Murphys

The walkable main street offers a number of wine-tasting rooms, restaurants, and tourist-friendly shops while providing an "old-timey" feel that hearkens back to the Gold Rush days.

There are three golf courses, tennis, fishing, hiking, gold panning expeditions, white water rafting, shopping, winter skiing at Bear Valley plus summer water skiing on New Melones Lake.

• Firewood

  phone: +1 209 728-3248
  address: 420 Main St
  Pizza, tacos, burritos, hamburgers, ribs.

• Murphys Grille

  phone: +1 209 728-8800
  address: 380 Main Street #1
  Casual fine dining.

• Murphys Historic Hotel Restaurant

  phone: +1 209 728-3444
  address: 457 Main St

• Murphys Pizza Co.

  phone: +1 209 728-8666
  address: 178 Big Trees Rd

Murphys is becoming a rival to some Napa Valley towns for vineyards and wineries, with 11 award winning wineries.

• Bodega Del Sur Winery

  phone: +1 209 728-9030
  address: 457 S Algiers St.
  Tasting Room for fine wines. One of the award winning wineries in the area

• Tanner Vineyards & Wines

  phone: +1 209-728-8229
  address: 435 Main Street
  Tasting Room and Wine Patio where wine & food pairing go hand in hand, often with live music. Active, very popular wine-centric events. Known for their estate grown Cabernet Sauvignon and Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Petite Sirah, Syrah, Mourvedre, Barbera and a signature red blend Mélange de Mere. Discover a new white with their Vermentino Viognier blend.

• Dunbar House

  phone: +1 209 728-2897
  address: 271 Jones St
  Luxurious bed and breakfast in a historic 1880s home.

• Gold Country Inn

  phone: +1 209 736-4611
  address: 720 South Main St
  Pets allowed.

• Murphys Historic Hotel

  phone: +1 209 728-3444
  address: 457 Main St
  Opened in 1856, this hotel has hosted guests including President Ulysses S. Grant and Mark Twain. Today the historic hotel offers a saloon, restaurant, and nine hotel rooms with shared bathrooms including the Grant suite, which is available for non-guests to visit. There are also twenty modern rooms in separate buildings that include in-room bathrooms and most amenities that today's travelers expect. Guests in the historic hotel should be on the lookout for the establishment's friendly ghost "Eleanor". Parking is available on-site for guests.

• The Victoria Inn

  phone: +1 209 728-8933
  An elegant inn that also has a restaurant, bar, and offers weekly rentals.