Cheap Riverside Vacation Packages

Riverside is a city in Riverside County, California, United States. It is the birthplace of the state’s citrus industry, country’s largest Mission Revival Style building (called Mission Inn) and the ‘world's largest paper cup’ (the 68.10 foot tall ‘Dixie Cup’). Your Riverside vacations would centrally comprise of the city’s extensive range of cultural festivals like the six-week long Riverside Festival of Lights, Lunar Fest and Dicken’s Festival that are known to immerse the city in fireworks and colors. A great idea to save on your holiday trip is book your Riverside vacation packages well in advance. This would also help you avoid last minute rush and to enjoy your vacation to the fullest.

The best time to visit Riverside is the fall season. It runs from September to November and the temperature during this season varies from 75-90 deg F.

Founded in 1979, the March Field Air Museum is an aviation museum situated adjacent to March Air Reserve Base near Riverside. It is home to a jaw-dropping collection of about 80 aircraft, some vintage jet engines, a flight simulator and replicas of a German 30mm cannon. Some star attractions here include a prototype of Lockheed P-38L Lightning (the original had first taken off in 1939), a Boeing B-29 Superfortress (famous for its 11 combat missions during the Second World War) and SR-71 Blackbird (the world’s fastest air-breathing manned aircraft).

Riverside’s California Citrus State Historic Park is an open-air museum that glorifies the city’s 145 year old citrus industry. It is modeled like an early 20th century city park and is home to an activity center, interpretive structure, an amphitheater, a picnic area, and an antique citrus grove farm. It is worth mentioning that some old trees here still produce high-quality fruits.

The University of California, Riverside Botanic Gardens are situated in the foothills of Box Springs Mountains in Riverside County. These iconic gardens consist of more than 3500 plant species from all corners of the world and are encircled by over 4 miles of trails encompassing different microclimatic zones and a hilly terrain. These gardens are also associated with more than 200 bird species, mammalian species, amphibians and reptiles.