Lonely Planet California,9781864503319

Lonely Planet California

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ISBN13: 9781864503319
ISBN10: 1864503319
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Pub. Date: 2003-03-01
Publisher(s): Lonely Planet
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Summary

Tempt vertigo on the hills of San Francisco and rub elbows with a star in an LA boutique. Sample syrahs in the Wine Country, cruise cliff-hugging Hwy 1 or hike in the heat of Death Valley. Whether you're a city slicker, road tripper or adrenaline junkie, grab this in-depth, cheeky guide and let our local authors steer you to the treasures of the Golden State. Plot Your Route - 120 detailed maps and seven handy itineraries help you navigate and plan your adventure. Take It Outside - surfing Steamers Lane, climbing Half Dome, skiing Tahoe, diving San Diego: the scoop on the hottest California activities. Eat Your Heart Out - hundreds of restaurant reviews, from tasty taquerias to celebrity-chef bistros. Sleep Easy - the best places for California dreaming, from mountaintop campgrounds to oceanfront resorts. Cross The Border - expanded Las Vegas chapter shows you how to hit the jackpot in flirty, fabulous Sin City, plus tips on heading south to Mexico.

Table of Contents

The Authors 8(3)
This Book 11(1)
Foreword 12(1)
Introduction 13(2)
Facts About California
15(29)
History
15(8)
Geography
23(2)
Geology
25(1)
Climate
25(1)
Ecology & Environment
26(2)
Flora
28(1)
Fauna
29(1)
National Parks
30(1)
Government & Politics
31(1)
Economy
32(1)
Population & People
32(1)
Arts
33(9)
Religion
42(1)
Language
42(2)
Facts for the Visitor
44(29)
Planning
44(1)
Responsible Tourism
45(1)
Tourist Offices
45(1)
Visas & Documents
45(2)
Embassies & Consulates
47(1)
Customs
47(1)
Money
48(2)
Post & Communications
50(2)
Digital Resources
52(1)
Books
52(1)
Newspapers & Magazines
53(1)
Radio & TV
53(1)
Video Systems
54(1)
Photography & Video
54(1)
Time
55(1)
Electricity
55(1)
Weights & Measures
55(1)
Laundry
55(1)
Toilets
55(1)
Health
55(2)
Women Travelers
57(1)
Gay & Lesbian Travelers
57(1)
Disabled Travelers
57(1)
Senior Travelers
58(1)
Travel with Children
58(1)
Useful Organizations
59(1)
Dangers & Annoyances
59(2)
Emergencies
61(1)
Legal Matters
61(1)
Business Hours
61(1)
Public Holidays
61(1)
Cultural Events
62(1)
Special Events
62(2)
Work
64(1)
Accommodations
64(3)
Food
67(2)
Drinks
69(1)
Entertainment
70(1)
Spectator Sports
71(1)
Shopping
71(2)
Activities
73(13)
Hiking & Backpacking
73(5)
Bicycling & Mountain Biking
78(1)
Skiing
79(1)
Rock Climbing & Mountaineering
80(1)
Horseback Riding
81(1)
Rafting
82(1)
Kayaking
83(1)
Surfing & Windsurfing
83(1)
Diving & Snorkeling
84(1)
Fishing
84(1)
Running
84(1)
Caving
85(1)
Golf
85(1)
Hot-Air Ballooning
85(1)
Skydiving
85(1)
Getting There & Away
86(7)
Air
86(4)
Bus
90(1)
Train
91(1)
Car & Motorcycle
91(1)
Organized Tours
92(1)
Getting Around
93(7)
Air
