Marin County & the Bay Area - California - page 340

Sights

Six Flags Discovery Kingdom AMUSEMENT PARK
( 707-643-6722; www.sixflags.com/discoverykingdom ; adult/child under 4ft $63/43; approx
10:30am-6pm Fri-Sun spring & fall, to 8pm or 9pm daily summer, variable weekend & holiday hours
Dec)
The town's biggest tourist draw, this modern wildlife and theme park offers mighty coast-
ers and other rides alongside animal shows featuring sharks and a killer whale. Significant
discounts are available on the park's website. Exit I-80 at Hwy 37 westbound, 5 miles
north of downtown Vallejo. Parking is $20.

Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum MUSEUM
( GOOGLE MAP ; 707-643-0077; www.vallejomuseum.org ; 734 Marin St; admission $5;

noon-4pm Tue-Sat)
This museum tells the story of Vallejo's shortlived history as California's state capital and
West Coast naval site.

Getting There & Away
San Francisco Bay Ferry ( 415-705-8291; www.sanfranciscobayferry.com ; one way adult/
child $13/6.50) runs ferries from San Francisco's Pier 41 at Fisherman's Wharf and the
Ferry Building to Vallejo; the journey takes one hour. Discount admission and transporta-
tion packages for Six Flags are available from San Francisco. The ferry is also a gateway
to the Wine Country, with connections via the Napa Valley Vine ( www.ridethevine.com )
buses and the Napa Valley Wine Train ( www.winetrain.com/ferry ) .

THE PENINSULA

South of San Francisco, squeezed tightly between the bay and the coastal foothills, a vast
swath of suburbia continues to San Jose and beyond. Dotted within this area are Palo Alto,
Stanford University and Silicon Valley, the center of the Bay Area's immense tech in-
dustry. West of the foothills, Hwy 1 runs down the Pacific Coast via Half Moon Bay and a
string of beaches to Santa Cruz. Hwy 101 and I-280 both run to San Jose, where they con-