About the Book
Completely updated every year (unlike most of the competition), Frommer's California features detailed reviews and insider info on the state's spectacular beaches, national parks, vineyards, and more. Quite simply, this is the most reliable and comprehensive California guide you can buy. Whether you're looking for a romantic B&B in the Wine Country, the hippest new restaurant in San Francisco, or the best beaches in L.A. and San Diego, Frommer's California will show you the way. The guide is personally researched by longtime residents, and it's full of their candid opinions about the best their state has to offer. They've selected the very best places to stay throughout the state: lavish golf resorts, spas, stunning B&Bs, beachfront motels, and Yosemite's best campgrounds. With Frommer's in hand, you'll see it all -- from the desert to the towering redwoods, from Hollywood to Hearst Castle, from Sea World to Big Sur. You'll even get a color fold-out map!
Table of Contents:
List of Maps. What’s New in California.
1. The Best of California (Harry Basch, Mark Hiss, Erika Lenkert & Matthew Richard Poole).
2. Planning Your Trip to California (Matthew Richard Poole).
3. For International Visitors.
4. Suggested Itineraries (Matthew Richard Poole, Erika Lenkert & Harry Basch).
5. San Francisco (Erika Lenkert).
6. The San Francisco Bay Area (Erika Lenkert).
7. The Wine Country (Erika Lenkert).
8. The Northern Coast (Matthew Richard Poole).
9. Lassen Volcanic National Park (Matthew Richard Poole).
10. Lakes & Sequoia/Kings Canyon (Matthew Richard Poole).
11. Sacramento, the Gold Country & the Central Valley (Matthew Richard Poole).
12. The Monterey Peninsula & the Big Sur Coast (Matthew Richard Poole).
13. The Central Coast (Matthew Richard Poole)
14. Los Angeles (Matthew Richard Poole).
15. Side Trips from Los Angeles (Matthew Richard Poole).
16. The Southern California Desert (Harry Basch).
17. San Diego & Environs (Mark Hiss).
Index.
About the Author :
Harry Basch is the author of Frommer’s Exploring America by RV and RV Vacations For Dummies, and a contributor to Frommer’s USA. His books, articles, and photographs—many of which he produced in collaboration with his late wife, Shirley—have been published internationally for more than 25 years. Mark Hiss is a San Diego–based writer and photographer, and a third generation Southern Californian. A native San Franciscan, Erika Lenkert spends her time traipsing through San Francisco and across the globe in search of adventure and great food. She has written for Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, Bride’s, Wine Country Living, San Francisco Magazine, Los Angeles Magazine, and Time Out. Her latest work is an entertaining and cooking guide called The Last-Minute Party Girl: Fashionable, Fearless, and Foolishly Simple Entertaining (www.lastminutepartygirl.com), which mixes fun, humor, and recipes into a tasty, useful guide to living large, Bay Area–style.
Matthew Richard Poole, a native Californian, has authored more than two dozen travel guides to California, Hawaii, and abroad. A regular contributor to radio and television travel programs, he has made numerous guest appearances on the award-winning Bay Area Backroads television show, among other broadcast outlets. Before becoming a full-time travel writer and photographer, he worked as an English tutor in Prague, ski instructor in the Swiss Alps, and scuba instructor in Maui and Thailand. Highly allergic to office buildings and mortgage payments, he spends most of his time traveling the globe in search of new adventures. His other Frommer’s titles include California from $70 a Day, San Francisco from $70 a Day, Los Angeles, Portable Los Angeles, the Irreverent Guide to San Francisco, and Portable Disneyland.
Harry Basch is the author of Frommer’s Exploring America by RV and RV Vacations For Dummies, and a contributor to Frommer’s USA. His books, articles, and photographs—many of which he produced in collaboration with his late wife, Shirley—have been published internationally for more than 25 years. Mark Hiss is a San Diego–based writer and photographer, and a third generation Southern Californian. A native San Franciscan, Erika Lenkert spends her time traipsing through San Francisco and across the globe in search of adventure and great food. She has written for Travel + Leisure, Food & Wine, Bride’s, Wine Country Living, San Francisco Magazine, Los Angeles Magazine, and Time Out. Her latest work is an entertaining and cooking guide called The Last-Minute Party Girl: Fashionable, Fearless, and Foolishly Simple Entertaining (www.lastminutepartygirl.com), which mixes fun, humor, and recipes into a tasty, useful guide to living large, Bay Area–style.
Matthew Richard Poole, a native Californian, has authored more than two dozen travel guides to California, Hawaii, and abroad. A regular contributor to radio and television travel programs, he has made numerous guest appearances on the award-winning Bay Area Backroads television show, among other broadcast outlets. Before becoming a full-time travel writer and photographer, he worked as an English tutor in Prague, ski instructor in the Swiss Alps, and scuba instructor in Maui and Thailand. Highly allergic to office buildings and mortgage payments, he spends most of his time traveling the globe in search of new adventures. His other Frommer’s titles include California from $70 a Day, San Francisco from $70 a Day, Los Angeles, Portable Los Angeles, the Irreverent Guide to San Francisco, and Portable Disneyland.
