You can take your horse down these old town roads because Old Sacramento is the riverfront historic district, with Gold Rush-era buildings, cobblestone streets, and horse-drawn carriages. It’s home to numerous museums, including the Sacramento History Museum and the state Railroad Museum, which offers excursion train rides. Souvenir shops sell T-shirts, movie memorabilia, and antiques, and there are several upscale restaurants and a few bars popular with the college crowd.
The city’s political and financial hub, Downtown is home to Capitol Park, with the neoclassical California State Capitol and its museum on landscaped grounds. A busy dining and nightlife scene includes farm-to-table restaurants, cocktail bars, and performing arts theaters, plus NBA games at the Golden 1 Center. The Crocker Art Museum has a vast collection of Californian works, and fine art galleries dot the area.