Recreations & Leisure
Long Beach considers itself the center of golf in southern California and boasts five public courses in the city. The city has 56 ball fields, dozens of parks, Catalina Island and the Pacific Ocean at its doorstep. Dog Fancy magazine has labeled Long Beach a top ten Dog Friendly US City and Long Beach boasts a leash free dog beach. For over thirty years the Toyota Grand Prix races have taken place in Long Beach earning the city a spot on the international racing scene.
Several companies offer private and public cruises on the waters off Long Beach. Hornblower serves up champagne brunch cruises and weekend dinner dances on the water. www.hornblower.com Harbor Breeze tours the Long Beach waterfront each hour and takes whale watching cruises among other special cruises.
To captain your own boat try a Duffy electric boat. Rentals by the hour or day allow visitors to toodle around the bay at their leisure.
For an amazing look at the coastline fly above Long Beach in a restored 1943 WWII Stearman biplane. Take the controls, do trick flying and experience a once in a lifetime opportunity.
Cross the border into Mexico in under two hours and take in the sights and sounds of beautiful Baja California, including the vineyard town of Ensenada, and one of the world’s most visited border towns, Tijuana, home of the Caesar salad.