surf city and home of the greatest world-wide championship
of the sport-, Newport -a retirement for the rich and
famous-, and Laguna Beach and its charming coastal little
town atmosphere.
It’s also possible to make a tour to the Catalina
island, 40 kms. away of the Californian coast. There are
companies that offer trips in transparent bottom boats
that allow to see the bottom of the sea.
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