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Sonoma County and Santa Rosa are fortunate to have a small but nice, very convenient and easy-to use airport. This is the Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport just on the NW edge of Santa Rosa, between Santa Rosa proper and Windsor. Horizon Air, a subsidiary of Alaska Airlines, operates daily flights directly to Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Seattle, and Portland. There is only one terminal and everything is easy to use. It also has a pretty good restaurant right in the building, with patio seating. I find this incredibly convenient and easy to use if flying to or from the above cities and everyone I know who has flown to or from here agrees. This is the only airport in the North Bay Area that has commercial passenger flights.
It's at the very western end of Airport Blvd, which cross Hwy 101 just north of Santa Rosa and south of Windsor. From Hwy 101, just take Airport Blvd west until the end.
One can get information from the airport and its website and one can make reservations directly at the Horizon Air/Alaska Airlines website. Leave a Comment
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You must have access to an automobile due to the fact that Santa Rosa and Sonoma County have the worst public transportation ever. I know, I used to ride the bus and it was not a good experience. United Airlines used to have a quick hop to SF and LA but cancelled it due to lack of riders. That's sad. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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Considering the sorry state of public transit in California, Santa Rosa is actually well served by a good by network. It is the focal point for bus transit in Sonoma County.
The central focus is the Transit Mall downtown along 2nd Street between B Street and Santa Rosa Ave. Three bus systems converge on the Transit Mall: Santa Rosa CityBus, Sonoma County Transit, and Golden Gate Transit. The latter is primarily useful for getting between Santa Rosa, San Francisco, and any town in between. The others are best for getting around the Sonoma County area.
The key system is Santa Rosa CityBus. This operates an extensive network of lines going all over Santa Rosa and connecting downtown to all other areas. As a result, on can easily get to within walking distance of any part of Santa Rosa by taking the bus.
The main problem is that, as often with such systems, one may need to take a few different lines to get between areas, especially between two stops not in downtown. This can make a trip a lot longer and less convenient.
A good aspect, though, is that since all the bus lines end up at the downtown transit mall, it is very easy to get between downtown and other parts of town on one bus.
Although we live on the edge of downtown and almost always walk to and through downtown, and although we do have cars, sometimes we find the bus to be convenient and enjoyable to use. Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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Festa Italiana is an annual event sponsored by the North Bay Italian Cultural Foundation, and it's a lot of fun for the whole family, even if you're not Italian. There's live Italian music, dancing, cooking demonstrations, classic cars, a silent auction, handicrafts and baked goods for sale, and -- of course -- food and wine.
For $1, your bambino can do arts and crafts projects under adult supervision while you shop in a different part of the room.
The Festa usually takes place in late September or early October. Tickets are $5 in advance, $8 at the door (under 10 years - free).
Lunch is a bargain at $5: it includes salad, garlic bread, and your choice of pasta, risotto, polenta, chicken, or tri-tip sandwich. There are also gelato and drink stands.
For more photos of the classic car show, see my travelogue. Leave a Comment Address: Santa Rosa Veterans HallDirections: Maple Avenue and Brookwood, near Highway 101Website: www.nbicf.org
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Downtown Santa Rosa by WulfstanTraveller, 1 more photosLeave a Comment
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 NWP Depot - Railroad Square,
Downtown Santa Rosa by WulfstanTraveller, 1 more photos
For cinema buffs, this is also the place where Joseph Cotten arrived in Santa Rosa, and from which he embarked the train to leave in Hitchcock's film Shadow of a Doubt. The station is quite prominent in many shots of the film both when "Uncle Charlie" is arriving and leaving, and it looks pretty much identical today as it did in the film. Leave a Comment Address: 9 Fourth Street (in Railroad Square)Phone: (707) 577-8674Directions: It's in the Railroad Square area of downtown Santa Rosa, between the western ends of 4th and 5th Streets. It is quite obvious once you reach the area.Website: http://www.visitsantarosa.com/
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It was here, at the NWP depot, that Joseph Cotten arrived in Santa Rosa in the 1943 Hitchcock film Shadow of a Doubt. Much of the immediate area still looks basically the same, and several existing buildings, such as the Hotel La Rose on Wilson and the 1906 Lee Brothers building at 4th and Wilson, are visible in the film.
See also my tip on the California Welcome Center and my travelpage about Railroad Square and the West End.
