Why not think of spending your dream vacation this year in Newport Beach? This wonderful place in Orange County attracts thousands of people from everywhere.You can arrange for your vacation to include one of its many yearly festivals or avoid the festival times and book a holiday with a Newport Beach harbor cruise that you will remember for the rest of your life. Being of unparalleled beauty and stunning scenery, a harbor cruise should definitely be a part of your holiday. Alone, or with friends, you can avail yourself of a dinner dance cruise where you can enjoy a three course dinner on board and sip a glass of champagne while watching the sun go down.
If you prefer a day cruise, no problem; there are several types of cruises you can take around Newport bay by choosing either a 45 minute or 90 minute cruise with a narrator accompanying and explaining everything you see. If you prefer something more laid back, try the one hour sunset cruise or for those who love whale watching there are cruises planned during the months of December and March. There is no lack for cruises to suit any type of occasion and those bent on romance can opt for a cruise where you will be plied with chocolates and champagne while the gondolier takes you down the bay on a moonlight adventure.
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Newport Beach, California has always owed much of its success to its proximity to the ocean. It is located in Orange County and has become part of a metro are that is also composed of Santa Ana, which is located about 10 miles north. Originally inhabited by Shoshone Indians who lived in part on the bounty of the sea as well as the fertile farmland, by the mid-1700s, the Spanish were beginning to explore further into what would become California. The areas of Santa Ana, Tunstin and Orange, which would later make up Newport Beach, evolved into farming communities with many new arrivals by covered wagon in the 1800s. In the late 1800s, the rather isolated settlement’s population and trade exploded when a wharf was built that spanned the area from the shallow bay of the peninsula to the deeper waters where the larger steamships could dock. Within a few years of the wharf being built, the area of Newport Beach was a thriving shipping town.
With all of the new shipping activities, more investors became interested in the area. By 1905, the Pacific Electric Railroad had connected Newport Beach to Los Angeles. With the advent of the trains, many families began arriving in Newport Beach to camp and enjoy the area. As a result, soon small hotels and cottages were built to keep up with the need for visitor facilities. In 1906, the scattered areas of West Newport, Balboa Island, Lido Isle and the peninsula were incorporated into the city of Newport Beach. Soon parts of Newport Heights and Corona del Mar were annexed and the city increased its boundaries again.
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