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• Tee it UP!
• The Adrenaline Rush

Southern Oregon has a little secret, it is home to world class wines and award winning culinary cuisines.  

Our wines and culinary delights will make your taste buds come to life and fill your senses with the beauty and bounty of southern Oregon. From historic orchards and farms, to award-winning creameries and wineries the Rogue Valley is rich in tradition and taste.

While in Medford hit the road and discover southern Oregon.  Around every corner is a new adventure just waiting to be explored.  Think of Medford as your starting point, the center to many great day trips.

Need some suggestions:

Day 1  - Visit southern Oregon with award winning wines, the best blue cheese in the world, chocolates, world-renown live theatre, historic towns and the awe-inspiring natural splendor of Crater Lake National Park.  Discover our friendly Oregon lifestyle – its great food, excellent lodgings, and warm hospitality – and shopping with no sales tax!  For this segment of the tour use the hub and spoke approach.  Medford is the hub and the following attractions are the spokes to a wide variety of delightful and interesting travel adventures.  Harry & David the world's largest gourmet fruit and food gift company. Dogs for the Deaf tour and see how these rescued dogs are to act as the eyes and the ears of people who have hearing deficiencies.  Jacksonville the first place gold was discovered in Oregon, and is one of only eight cities in the United States named as a National Historic Landmark. On returning to Medford sample the best bleu cheese in the world at Rogue Creamery or savor one of the region’s popular wineries RoxyAnn Winery or Eden Valley Winery. In Ashland enjoy a special behind-the-scenes look at the Tony Award-winning with Oregon Shakespeare Festival 11 plays (not all by Shakespeare) recognized as one of the premiere theatre companies in the US or enjoy dinner or dessert only at the Oregon Cabaret while watching a musical revue and comedy housed in an elegant nightclub setting in a magnificently restored Baptist church.

Day 2 - On the way to Crater Lake stop at Butte Creek Mill, a wonderful water powered flour grist mill the last original operational water-powered grist mill in the US. Then onto Mill Creek Falls, plunging 174 feet into the Rogue River, the Natural Bridge and see the Rogue River swallowed by an underground maze of lava tubes then re-emerge in two gushing torrents downstream or Rogue Gorge Trail and stop at the viewpoint parking lot located just off Hwy. 62 less than ¼ mile north of the Union Creek Resort across from Beckie’s Cafe and see the Rogue River thundering through deep, narrow chasms under a canopy of conifers, all within easy walking distance to the parking lot.  Continue north to Crater Lake to view the deepest, bluest lake in North America.

Rafting - the Rogue River can be experienced on a self-guided rafting trip or outfitters are ready to provide a guided trip down the river from a mellow scenic river float trip to pulse-pounding whitewater workout and glimpse and eagle or otter.  Whatever the choice it will be a memorable river experience.

For the entire listing of day trip itineraries,
visit our main website.

Southern Oregon is proud of it's heratage, this can be seen in any of the many museums, interperative centers and historical sites throughout the region.    

For the entire listing of museums and historical sites,
visit our main website.

Kids & the Young at Heart

A family friendly environment is one our area's best features! 
We have an abundance of activities the whole family can enjoy.

Medford has the good fortune to be located in the middle of many
fantastic performing arts theaters.  

Rejuvenation your mind and body devote a  few hours to just you and pamper yourself at one our fambulous spas.

European Touch Day Spa - Gervais Day Spa & Salon - Womens Fittness Company

Experts conclude the benefits of the day spa experience are far-reaching.  Put the spring back into your step during your visit to Medford.

• Visit over 120 specialty stores at the Rogue Valley Mall,
• Discover unique antiques and collectibles at the Main Antique Mall,
• Taste fresh local produce at the Rogue Valley Growers & Crafters Market,
• Browse through the famous Harry & David Country Village
• Tour and browse through their endearing gifts, confections and casual Northwest attire at their country store.

Start your shopping NOW!

Medford's mild climate and low annual rainfall make golfing a year-round delight.  From the relaxed countryside executive courses to the exceptional champoinship courses the Medford area offers numerous golf experiences to challenge beginners and experts alike.

Take in a breath of fresh air, a grand vista, the bluest skies, at any of the "10" local courses. 

Southern Oregon is filled with activities that will keep your adrenaline pumping!  Whether you enjoy rafting down the Rogue River, paragliding over the Applegate Valley, biking through the Rogue River National Forest or watching a Sprint car slide around the race track, finding excitment in Medford is not hard to do.