93(1)
Bus
93(1)
Train
94(1)
Car
94(4)
Motorcycle
98(1)
Bicycle
98(1)
Hitchhiking
99(1)
Boat
99(1)
Public Transport
99(1)
Organized Tours
99(1)
San Francisco
100(60)
History
101(1)
Orientation
102(1)
Information
103(14)
Union Square
117(1)
Civic Center
117(1)
South of Market
118(1)
Financial District
119(1)
Nob Hill
120(1)
Chinatown
121(1)
North Beach
122(1)
Russian Hill
123(1)
Fisherman's Wharf
123(1)
The Marina & Cow Hollow
124(1)
Pacific Heights
124(1)
Japantown & Fillmore District
125(1)
The Haight
125(1)
The Castro
126(1)
The Mission
127(1)
The Presidio
127(1)
The Richmond
128(1)
Golden Gate Park
128(1)
The Sunset & Twin Peaks
129(1)
The Bay
129(1)
Bicycling
130(1)
Running & Skating
131(1)
Sailing & Windsurfing
131(1)
Surfing
131(1)
Tennis
131(1)
Golf
131(1)
Whale-Watching
131(1)
Walking Tours
131(1)
Special Events
132(1)
Places to Stay
133(5)
Places to Eat
138(9)
Entertainment
147(7)
Spectator Sports
154(1)
Shopping
154(3)
Getting there & Away
157(1)
Getting Around
158(2)
San Francisco Bay Area
160(59)
Marin County
160(1)
Marin Headlands
161(3)
Sausalito
164(2)
Tiburon
166(1)
Angel Island
167(1)
Mill Valley
168(1)
Larkspur, San Anselmo & Corte Madera
169(1)
San Rafael
169(1)
Mt Tamalpais State Park
170(1)
Muir Woods National Monument
171(1)
The Coast
172(4)
East Bay
176(1)
Oakland
176(10)
Berkeley
186(9)
Other Attractions
195(1)
The Peninsula
196(1)
San Francisco to Palo Alto
196(1)
Palo Alto
197(4)
San Jose
201(7)
Around San Jose
208(1)
San Francisco to Half Moon Bay
208(1)
Half Moon Bay
209(1)
Half Moon Bay to Santa Cruz
210(1)
Santa Cruz
211(7)
Around Santa Cruz
218(1)
San Juan Bautista
218(1)
Around San Juan Bautista
218(1)
Wine Country
219(22)
Sonoma Valley
223(1)
Sonoma Valley Wineries
223(3)
Sonoma
226(3)
Jack London State Historic Park
229(1)
Santa Rosa
229(2)
Napa Valley
231(1)
Napa Valley Wineries
231(3)
Napa
234(1)
Yountville
235(1)
Oakville
236(1)
Rutherford
236(1)
St Helena
236(1)
Calistoga
237(2)
Around Calistoga
239(2)
North Coast
241(59)
Russian River
241(2)
Sebastopol
243(2)
Occidental
245(1)
Guerneville & Around
245(4)
Inland Highway 101
248(1)
Healdsburg
249(2)
Lake Sonoma
251(1)
Hopland
251(1)
Clear Lake
252(3)
Anderson Valley
255(1)
Ukiah
256(1)
Around Ukiah
257(1)
Willits
258(2)
Coastal Highway 1
259(1)
Bodega Bay
260(2)
Sonoma Coast State Beaches
262(1)
Jenner
262(1)
Fort Ross State Historic Park
262(1)
Salt Point State Park
263(1)
Sea Ranch
263(1)
Gualala
263(1)
Point Arena
264(1)
Manchester State Beach
264(1)
Elk
264(1)
Van Damme State Park
265(1)
Mendocino
265(4)
Jug Handle State Reserve
269(1)
Fort Bragg
269(3)
MacKerricher State Park
272(1)
Westport
272(1)
The Redwood Coast
272(1)
Leggett
273(1)
Richardson Grove State Park
273(1)
Benbow Lake
274(1)
Garberville
274(1)
Avenue of the Giants & Humboldt Redwoods State Park
275(1)
Scotia
276(1)
Lost Coast
277(2)
Ferndale
279(2)
Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge
281(1)
Eureka
281(5)
Samoa Peninsula
