TRAVEL BY NIC…….The
Perpetual Tourist!
Temecula,
California
I totally loved my Temecula activities, even though they were
not what Temecula is commonly known for!
Temecula is known for its winery’s!
But so sorry…..no reviews on those!
I’d also like to take a hot air balloon from Temecula, maybe another day! Since I didn’t visit the wineries let me
tell you what we did do!
We visited charming Old Town Temecula! I’d say that there were about 5 blocks of
quaint shops. I enjoyed walking the
wooden sidewalks visiting a mixture of stores.
Everything from antique stores to specialty stores and cute clothing
stores. While shopping they had Western
re-enactments out in a lot amongst the stores.
My favorite stops were the specialty stores; a lavender store, hot sauce store and a store
that we enjoyed tasting different flavored cooking oils.
I enjoyed our curvy canyon ride to Temecula, however once we
arrived (in June), it is kinda of hot because you are inland. Sooooo, make sure to dress comfortable.
Temecula
Berry Co, 39700 Cantrell Rd, Temecula, CA
Our activities were just as fun as winery’s to me! We visited The Temecula Berry Company’s blueberry
fields! I had never picked blueberries
and it was fun! U-Pick blueberries while
in season from 8am to 6pm / 7 days a week!
They have different size buckets.
We went with 2 pints that = $10.
(No entry fee just the price of blueberry's that you picked). They have a
little area where they sell delicious blueberry jelly and blueberry coffee
cake….both are delish! As your finding
your way to The Temecula Berry Company, heads up on the steep hill that drops
you down on the field! I felt like I was
on the streets of San Francisco!
Our next stop was a lavender field. If you are expecting rows and rows of
lavender fields you will not see that.
This field is family owned and easily walk able. The family does the tour and they are very
informative. They will take you around
their field, and also give you a lesson on how to shuck and distill the
lavender into a liquid. They have a
little shop on site and they also own the lavender shop in Old Town Temecula.
Each of our activities was free! Walking Old Town, picking blueberries, and
walking the quaint lavender field. So I
say thumbs up on spending a day in Temecula!
