Sacramento Map, California

Sacramento Travel Guide

Sacramento is a city of contrast, beautifully blending the old and new with sleek steel and glass towers, flashy office buildings and hotel complexes, but also with tree-shaded streets lined with elegant and impressive Victorian homes. read more

Sacramento Nightlife

  Kbar is a fashionable place to visit. Its bar is always ready for you. The main room has two big plasma TV sets and a full bar including well illuminated bottles on the top shelf. The next room is sunken and has a patio overlooking the street. The patio allows smoking. There is a dance floor inside with its own bar and private areas for the guests who want the wine by the bottle. read more

Sacramento Sightseeing

A good place to go is the Amador flower farm where you will see 800 varieties of daylilies laid out in different demonstration gardens. For the outdoor enthusiast there is Delta Meadows which offers you a fishing extravaganza and hiking trails. Guided tours are available. There is also the Lake Oroville State Recreation Area where you can fish, hike, camp and enjoy a wide variety of water sports activities. read more

Sacramento History

 With the new strategic location and status of Sacramento, the city prospered quickly, becoming the western side for the Pony Express.  The city's First Transcontinental Railroad began development in 1863, which was financed by Charles Crocker, Mark Hopkins, Leland Stanford, and Collis P. Huntington (known as The Big Four).  Leland Stanford was the one who put the last spike into the railroad, as well as the one who... read more