Its lovingly restored Rafael Theater is simultaneously an architectural treasure and a center for the latest in films from all over the world. The County Civic Center was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and has been a movie set and a constant tourist attraction.

With fire roads and trails snaking through its surrounding rolling hillsides, San Rafael has enough variety to satisfy the most insatiable appetite for the outdoors. A wide variety of terrain provides the perfect setting for all sorts of adventures. And all this a mere 19 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge.