Sightseeing in
Fresno? Whaddya got in Fresno?
EVERYTHING!
No matter what your interests, there are activities and
attractions in Fresno
that will meet or exceed your expectations. Take your pick of
any of the listed attractions in the Fresno area and have a great time.
Arrive early or stay after the convention and enjoy some of the
area's entertainment and recreational attractions. You will have
a ball!
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Chaffee Zoo - Most popular
attraction in Fresno with Tropical
Rainforest Exhibit, Sting Ray City,
Orangutan and Tiger Exhibit, Small
Wonders Animal Encounters, Winged
Wonders Bird Show, and more.
JUST ANNOUNCED! Sharks will be
included in the 2008 Sting Ray City exhibit, beginning in
April.
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Fig Garden Golf Course - A truly
fine place to play golf
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Fresno Convention and Entertainment
Center - Includes Selland Arena, Saroyan
Theatre, Valdez Hall, Exhibit Hall and
Conference Center, venues for professional arena football,
plays, concerts, Fresno Philharmonic, musicals.
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Forestiere Underground Gardens -
A subterranean network of over
a hundred niches, courtyards, patios, rooms and passageways.
Interesting to say the least.
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Fresno Art Museum - Experience the
arts in a modern setting.
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California State University, Fresno
- Art galleries, planetarium, music and
dance
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Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park
- Immense mountains, rugged foothills,
deep canyons, vast caverns ... and the
world’s largest trees!
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Metropolitan Museum - To serve the
community of the curious -- art and
science together.
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Riverbend Golf Course - The Central
Valley's premier semi-private daily fee
golf course
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Roger Rocka's Dinner Theatre -
Dinner with award-winning plays
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SaveMart Center - Concerts, college
basketball, professional ice hockey
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Shinzen Japanese Garden -
The Shinzen Japanese Garden is
located within Fresno's Woodward Region Park. The entrance
to the park is located on Audubon Drive, just off of Friant
Road. Pack a lunch and enjoy your day at the park.
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The Tower District -
Full of restaurants, shops,
and local hotspots, the Tower District is a great place to
check out. The mind and spirit of William Saroyan, the
Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, are still very much alive in
his boyhood home.
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Woodward Park - 300 acre park with
bird sanctuary, Japanese garden, dog
park, playgrounds, a lake, 3 ponds,
picnic areas and 5 miles of trails
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Yosemite National Park - Nearly
1,200 square miles of deep valleys,
grand meadows, spectacular waterfalls,
grandiose mountains, ancient giant
sequoias, and much, much more.
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Fashion Fair Mall - Four department
stores and more than 140 specialty
stores and restaurants located
diagonally across Shaw Avenue from the
Ramada University.
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Sierra Vista Mall - Located in
Clovis on Shaw Avenue, the mall has four major
stores and over 100 specialty stores and
restaurants, and a state-of-the-art 16
screen movie theater.
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River Park Shopping Complex - Shopping and eating
establishments situated in four distinct shopping environments
with a
21-screen theater and an IMAX theater, located on both sides
of Blackstone Avenue.
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much, much more
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