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Don’t Miss These 8 Best Places to Visit in San Rafael CA

Don’t Miss The 8 Best Places to Visit In San Rafael CA

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Don’t Miss These 8 Best Places to Visit in San Rafael

CA

If you are planning to buy aluxury home for sale in SanRafael CA, you’ve picked theperfect place!

San Rafael luxury homes for sale arelocated in a community that providesthe perfect environment for familiesand people of all ages with its livelyurban environment and wide array ofchoices for shopping, entertainment,and dining opportunities. You’ll neverrun out of things to do in San Rafael CA!

Here is a list of the bestplaces to go and things to doif you live in a luxury homein San Rafael:

San Rafael is the county seat of Marin and homeof the Marin County Civic Center. Anintersection of government and art, thisbuilding has courtrooms, offices and a library.You can have a tour of the Civic Center with aknowledgeable docent serving as tour guide.And, there is a Farmer's market on the CivicCenter’s parking lot every Sunday morning.

1. Marin County Civic Center

The 1,500-acre park is located on the grounds ofan old Chinese fishing settlement. You will start tosee parts of China Camp as you make your waytowards Peacock Gap. The sprawling state parkincludes beaches, hiking trails and picnic grounds,perfect for hiking, camping, mountain biking,water sports, or just enjoying an afternoon picnicon the picnic grounds or by the beach.

2. China Camp State Park

If you want to watch some serious baseball, you don’thave to go too far from your San Rafael luxury home.Treat yourself and your family to a live Pacificsbaseball game that is affordable with great food at agood price. Parking is free and the park is walkablefrom most areas of downtown San Rafael. MarinLittle Leagues play from time to time on this baseballfield and there is also a program for kids that yourchildren will surely enjoy.

3. San Rafael Pacifics Baseball - Albert Park

Bocce is a low impact activity that people of all ages canplay. People from ages 4 to 94 can be seen playing a gameof Bocce in a lovely outdoor Bocce court. It is located nearthe San Rafael Community Center and has a Rose Gardenwhere you can take a leisurely walk and there are picnictables where you can sit and enjoy some wine and cheesewhile watching the fun. The staff is friendly and they willprovide you with bocce balls and instructions on how toplay the game. Pay only $4 for the entire day.

4. Marin Bocce Federation

This historic art deco movie theater indowntown San Rafael is the home of theCalifornia Film Center and features a full rosterof films, typically independent films and non-mainstream films. The mission of the Film Centeris to celebrate and promote film as art andeducation and each year films in the Mill ValleyFilm Festival are hosted at the San Rafael Film

Center!

5. Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center

The ever popular Second Fridays Art Walk arehosted in San Rafael. Here you can get up and closeto experience visual art in person as you visit variousgalleries, open studios and art exhibits whilelistening to live music and partaking in refreshmentsas you stroll along 4th Street in downtown SanRafael. Art Works Downtown offers classes foradults and kids alike and has special programs,lectures and events!

6. Art Works Downtown

The Mission is a centerpiece of downtownSan Rafael and has served as a spiritualand cultural center for the community. TheMission is the 20th Historical Mission inCalifornia and was originally built in 1870as a hospital, and the building was namedafter the Angel of Healing.

7. Mission San Rafael Archangel

However in 1919 the new St. Raphael Parishwith the big tower was built on the site of theoriginal chapel and a replica mission waserected in 1949. The architecture and richHispanic history predates California’sstatehood. When visiting you will see statuary,monuments and a museum worthy of visiting!

7. Mission San Rafael Archangel

The Northgate Mall is the largest enclosed shoppingcenter in Marin County. You’ll find everything youneed here from big anchor stores to boutiquespecialty shops and jewelry stores. You’ll find open-air dining areas and an indoor-outdoor food courtand a movie theater. Northgate Mall also holdsspeciality events such as live outdoor music in thesummer, a Halloween extravaganza in the fall and iceskating rinks in the winter!

8. Northgate Mall

In addition to the urban environment andthe recreational, entertainment, anddining establishments, San Rafael luxuryhomes for sale are surrounded by anatural and beautiful environment ofhills, lots of open space and bayshore,with plenty of areas for hiking, biking,camping and scenic viewingopportunities.

You’ll never run out of things to do and placesto visit when you buy a luxury home for sale inSan Rafael. If want to check out the hottestluxury homes for sale in San Rafael CA, visit

www.SanRafaelLuxuryHomesForSale.com.

In the Bay Area, Lydia Puller is thetop luxury real estate agent in SanRafael CA Making It Happen. Please

feel free to contact me, LydiaPuller, at (415) 496-2985 andlet me turn your dream San Rafaelluxury home into reality.