Guidebook for Ventura

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Guidebook for Ventura

Food Scene

Seaward Ave is a 5 minute walk from the house. This a family friendly restaurant.The ambience is California surfing with surfboards all around. They have a happy hour during the week. There are lots of video games and Big Screen TVs. The food is California cuisine. They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. After dinner you are just a few hundred feet from the beach for a enjoyable walk back to the house.
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Duke's Griddle 'n Grill
1124 S Seaward Ave
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Seaward Ave is a 5 minute walk from the house. This a family friendly restaurant.The ambience is California surfing with surfboards all around. They have a happy hour during the week. There are lots of video games and Big Screen TVs. The food is California cuisine. They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. After dinner you are just a few hundred feet from the beach for a enjoyable walk back to the house.
Great tacos and outstanding view of surfers. Enter through the parking structure and park in front of pier. They will validate your parking with your purchase. Or ride up to pier on a bike.
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Beach House Tacos
668 E Harbor Blvd
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Great tacos and outstanding view of surfers. Enter through the parking structure and park in front of pier. They will validate your parking with your purchase. Or ride up to pier on a bike.
This is another great restaurant that is just a 5 minute walk to the house. They offer California Cuisine with a sports bar atmosphere.
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Social Tap Ventura
1105 S Seaward Ave
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This is another great restaurant that is just a 5 minute walk to the house. They offer California Cuisine with a sports bar atmosphere.
This is a great little coffee shop located near downtown Ventura. They have great coffee and muffins and healthy breakfast lunch items and on the weekends they have live music.
Sandbox coffeehouse
204 E Thompson Blvd
This is a great little coffee shop located near downtown Ventura. They have great coffee and muffins and healthy breakfast lunch items and on the weekends they have live music.
This our favorite place for an outstanding bowl of clam chowder. They also have great fish and chips. There is a happy hour Monday-Friday 3-6pm with very reasonably priced small plates and drinks. They have an incredible up close view of the Ventura harbor.
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Brophy Bros. Seafood Restaurant & Clam Bar
1559 Spinnaker Dr
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This our favorite place for an outstanding bowl of clam chowder. They also have great fish and chips. There is a happy hour Monday-Friday 3-6pm with very reasonably priced small plates and drinks. They have an incredible up close view of the Ventura harbor.

Sightseeing

This is where it all began. Buenaventura is one of the many Californian missions. The architecture and history of this site are well worth seeing.
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Misión de San Buenaventura
211 E Main St
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This is where it all began. Buenaventura is one of the many Californian missions. The architecture and history of this site are well worth seeing.
Visit one of the founding fathers original homes and ranches and get an idea of what Ventura was like 100 years ago.
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Olivas Adobe Historical Park
4200 Olivas Park Dr
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Visit one of the founding fathers original homes and ranches and get an idea of what Ventura was like 100 years ago.

Parks & Nature

There is a lot of information about the Channel Islands and Chumash culture. The visitors center has tours and information about the Channel Island which are just off shore and visible from our beach. Next door to the center is the office of Island Packers, where you can catch a boat to one of the islands or go whale watching.
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The Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitor Center at Channel Islands National Park
1901 Spinnaker Dr
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There is a lot of information about the Channel Islands and Chumash culture. The visitors center has tours and information about the Channel Island which are just off shore and visible from our beach. Next door to the center is the office of Island Packers, where you can catch a boat to one of the islands or go whale watching.
Just steps from our house is a beautiful neighborhood beach where you can enjoy the sounds of the waves breaking and smell the sea air and enjoy the sights and the sounds of the Pacific Ocean. If you walk north on the beach to the next jetty you will be at the State Beach park. If you keep walking you will end up at the pier. It is so relaxing to sit on our neighborhood beach and watch the world go by and relax and enjoy the beach ambience. Our house has beach towels, chairs and umbrellas, boogie boards, sand toys for your use. We even have a nice selection of books to read.
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Playa Estatal San Buenaventura
901 San Pedro St
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Just steps from our house is a beautiful neighborhood beach where you can enjoy the sounds of the waves breaking and smell the sea air and enjoy the sights and the sounds of the Pacific Ocean. If you walk north on the beach to the next jetty you will be at the State Beach park. If you keep walking you will end up at the pier. It is so relaxing to sit on our neighborhood beach and watch the world go by and relax and enjoy the beach ambience. Our house has beach towels, chairs and umbrellas, boogie boards, sand toys for your use. We even have a nice selection of books to read.

Shopping

There are many different tourist shops and restaurants all located around the Ventura harbor. It is nice to walk around each shop and still have the view of all the boats in the harbor.It's a shopping center around the harbor.
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Ventura Harbor Village
1583 Spinnaker Dr
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There are many different tourist shops and restaurants all located around the Ventura harbor. It is nice to walk around each shop and still have the view of all the boats in the harbor.It's a shopping center around the harbor.
There are rows and rows of name brand clothing, shoe, and accessories located just 20 minutes south on the 101 freeway. Everything at bargain prices.
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Camarillo Premium Outlets
740 Ventura Blvd
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There are rows and rows of name brand clothing, shoe, and accessories located just 20 minutes south on the 101 freeway. Everything at bargain prices.

Essentials

A 5 minute walk or a 2 minute drive. A good place to get all the groceries you will need for you stay.
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Vons
6040 Telegraph Rd
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A 5 minute walk or a 2 minute drive. A good place to get all the groceries you will need for you stay.
This is our favorite grocery store. It has a great selection of gourmet foods and wine at reasonable prices.
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Trader Joe's
103 S Mills Rd
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This is our favorite grocery store. It has a great selection of gourmet foods and wine at reasonable prices.

Entertainment & Activities

Great place to golf. It's one of my favorite courses in Ventura County.
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Olivas Links
3750 Olivas Park Dr
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Great place to golf. It's one of my favorite courses in Ventura County.

Getting Around

The starting point is at 10 E Harbor Blvd.The trolley runs 11:00am - 11:00pm Wednesday thru Sunday. There is a stop that is a 5minute walk from the house. IT PICKS UP on the SW corner of Seaward and Pierpont Blvd. starting at 11:20, 12:20, 1:20, 2:45, 3:45, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:20, 9:20, 10:30. It takes you to the Harbor, Amtrak station, Mission / Museum, Pier and then back to Seaward. It is FREE! It makes one big loop from the beach to harbor, then downtown, then pier and back to Seaward. Our house is a 5 minute walk to the stop. Call 805 827-4444 if you have questions.
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Downtown Ventura Harbor Trolley Stop
420 E Santa Clara St
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The starting point is at 10 E Harbor Blvd.The trolley runs 11:00am - 11:00pm Wednesday thru Sunday. There is a stop that is a 5minute walk from the house. IT PICKS UP on the SW corner of Seaward and Pierpont Blvd. starting at 11:20, 12:20, 1:20, 2:45, 3:45, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00, 8:20, 9:20, 10:30. It takes you to the Harbor, Amtrak station, Mission / Museum, Pier and then back to Seaward. It is FREE! It makes one big loop from the beach to harbor, then downtown, then pier and back to Seaward. Our house is a 5 minute walk to the stop. Call 805 827-4444 if you have questions.
If you need to catch the train to Los Angeles or Santa Barbara or anywhere in the USA this is where you get the train. you must contact Amtrak for times and purchase tickets.
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Ventura Raceway
10 W Harbor Blvd
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If you need to catch the train to Los Angeles or Santa Barbara or anywhere in the USA this is where you get the train. you must contact Amtrak for times and purchase tickets.