286(1)
Arcata
287(3)
Trinidad
290(2)
Patrick's Point State Park
292(1)
Humboldt Lagoons State Park
292(1)
Orick
293(1)
Redwood National Park
293(1)
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
294(1)
Klamath
295(1)
Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park
296(1)
Crescent City
296(2)
Lake Earl Wildlife Area
298(1)
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
299(1)
Northern Mountains
300(30)
Lassen & Plumas Counties
300(2)
Lassen Volcanic National Park
302(1)
Lassen National Forest
303(1)
Mcarthur-Burney Falls
304(1)
Plumas National Forest
304(1)
Lake Almanor Area
304(1)
Westwood
305(1)
Susanville
305(1)
Around Susanville
306(1)
Portola
306(1)
Around Portola
307(1)
Quincy
308(1)
Around Quincy
309(1)
Interstate-5 to Oregon
309(1)
Redding
310(2)
Around Redding
312(1)
Shasta Lake
312(1)
Castle Crags State Park
313(1)
Dunsmuir
314(1)
Mt Shasta
315(5)
McCloud
320(1)
Stewart Mineral Springs
321(1)
Yreka
321(1)
Klamath National Forest
322(1)
Scott Valley
323(1)
Northeastern California
324(1)
Lava Beds National Monument
324(1)
Klamath Basin National Wildlife Refuges
324(1)
Modoc National Forest
325(2)
Trinity County
326(1)
The Lakes
327(1)
Weaverville
327(2)
Coast Mountains
329(1)
Six Rivers National Forest
329(1)
Mendocino National Forest
329(1)
Sacramento Valley
330(17)
Sacramento
330(6)
The Sacramento Delta
336(1)
Davis
337(2)
Oroville
339(2)
Chico
341(4)
Red Bluff
345(2)
Gold Country
347(24)
North Yuba River
349(2)
South Yuba River State Park
351(1)
Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park
351(1)
Nevada City
352(2)
Grass Valley
354(2)
Auburn
356(1)
Auburn State Recreation Area
357(1)
Coloma
357(1)
Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park
358(1)
Placerville
358(2)
Around Placerville
360(1)
Amador County Wineries
361(1)
Amador City
361(1)
Sutter Creek
362(1)
Volcano
363(1)
Jackson
364(1)
San Andreas
365(1)
Angels Camp
365(1)
Murphys
365(1)
Ebbetts Pass
366(1)
Columbia State Historic Park
367(1)
Around Columbia State Historic Park
367(1)
Sonora
368(1)
Jamestown
369(2)
San Joaquin Valley
371(15)
Stockton
371(2)
Modesto
373(1)
Merced
374(1)
Fresno
375(5)
Visalia
380(1)
Bakersfield
380(4)
Around Bakersfield
384(1)
Kern River
384(2)
Sierra Nevada
386(64)
Lake Tahoe
388(2)
Truckee & Donner Lake
390(4)
Squaw Valley USA
394(1)
Tahoe City
394(4)
Northern Shore
398(1)
Nevada (Eastern) Shore
399(1)
South Lake Tahoe
399(5)
Western Shore
404(20)
Yosemite National Park
406(9)
Hiking in Yosemite
415(9)
Yosemite Gateways
424(10)
Kings Canyon & Sequoia National Parks
426(8)
Three Rivers
434(1)
Eastern Sierra
434(1)
Bridgeport
435(1)
Twin Lakes
436(1)
Bodie State Historic Park
436(1)
Virginia Lakes & Lundy Lake
437(1)
Mono Lake
437(2)
June Lake Loop
439(1)
Mammoth Lakes
440(4)
Around Mammoth Lakes
444(1)
Bishop
445(2)
Bishop to Lone Pine
447(1)
Lone Pine
448(2)
California Deserts
450(38)
Palm Springs & Coachella Valley
455(9)
Joshua Tree National Park
