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Recently named the world's "Best Seaside Amusement Park" by industry experts, the 102-year old Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk features both modern and classic thrill rides, restaurants, miniature golf, video game arcades, and family bowling, all located on a mile of sandy beach.

Labor Day Weekend brings the Watsonville Fly-in and Air Show to town. The event has been an annual event since 1964. Held at the Watsonville Municipal Airport the annual show features antique warbirds and experimental aircraft on static display, a world-class air show, vendors and food booths. For more information or to purchase tickets visit the Watsonville Air Show website,

Experience the wonders of the ocean at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Rated the nation’s No. 1 aquarium in the Zagat Survey U.S. Family Travel Guide, the Aquarium will put you closer to sea life than ever before. Our Ocean’s Edge galleries will amaze you with the three-story living kelp forest, above and below the surface views of playful sea otters, and a walk-through wave crash experience.

The Mystery Spot was discovered in 1939 by a group of surveyors and opened to the public in 1940. The Mystery Spot has amazed and perplexed hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the world, and many return time and time again to experience these puzzling variations of gravity, perspective, and height.

Pajaro Valley Golf Club is located slightly inland from the center of Monterey Bay next to the Elkhorn Slough which is a natural habitat for hundreds of species of plants and animals, including more than 340 species of birds. The wide, undulating fairways descend into the Elkhorn Slough and are lined with Monterey Cypress and Pine trees. The small, well-protected greens are slick and will challenge your short game. From the elevated tees you will receive scenic views of the beautiful Pajaro Valley. This Monterey Peninsula course offers affordable golf for all skill levels.