Redding For You

New Year, new adventures: Get Redding for a 2025 group getaway. This sunniest city in California is surrounded by Lassen, Shasta, and mountainous Whiskeytown National Recreation Area. Here are a few itineraries that get you up-close animal encounters at Turtle Bay, bike riding by murals, urban food and art, even line dancing lessons at a family-friendly warehouse brew pub. Are you Redding?

Week: 01.15.2025
Regions: Northern & Southern CA

Animal Encounters

Visit Turtle Bay Exploration Park in Redding

Located where Redding’s famous Sundial Bridge overlooks the Sacramento River, Turtle Bay Exploration Park is 300 acres of gardens, a museum and playground, aquarium, and unforgettable up-close animal encounters!
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Mural Roll

E-bike Downtown Redding to See Murals and Enjoy Tasty Food

Redding’s bikeshare program encourages biking in and around the city, including downtown. It’s a fun way to see some of the city’s mural art while also stopping for lunch at one of the newest restaurants, Pipeline Craft Taps and Kitchen.
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Sundialed

Walk or Bike Across the Pedestrian Only Sundial Bridge in Redding

Redding is home to one of the world’s most famous pedestrian-only bridges—the Sundial Bridge was created by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava (its sister bridges are in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Seville, Spain). The glass-deck bridge across the Sacramento River is a true sundial....
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Line Up for This!

Complimentary Line Dancing Lessons at Fall River Brewing in Redding

Have you gone country yet? Give it a whirl! Or more like, get in line … with country line dancing lessons (and some refreshing craft beer and seltzers) at Redding’s Fall River Brewing. The popular brewery is housed in a spacious modern warehouse filled with picnic tables for seating, corn hole for playing, big screens for sports watching, and all the equipment for brewing famously good beers. Food trucks also come by.
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