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!

 

Temecula Lavender Co, 28561 Front St., Temecula, CA

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!