One of the great things about this area is that, while kind of touristy and capitalizing on its old charm, it is still a "real" example of downtown, a normal, functioning, living area. It is not some artificial tourist trap with cheesy shirt stores and sweet shops found in places like Old Sacramento. Instead, it is still a normal, functioning part of town, typical of how Santa Rosa's downtown can be a great place to visit or relax while still functioning as a real town. Along with the nice eateries, hotels & antique stores, there are, among others, numerous old homes, new condos, offices, an appliance store, an engineering firm (where the modern hop-harvester was created), a feed/farm store, and 100-year-old warehouses still being used as such.
A final note is that the Railroad Square Association webstie (see below) has plenty of information on events and a "virtual" walking tour of the area. Leave a Comment Directions: It consists of Railroad Square itself, the western portions of 3rd St., 4th St., 5th St., 6th St., and 7th St. west of Hwy101, and Wilson St. and Davis St., which run north-south.Website: http://www.railroadsquare.net/
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Like other towns in Sonoma County, Santa Rosa has a wealth of beautiful, quaint, or cute old neighbourhoods with interesting old houses.
In Santa Rosa the grandest old houses, including large plantation-style houses, and very substantial Victorians, tend to be concentrated mostly on and near McDonald Ave., just NE of downtown. These include Mableton, the mansion of Mark McDonald powerful local businessman who owned, among other things, the local power company. This house was used in the old Disney movie Pollyanna and is on a huge corner lot. McDonald Ave. has huge, beautiful old trees, too. Other nearby neat streets include Monroe, Spring, Proctor, 16th St., etc.
The Burbank Gardens area south of downtown has smaller, but very interesting homes in another old-fashioned neighbourhood. It is next to its namesake, south of Sonoma Ave., east of Santa Rosa Ave.
The South A St area is nearby and similar. It's mostly along South A St, but includes Sonoma Ave west of Santa Rosa Ave, Sebastopol Ave., Boseley St. It's between Hwy 101 to the west and Santa Rosa Ave to the east, south of downtown.
The Cherry St. area in the northern part of downtown has many Victorians. This area is primarily north of 7th St, south of College Ave., and between Mendocino Ave and E St.
The St.Rose area of northern downtown is another significant area. It is between Hwy 101 and Mendocino Ave, north of 7th and south of College Ave.
The West End is a neighbourhood north and west of Railroad Square, mostly between Wilson St and Dutton Ave, south of 9th St. It connects to the Ripley St neighbourhood, not yet officially designated, which is between Wilson/Cleveland Ave to the west, Hwy to the east, north of 9th and south of College.
On Mendocino and College Avenues, busy streets north of downtown, there are many other large, architecturally significant homes, many of which are now offices. Mendocino in particular has some significant houses, including the large Comstock house. Leave a Comment Directions: These are the old neighbourhoods in and around downtown. The grander houses tend to be north of downtown, especially just to the north east.
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Get cheap flights to Santa Rosa. Airports in the area include Santa Rosa Sonoma (STS). When you fly to Santa Rosa you can take in Downtown, Luther Burbank Home and Gardens, Joe Rodota Trail, Morton's Warm Springs, Pacific Coast Air Museum, Santa Rosa Junior College, Sonoma County Museum and Sugarloaf Ridge State Park. Check flights to Santa Rosa when you want to visit these nearby places: Rohnert Park, Cotati, Lawndale, Forestville, Bloomfield, Sugarloaf Ridge State Park, Glen Ellen, Calistoga, Bothe Napa Valley State Park and Healdsburg.
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Destinations near Santa Rosa- Rohnert Park Travel Guide, 11.26 km / 7.00 miles
- Cotati Travel Guide, 12.64 km / 7.86 miles
- Lawndale Travel Guide, 12.73 km / 7.91 miles
- Forestville Travel Guide, 15.73 km / 9.78 miles
- Bloomfield Travel Guide, 18.44 km / 11.46 miles
- Sugarloaf Ridge State Park Travel Guide, 18.48 km / 11.48 miles
- Glen Ellen Travel Guide, 18.62 km / 11.57 miles
- Calistoga Travel Guide, 19.32 km / 12.01 miles
- Bothe Napa Valley State Park Travel Guide, 19.47 km / 12.10 miles
- Healdsburg Travel Guide, 23.19 km / 14.41 miles
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