The gift of Catalina Island will last a lifetime. Photo Catalina Island Chamber of Commerce The gift of Catalina Island can be one that lasts a lifetime. Cherished memories are born here. Time spent exploring Catalina’s interior, relaxing on its beaches and strolling its charming streets is a gift that will be remembered forever. There…

For generations, Catalina has offered a number of treasures for shoppers. Catalina Island pottery is still collected today. Shopping on Catalina Island offers something for everyone. Toys and trinkets, art and artifacts, crafts and clothes all can be found in the many quaint shops scattered enticingly along Avalon’s waterfront. Dozens of stores and small businesses…

Catalina’s interior offers beautiful vistas Many Catalina Island visitors never find out for themselves what lies beyond the confines of Avalon. Surrounded by high hills and the Pacific, the quaint village is often the only picture of Santa Catalina that some visitors ever see. Avalon, however is only a tiny portion of the wonder of…

The Catalina Casino hosts an annual New Year’s Eve gala New Year’s Eve in Catalina Island’s Casino Ballroom is one of the biggest parties in Southern California. The Casino is one of the most iconic buildings in the country and its ballroom is a dramatic homage to art deco. Featuring a rollicking band playing several…

Catalina Island’s serpentine wall owes its existence to Otis Shepard and his wife Dorothy Catalina Island owes its present reality to many people: the Banning Brothers and the Wrigley family in particular were instrumental in shaping the future of the island and crafting Avalon into the tourists’ mecca it is today. Those men were far…

Photo courtesy of Catalina Island Conservancy. For nearly a century, Catalina Island’s rolling hills and oak-dotted grasslands have been home to one of North America’s most iconic species: American Bison. A dozen or so of these large herbivores were brought to the island in the 1920s to star in a movie. Although their scenes were…