Solvang Visitor Center — Attraction in Solvang

By far one of the best places to visit in California, Solvang is a slice of Denmark in America. The structure of all buildings recalls the original form of Danish architecture. The streets are perhaps the cleanest you’ll ever see in any city or town. Every corner features a bakery with mouth-watering delicatessens derived from Danish goods. The authenticity of this place is remarkable and the history behind Solvang is as rich and endearing. Taking the trolley should perhaps be the first thing to do after plucking a Solvang map from the visitor’s center. In that trolley ride (sometimes they utilize two horses), you’ll be treated to a pleasant tour around Solvang as your guide explains the rich history behind each architect and all of Solvang in general. Afterward, just stroll on your merry way, visiting all or as many shops and bakeries as you can get to. In reality, exploring all of Solvang, from its shops to its museums (nearly all of which are free) to its bakeries, should take you a whole 8 hours. This is the best day trip to take whether a native of California who’s tired of seeing Hollywood and Disneyland or an out-of-stater looking to see what else California holds aside from the generic theme parks and national forests. Solvang is beautiful and the small town vibes are heavily felt. Be aware though that by 6:00 or so, most if not all the shops do close, so get in as much shopping as you can before daylight’s end! As for Solvang, CA, I cannot recommend this beautifully remarkable little town more. It’s a place I would return to many many times just to take it in. Grade: A+ (side note: try them abbleskievers! They’re...

My friend recommends visiting Solvang town to know about Danish culture. Finally, I visited this town in Christmas time. I really enjoyed parades which start @ 10:00 am and ends 12:30 pm and same day participated candle light tour @ 5:30 pm) after parades we spend time shopping and eating some of the finest sweets and ice-creams. This town has some finest bakeries good restaurants and gift shops.

Get a map from visitor center which helps to know places and easy to roam around this town in a day. Also, they have couple small museums worth to explorer and learn history of this town.

History about this town: Solvang (Danish) was founded in 1911 by three Danish immigrants (Reverend Benedict Nordentoft, Reverend Jens M. Gregerson, and Professor Peder) who all shared a dream of establishing a Danish town.

You can feels/taste Danish(Europe) in California. Worth to see windmills good old maintain cottages etc.

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When my husband and I entered Solvang we were both very happy,excited and impressed by what we immediately saw.However we realized that in order to get the most out of our visit to this wonderful town we needed to be organized! We were not planning to spend the night. We were just going to spend the day So we stopped at the Solvang Visitor Center to get our bearings and learn how to enjoy our day in Solvang. At the Center we were able to do all of that with the helpful paperwork we were given. We were able to find nice places to eat and shop. We were also able to enjoy seeing the windmills. I think we counted them twice as we meandered around the town! We purchased many gifts for ourselves and others. I am especially proud of the addition that I made to my collection of salt and pepper shakers! I strongly suggest that you visit the Solvang Visitor Center to get the most of your trip to see this...