Fremont, CA: Hub of the Bay Area
Posted on November 3, 2009 - Filed Under Travel
I love staying in Fremont, CA. Usually booking my room at Fremont hotels I like to use this as my jumping off point when visiting the Bay Area. The picturesque backdrop of the rolling California hillside along with its proximity to the San Francisco Bay, the city of San Francisco and Pacific Ocean make it a perfect spot to be in my opinion. With each visit I am tempted further to find a way to relocate there.
When I am in Fremont I always like to stop by the Mission San Jose. A historic and old mission one of the original missions built during the Spanish Colonial era. Father Fermin Francisco de Lasuen established the mission on a site that is part of a natural highway connecting the Livermore Valley and the San Joaguin Valley in the year 1797 on June the 11th. This mission was the 14th mission built of the 21 total missions established by the Spanish up the coast of California.
A visit there is a very peaceful experience. I like to get to the Mission early in the day when I can walk the grounds and adjacent grave yard and watch the lizards, birds, squirrels and other wildlife that make the Mission their home.
From Fremont it is a short drive over to San Jose, which is home of one of my favorite sites to visit the Winchester Mystery House. This place is amazing. Built by an heiress to the Winchester Rifle fortune she began building the house in 1884 and continued the construction till her death 38 years latter. The mansion has 160 rooms, 47 fireplaces, three elevators, a sewer system, central heat and push button gas lighting. The house was a modern marvel in its day and the mystery and marvel lives on today. Unbelievable attention was paid to every detail of the construction project and no expense spared. Fine chandeliers, Tiffany art glass windows and finely inlaid exotic wood floors are just the beginning of this magnificence of this house.
I always have a nice and relaxing time when visiting Fremont and the Bay Area and will keep coming back for the beauty and interesting history.
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