464(2)
Around Joshua Tree National Park
466(3)
The Low Desert
469(1)
Imperial Valley
469(2)
Anza-Borrego Desert
471(1)
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
471(4)
The Mojave Desert
474(1)
East Mojave National Preserve
475(1)
Antelope Valley
476(1)
Victor Valley
476(1)
Mojave & Around
476(1)
Barstow
477(1)
Around Barstow
478(1)
Death Valley
479(1)
Death Valley National Park
479(6)
Around Death Valley
485(3)
Nevada
488(26)
Las Vegas
488(16)
Around Las Vegas
504(1)
Red Rock Canyon
504(1)
Lake Mead & Hoover Dam
504(1)
Valley of Fire State Park
505(7)
Reno
505(7)
Around Reno
512(1)
Pyramid Lake
512(1)
Virginia City
513(1)
San Diego Area
514(59)
San Diego
514(1)
History
515(1)
Orientation
516(1)
Information
516(2)
Downtown
518(4)
Embarcadero
522(1)
Balboa Park
522(8)
Mission Valley
530(1)
Old Town
531(1)
Uptown & Hillcrest
532(1)
Point Loma
533(1)
Ocean Beach
533(1)
Coronado
533(1)
Mission Bay
534(1)
Mission Beach & Pacific Beach
535(3)
La Jolla
538(3)
Activities
541(2)
Organized Tours
543(1)
Special Events
544(1)
Places to Stay
544(4)
Places to Eat
548(3)
Entertainment
551(2)
Spectator Sports
553(1)
Shopping
554(1)
Getting There & Away
554(1)
Getting Around
555(2)
Around San Diego
557(1)
North County Coast
557(5)
North County Inland
562(1)
San Diego Backcountry
563(10)
Tijuana, Mexico
566(7)
Orange County
573(17)
Anaheim
574(4)
Around Anaheim
578(3)
Orange County Beaches
581(1)
Laguna Beach
581(4)
Around Laguna Beach
585(1)
Newport Beach
585(3)
Huntington Beach
588(1)
Seal Beach
589(1)
Los Angeles
590(75)
History
590(3)
Geography & Geology
593(1)
Climate
593(1)
Orientation
593(1)
Information
593(16)
Downtown
609(3)
Exposition Park
612(2)
East Los Angeles
614(1)
South Central
614(1)
Hollywood
615(1)
West Hollywood
616(2)
Mid-City
618(1)
Griffith Park
619(1)
Beverly Hills & Westside
620(2)
Malibu
622(1)
Santa Monica
622(1)
Venice Beach
623(1)
San Pedro
624(1)
Long Beach
624(1)
San Fernando Valley
625(1)
Pasadena & Around
626(3)
Beaches
629(1)
Santa Monica Mountains
629(1)
Organized Tours
630(1)
Special Events
630(1)
Places to Stay
631(7)
Places to Eat
638(5)
Entertainment
643(6)
Spectator Sports
649(1)
Shopping
649(2)
Getting There & Away
651(1)
Getting Around
652(2)
Around Los Angeles
654(1)
Santa Catalina Island
654(4)
Six Flags Magic Mountain & Hurricane Harbor
658(1)
San Bernardino National Forest
658(7)
Central Coast
665(52)
Ventura
665(2)
Channel Islands National Park
667(1)
Ojai
668(1)
Santa Barbara
669(7)
Along Highway 154
676(1)
Solvang
677(1)
Lompoc
678(1)
San Luis Obispo Bay
678(4)
San Luis Obispo
682(4)
Estero Bay
686(3)
Cambria
689(1)
San Simeon
690(1)
Hearst Castle
691(2)
Piedras Blancas
693(1)
Big Sur
693(6)
Point Lobos State Reserve
699(1)
Carmel-by-the-Sea
699(4)
17-Mile Drive
703(1)
Pacific Grove
703(1)
Monterey
704(8)
Around Monterey
712(1)
Salinas
712(2)
Along Highway 101
714(3)
Thanks 717(10)
Index 727

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