Chock-full of charming Mission-era architecture and lush trees, the Los Rios Historic District is a feast for the eyes and steeped in history.
The Orange County neighborhood is nestled in San Juan Capistrano, a city established by the Spanish in 1776 as the seventh of the Spanish California missions.
“It just feels like a step back in time,” third-generation resident Damian Orozco told SFGATE. Orozco’s family operates a tea house on Los Rios Street in the historic city, but he says the neighborhood hasn’t always been tourist-friendly.
According to him, the area was rough in the 1980s and ’90s.
“The Los Rios District was nothing like what it’s…
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