Watsonville City Plaza — Attraction in Watsonville

Fun, quaint, small town square in center of old town Watsonville, CA. Holds Farmers market every Friday afternoon. Needs more Farmers selling their goods, It mostly has food vendors. I like that they have organic products too. There's mostly hispanic food and goods. It would be nice if more vendors came to sell a wider variety of goods. It's a great place to take the whole family. They usually have activities for kids 5 and under. I take my dog and he loves the excitement. Sometimes they have music and/or performers, then it gets really festive. Sometimes you get unexpected free goodies. During the Holidays a shelter was giving away free dog and cat collars. Last week they were putting out the word that they will be giving away bicycle lights for a community bike ride in a couple of weeks. They don't have enough seating at the plaza for the amount of people that go, so you might consider taking chairs or blanket if you don't want to sit on the grass. Parking can be tough. It takes time to get a spot, but people are constantly coming and going so they open up. Hours are 2pm - 7pm...

This plaza and the surrounding streets were terribly unfriendly to bicycles. There is trash all over the shoulders of the roads, and drivers appear to be downright attempting to kill you if you ride your bike in the lane. If you try to stay in the shoulders, you might still get side-swiped.

This plaza had public restrooms, which seemed like they should be open in the middle of the day, but they weren't. And no gas stations or establishments in the area would let travelers on bike stop in to use the facility.

Pass through this place as quickly as you can while on your Californian bicycle trip. These folks don't appear to want your tourist dollars if you're choosing to self-propel...

Hate to see how the plaza has turned out after all these years. I took my daughters to go see the Christmas lights and the place was full of homeless and addicts that have no respect or shame in their game. Turned around and left after just stepping 5 feet into the plaza. My girls were disappointed and sadden to see people sleeping on the benches in the cold. Went back alone later and covered up 5 of them older gentleman with brand new blankets. They were thankful but not as much as i was to have been able to do it for them. GOD...