From Wikitravel

Chico [1] [2] is in Butte County in California. It's best known for its State University which has a wild reputation.

[edit] Get in

[edit] By train

Chico is served by Amtrak's [3] Coast Starlight. The times are very annoying — the southbound train arrives just before 4AM, and the northbound just before 2AM.

[edit] Get around

Ride a bike. One of the best bike friendly towns around, the locals and students prefer to ride than drive.

[edit][add listing] See

[edit][add listing] Do

• Bidwell Park. America's seventh largest municipal park offers hiking, biking, swimming, and numerous other options for outdoor recreation.

[edit][add listing] Buy

• Bird in Hand, 320 Broadway St, +1 530 893-0545. Selling a wide range of products, from Tommy Bahama to toys. Also has a Yo-yo museum.

[edit][add listing] Eat

• Jedidiah's, # 817 Main Street Chico, CA 95928. Best breakfast in Chico. edit
• Pluto's, 210 Main Street, +1 530 343-0165, Fax: +1 530 343-0184, [4]. Pluto's specializes in sandwiches and salads that are both healthy and unbelievably tasty. Anything with roasted turkey is particularly recommended.
• Woodstock's Pizza, 166 E 2nd St, +1 530 893-1500, Fax: +1 530 894-8156, [5]. Chico's best pizza. Really.
• Aca Taco, 133 Broadway Street, +1 530 894-0191. The best burrito in Northern California.
• Windy's Chinese, 1000 W Sacramento Ave # G, +1 530 343-1788.
• Italian Cottage, 2234 Esplanade. Awesome breakfast omelettes, especially the spicy Italian one with marinara sauce, melted cheese, sausage, and pepperoni.
• Sultan's Bistro, 300 Broadway St, +1 530 345-7455. The beef and lamp gyro plates make for one of the best dinners you'll ever have.

[edit][add listing] Drink

• Joe's Bar, 749 West 5th Street, +1 530 894-3612. Sawdust on the floor, music blaring, cheap drinks, a back patio, and a crowd that will be singing along after midnight.

• Madison Bear Garden, beer and burgers. Tasty burgers, local beer. Good late night menu, college atmosphere downstairs. Upstairs is a disco that borders on MTV spring breaks and Americans at their worst.

• Sierra Nevada Brewery, +1 530 893-3520. Take a tour, try some of the best microbrew in the country. Privately owned, the brewery offers an alehouse with excellent food and good beer for around $2.50 a glass. Try the beer sampler.

• Butte Creek Brewing Co 945 W 2nd St, +1 530 894-7906. Microbrewery.

[edit][add listing] Sleep

• Best Western Heritage Inn, 25 Heritage Ln, +1 530 894-8600, Toll-free: +1-800-446-4291, Fax: +1 530 894-8600, [6].
• Courtyard Chico, 2481 Carmichael Drive, +1 530 894-6699, Fax: +1 530 894-6696, [7].
• Holiday Inn, 685 Manzanita Ct, +1 530 345-2491, [8].
• Hotel Diamond in Chico, 220 West 4th Street, +1 530 893-3100, [9]. The original Diamond Hotel opened for business on September 3, 1904 as the "only strictly first-class house in Chico, and the superior of any North of Sacramento." The reign of the Diamond was a relatively short 12 years, as a major fire in 1916 closed the doors. Between 1920's through 1990's, the building was occupied by Chico State University students as dormitory or a low cost hotel and eventually abandoned empty. The new Hotel Diamond opened its door in May, 2005.
• Days Inn Chico, 740 Broadway, ☎ 530-343-3286, [10].  edit
• Motel 6, 665 Manzanita Court, +1 530 345-5500, Fax: +1 530 894-2846, [11].
• Residence Inn Chico, 2485 Carmichael Drive, +1 530 894-5500, Fax: +1 530 894-5511, [12].

[edit] Get out

The Feather River Canyon is about 40 minutes South-West. It's a beautiful drive out to fantastic climbing, swimming, and hiking.

This article is an outline and needs more content. It has a template, but there is not enough information present. Please plunge forward and help it grow!