Loads of championship golf & brilliant tourist hotspots
Buena Park is a city in north west Orange County, around 12 miles from downtown Santa Ana. It's home to Knott's Berry Farm Theme Park, a monster of a place featuring 160 acres of fun, at least 40 rides, Indian Trails to follow and 'Camp Snoopy' to enjoy. It's the 13th most visited theme park in the USA and there's even a ghost town, a fiesta village and a Wild Water Wilderness to experience.
Buena Park is known and loved for its many excellent Asian-themed restaurants.
Dive into the Premier Exhibition Center for an unforgettable exhibit including more than 250 authentic artefacts from the Titanic.
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Try your hand at social gaming at the PC and Xbox game centre, Howie's Game Shack
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Enjoy the 'world's most interactive dinner show', the Pirate's Dinner Adventure
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Experience the Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament
If you love a spot of retail therapy, try the Knott's California MarketPlace, a fascinating historical street stuffed with unique independent boutiques. Or test drive the brilliant Berry Market for fresh local foods.
Knott's Soak City has 10+ thrilling water-based fairground rides including Tidal Wave Bay, Banzai Falls and Pacific Spin. Shopping, arts and culture rub shoulders with a host of parades, annual events and exhibitions, making this a perfect base for visiting bustling, big-city LA, just a stone's throw away.
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Have hilarious fun at the Big Air trampoline park
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Go to Buena Park Downtown for 1.2 million square feet of shopping, eats and family fun
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Tour the city's historic district
There's lots to do with the kids in Buena Park, and just as much for grown ups to entertain themselves with. Grab a bite of all three of the above and you'll soon get to grips with this made-for-entertainment city.
Want free entertainment? Try the brilliant Clark Interpretive Center with its fascinating palaeontology museum complete with a 9 million year old baleen whale skeleton.
See the 'Bodies' exhibition on Beach Boulevard. More than 15 million people so far have marvelled at the innovative process used to preserve the human body's inner beauty. The intriguingly named Extreme Tours offers 6 unique sightseeing experiences: Catalina Island zip wire, a helicopter trip or horse riding adventure to see the world famous 'Hollywood' sign, guided bicycle tours around the different districts of the city and the Tustin Ranch Golf Club, an 18 hole golfer's paradise set in absolutely breathtaking natural scenery. The Bowers Museum celebrates the world's cultures through their art, including plenty for the kids. And the fascinating Aquarium of the Pacific, in Long Beach, delivers remarkable insights into the amazing creatures who live in the planet's biggest ocean.
Fall in love with the Fullerton Arboretum, a collection of 4,000 bizarre, strange, weird and wonderful plants from all over the world set like jewels on a stunning 26 acre site. Or lose yourself in the amazing Fullerton Museum Center, which includes fascinating exhibits about 20th and 21st century popular culture. At Buena Park you're a mere stone's throw from Orange County's glorious 42 miles of beaches in all their magical magnificence, perfect for hiking and cycling, horseback riding, watersports or simply days and days of total, wonderful relaxation. Worship that sun!