Quick Escapes® San Francisco, 5th; 26 Weekend Getaways from the Bay Area,9780762724260

Quick Escapes® San Francisco, 5th; 26 Weekend Getaways from the Bay Area

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ISBN13: 9780762724260
ISBN10: 0762724269
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2003-05-01
Publisher(s): Globe Pequot
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Summary

Twenty-six quick and convenient minivacations take travelers away from the hustle and bustle of the city. Enjoy visiting wineries, staying at a world famous spa, or strolling a Spanish town square in Sonoma. Each escape includes detailed route maps, travel directions, destination highlights, activities, and local sources of information. 19 photos. 27 maps.

Author Biography

Karen Misuraca is a golf, travel, and outdoor writer and the author of six regional guidebooks. She lives in Sonoma, California, and explores northern California's outdoors with her partner, Michael Capp.

Table of Contents

Introduction ix
NORTHBOUND ESCAPES
1(128)
1. Wine Road to the Sea: The Russian River Route, Healdsburg
2(11)
2. Southern Sonoma Valley: On Country Roads
13(13)
3. Lower Napa Valley: The Carneros, Napa,Yountville, and Rutherford
26(13)
4. Upper Napa Valley: Heart of the Wine Country
39(13)
5. The Redwood Route: Seacoast Towns, Path of the Giants
52(16)
6. Bodega Bay: A Weekend at the Coast
68(9)
7. Jenner to Point Arena: North Central Coastline on Highway 1
77(10)
8. Mendocino and Fort Bragg: Where the Forest Meets the Sea
87(17)
9. Marin Waterfront: Sausalito and Tiburon
104(13)
10. Point Reyes and Inverness: The National Seashore
117(12)
SOUTHBOUND ESCAPES
129(64)
1. Old California in the Central Valley: San Juan Bautista and the Pinnacles
130(8)
2. Santa Cruz: A California Beach Town
138(14)
3. Half Moon Bay: Harbor Lights, Tidepool Treasure
152(13)
4. Monterey and Big Sur: Spanish History, Wild Coastline
165(15)
5. Carmel Valley Sunshine: Home on the Ranch, Shopping Mecca
180(13)
EASTBOUND ESCAPES
193(72)
1. Sacramento Delta Loop: Levee Towns and Old Sacramento
194(11)
2. Gold Rush North: Forty-Niner Towns in the Sierra Foothills
205(10)
3. Gold Country South: Columbia, Bear Valley, and Jamestown
215(13)
4. Old Tahoe on the West Shore: Mansions in the Mountains
228(13)
5. Tahoe South: Blue Waters and Silver Dollars
241(11)
6. Tahoe North: Peaceful Pines and a Western Town
252(13)
ESCAPES FARTHER AFIELD
265(54)
1. Shasta Cascade: Mountain Majesty, Rivers, Lakes, Timberlands
266(11)
2. Mammoth Lakes: Multisports Mecca in the High Eastern Sierra
277(12)
3. Yosemite: The Big Valley
289(11)
4. Southern Sierra: Wawona and the Lake Country
300(9)
5. Morro Bay: Central Coast Getaway, Castle Country
309(10)
Index 319(13)
About the Author 332

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