Guidebook for Placerville
Food Scene
Cascada
384 Main StHands down best Mexican food in Downtown Historic Placerville
Home-style, country comfort food. Always tasty. Downtown Historic Placerville
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Bricks Eats & Drinks
482 Main StHome-style, country comfort food. Always tasty. Downtown Historic Placerville
Creekside Cork & Brew
7915 Fairplay Rd5 minutes from AirBnB. Middle of Winery Loop.
Historic Building on Outskirts of Placerville. Top Notch Chef.
Fine Dining Restaurant. Highly rated.
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Smith Flat House
2021 Smith Flat RdHistoric Building on Outskirts of Placerville. Top Notch Chef.
Fine Dining Restaurant. Highly rated.
Pastries or Good Breakfast, Short stroll to Historic Downtown . Outdoor dining.
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Sweetie Pie's
577 Main StPastries or Good Breakfast, Short stroll to Historic Downtown . Outdoor dining.
Wonderful Chinese Restaurant
4570 Pleasant Valley Rd5 minutes from AirBnB in Pleasant Valley
Pizza Factory
4570 Pleasant Valley Rd5 minutes from AirBnB Good Pizza, Salads and more.
Independent Restaurant & Bar
629 Main StAlways excellent food. Outside dining
The Green Room Social Club
Gold Vine Grill
6032 Grizzly Flat Rd2 minutes from AirBnb in Somerset
Historic Restaurant
Famous for their Gold Cadillac cocktails
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Poor Red's Bar-B-Q
6221 Pleasant Valley RdHistoric Restaurant
Famous for their Gold Cadillac cocktails
Sentivo Vineyards & Winery
7460 Fairplay RdEssentials
Closest super market only about a 5 min drive. Good produce section, bakery, cheeses and wines. Pretty much anything you could need.
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Holiday Market
4653 Mt Aukum RdClosest super market only about a 5 min drive. Good produce section, bakery, cheeses and wines. Pretty much anything you could need.
Somerset Store
5931 Mt Aukum RdUnder 2 minute drive. Beer, wine, Liquor, Cigarettes and Cigars ie the essentials.
Pleasant Valley Store
4412 Pleasant Valley RdClosest gas station. Just up street from Holiday Market
Parks & Nature
This hike is a 1 hour drive from here and if you are headed to Tahoe it is about 2/3 of the way there. You can actually see the falls from the parking lot but if you would like to turn it into a hike it is 1.5 miles to the base of the falls and 2 miles to the top where there are 5 beautiful lakes. At the top is AMAZING! Facebook friends will be jealous of your photos.
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Horsetail Falls
This hike is a 1 hour drive from here and if you are headed to Tahoe it is about 2/3 of the way there. You can actually see the falls from the parking lot but if you would like to turn it into a hike it is 1.5 miles to the base of the falls and 2 miles to the top where there are 5 beautiful lakes. At the top is AMAZING! Facebook friends will be jealous of your photos.
This lake is about 20min away, good for fishing, hiking and general adventuring. There is boat, kayak and Stand up paddle board rentals available here as well.
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Jenkinson Lake
This lake is about 20min away, good for fishing, hiking and general adventuring. There is boat, kayak and Stand up paddle board rentals available here as well.
Great little place to go for a hike and a swim, also fun to watch rock climbers and slack-line acrobatics on the weekend. Be careful in early summer there is at least one drowning per year in this location always younger people and out of towners.
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Cosumnes River Gorge
Cosumnes River Gorge Access PathGreat little place to go for a hike and a swim, also fun to watch rock climbers and slack-line acrobatics on the weekend. Be careful in early summer there is at least one drowning per year in this location always younger people and out of towners.
This is where the Gold Rush started in 1849!!! A lot of history in this area, many original buildings and mining equipment. Really family friendly fun activities like gold panning and history museum tours, PLUS it is right along the beautiful American River.
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Coloma
This is where the Gold Rush started in 1849!!! A lot of history in this area, many original buildings and mining equipment. Really family friendly fun activities like gold panning and history museum tours, PLUS it is right along the beautiful American River.
Hangtown's Gold Bug Park
2635 Gold Bug LnMine tours and Gold equipment
Shopping
Just park on one end of Main Street and walk up and back you will run into a bunch of unique shops and lots of antiques.
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Downtown Placerville
248 Main StreetJust park on one end of Main Street and walk up and back you will run into a bunch of unique shops and lots of antiques.
Arts & Culture
Pop Art Custom Framing Gallery
433 Main StFun small art gallery worth checking out.
Featured in Sunset Magazine, this is the oldest Hardware store West of the Mississippi, they still have the original floor boards from 1800's and a gold drop box used in the mining days. Always worth a quick stop.
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Placerville True Value Hardware
441 Main StFeatured in Sunset Magazine, this is the oldest Hardware store West of the Mississippi, they still have the original floor boards from 1800's and a gold drop box used in the mining days. Always worth a quick stop.
Sightseeing
Hangtown got its name from this popular lynching spot where during the gold rush thieves and criminals would be hung. This is where Hangmans Tree used to be and if you look up you will see a man still hanging from the building (he's fake)
Liars' Bench
255 Main StHangtown got its name from this popular lynching spot where during the gold rush thieves and criminals would be hung. This is where Hangmans Tree used to be and if you look up you will see a man still hanging from the building (he's fake)
Spend a few hours walking up and down this Historic Main Street. Many shops, Restaurants, art galleries restaurants and bars to enjoy.
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Main Street
Main StreetSpend a few hours walking up and down this Historic Main Street. Many shops, Restaurants, art galleries restaurants and bars to enjoy.
Self guided tour of historic Gold Mine and equipment used to extract ore from rock
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Hangtown's Gold Bug Park
2635 Gold Bug LnSelf guided tour of historic Gold Mine and equipment used to extract ore from rock
APPLE HILL
Everything you can think to do with and apple and more.
Fresh from the orchards. Wineries.
Family oriented for food and fun. Popular destination from far and wide...
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I-Apple Hill
2952 Carson RdEverything you can think to do with and apple and more.
Fresh from the orchards. Wineries.
Family oriented for food and fun. Popular destination from far and wide...