Guidebook for Aptos

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Guidebook for Aptos

Food Scene

Very cute and private setting. You can talk with one another without competing with surrounding noises. Food is very good; our favorite is the Surf n Turf dish (beef and crab cakes).
79 locals recommend
Café Sparrow
8042 Soquel Dr
79 locals recommend
Very cute and private setting. You can talk with one another without competing with surrounding noises. Food is very good; our favorite is the Surf n Turf dish (beef and crab cakes).
Very special restaurant located on a beautiful spot in Capitola. You can ride the tram down to the restaurant or walk down with a beautiful herb garden and river-view scenery. If you're celebrating a special ocassion, this will be fun and memorable restaurant to go to. Very good food. Can be loud when it's busy. Moderately expensive.
205 locals recommend
Shadowbrook Restaurant
1750 Wharf Rd
205 locals recommend
Very special restaurant located on a beautiful spot in Capitola. You can ride the tram down to the restaurant or walk down with a beautiful herb garden and river-view scenery. If you're celebrating a special ocassion, this will be fun and memorable restaurant to go to. Very good food. Can be loud when it's busy. Moderately expensive.

Drinks & Nightlife

Walk to the restaurant by the beach. Good food and a happening place at night if you like night life. Walk to the iconic Cement Ship and enjoy a great sunset.
48 locals recommend
Café Rio Aptos
131 Esplanade
48 locals recommend
Walk to the restaurant by the beach. Good food and a happening place at night if you like night life. Walk to the iconic Cement Ship and enjoy a great sunset.
Downtown Santa Cruz is a fun place to see the culture of Santa Cruz county. We are not all that weird though! Restaurants, shops and bar and movie theaters.
25 locals recommend
Downtown Association
740 Front St
25 locals recommend
Downtown Santa Cruz is a fun place to see the culture of Santa Cruz county. We are not all that weird though! Restaurants, shops and bar and movie theaters.

Parks & Nature

Great for nature lovers and bikers. Beautiful redwoods! You can walk or drive to the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park. 7.8 miles.
272 locals recommend
The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
Aptos Creek Road
272 locals recommend
Great for nature lovers and bikers. Beautiful redwoods! You can walk or drive to the Forest of Nisene Marks State Park. 7.8 miles.

Essentials

This store is located in Deer Park Shopping center. Carries gourmet foods. In this Shopping Center there are also nail salon, pizza place, breakfast/lunch restaurant (The Red Apple Cafe). There is a Safeway close by if you want your day to day items.
78 locals recommend
Deluxe Foods of Aptos
783 Rio Del Mar Blvd
78 locals recommend
This store is located in Deer Park Shopping center. Carries gourmet foods. In this Shopping Center there are also nail salon, pizza place, breakfast/lunch restaurant (The Red Apple Cafe). There is a Safeway close by if you want your day to day items.

Sightseeing

Beautiful sunsets. During the Spring to Fall season, you can spot porpoise, dolphins and whales.
63 locals recommend
Rio Del Mar State Beach
63 locals recommend
Beautiful sunsets. During the Spring to Fall season, you can spot porpoise, dolphins and whales.

Entertainment & Activities

Wine Tour in the Pleasant Valley area of Aptos. It is called the Little Napa! Saturday is a good day to go. There 3 or 4 vineyards.
7 locals recommend
Pleasant Valley Vineyards
600 Pleasant Valley Rd
7 locals recommend
Wine Tour in the Pleasant Valley area of Aptos. It is called the Little Napa! Saturday is a good day to go. There 3 or 4 vineyards.
Another area for wine tastings. Soquel has 4 or 5 wine tasting room.
Hunter Hill Vineyard & Winery
7099 Glen Haven Road
Another area for wine tastings. Soquel has 4 or 5 wine tasting room.
745 locals recommend
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk Amusement Park
400 Beach St
745 locals recommend

Arts & Culture

This long stretch of sand has great accessible facilities including picnic areas, an interpretive center and RV camping. Known for a half sunk concrete freighter (ship) and the fishing pier that connects to it. While the ship is unsafe and closed, the pier is open for fishing.
97 locals recommend
Seacliff State Beach
State Park Drive
97 locals recommend
This long stretch of sand has great accessible facilities including picnic areas, an interpretive center and RV camping. Known for a half sunk concrete freighter (ship) and the fishing pier that connects to it. While the ship is unsafe and closed, the pier is open for fishing.