Trips & Tours

For over twenty years, the City of Sacramento has offered a highly successful recreation adult travel program. Enjoy site-seeing, shopping, dining and entertainment with us. Trips vary from affordable day trips to 10 day excursions. Transportation and accommodation fees are included in the trip cost.

Contact

Trips & Tours
Hart Senior Center
915 27th Street, Sacramento, CA 95816
Phone (916) 808-5462

Registration and participation waiver

Extended trips with Collette Travel

Filoli Gardens

Sunday, July 21 - $135

Come explore the wonders of Filoli Gardens! The treasured Filoli estate, with its renowned gardens and grand 20th-century mansion, is the picture of Old World grandeur, gentility, and serenity. Filoli was built in 1917 for William Bowers Bourne II, heir to California’s Empire Mine gold fortune. Though William and his wife, Agnes thought of Filoli as a humble country place. This lavish estate consists of 654 sure property, including a 36,000 square foot Georgian lavish country mansion and a 16 acre English garden. The estate is the last of its kind dating back to when San Francisco’s richest families built to dazzle. Come enjoy this self-guided tour and uncover the hidden gems of in the house and garden! What is especially in bloom in July? ROSES! During summer, more than 500 rose bushes, representing 150 different varieties, burst into bloom at Filoli. Lunch will be on your own. Enjoy some lunch in the Café, or bring your own lunch and eat in the picnic area.

Deadline to register:
Thursday, June 27

Pick up locations:
7:30am - North Natomas Regional Park
8:00am - Belle Cooledge Library

USS Potomac & Western Railway Museum

Sunday, August 4th - $135

The Presidential Yacht Potomac served President Franklin Delano Roosevelt until his death in 1945. The ship provided a venue for important meetings and receptions, including hosting the King and Queen of England on the “first ever” historic visit of a reigning King and Queen British monarch to the United States. Enjoy a dockside tour of this National Historic Landmark. (The Presidential Yacht Potomac is a historically preserved vessel. As such, it does not fully comply with the facility access standards of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). The ship allows limited access for the mobility impaired. Wheelchair access is limited to the main deck only.) After an informative tour, we will depart Oakland and arrive at the Western Railway Museum. This museum is home to a collection of more than 50 authentic historic streetcars and interurban electric trains from all over California and the western U.S. Take a guided tour of the car house. The railcar home of Maude from the movie Harold and Maude is located at the Museum. Visit the fully enclosed Loring Jensen Memorial Car House hosting artifacts and displays. Take a ride on a vintage streetcar and feel time turn back to a past era. Bring your own picnic lunch and eat in the museum’s park area!

Pick up locations:
7:00am - North Natomas Regional Park
7:30am - Arden

Autumn Moon Festival

September - Price TBD

Join us for some nonstop entertainment and embrace the magic of the Autumn Moon Festival! This bright and colorful event includes endless cultural demonstrations, costumed artisans, lion dances, giant puppets, and delicious mooncakes! Come enjoy all the family-friendly activities, the acrobats, martial artists, dancers, and cultural performances! Everything will be held along Grant Avenue, between California Street and Broadway, in the heart of SF Chinatown. Lunch will be on your own.

Apple Hill Ranches

Thursday, October 10 - $81

This year, we will be visiting 3 Apple Hill ranches, so there will be many things to do and see! Bring your family and friends for some fun in the sun at Apple Hill! Our first stop is Larsen Apple Barn, the oldest family-owned farm on the Hill, founded in the 1860s. Visit the Museum with artifacts of the early days in Apple Hill. Next, we will visit the favorite spot - High Hill Ranch with crafters produce, wine tasting and much more! Enjoy lunch on your own at the Pie House. Our last stop will be at Boa Vista, another Apple Hill Ranch. Enjoy the picturesque autumn beauty with all your Apple Hill goodies. Don’t miss out!

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