Page 6 - 2014 Travel Guide to California
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CONTENTS
Get Your Bearings
6 California Map
8 Editor’s Note
12 Discover
California Dreaming
14 History
A Home for Immigrants
and Entrepreneurs
Discover the Golden State
18 CA.Cities
Surprising California Cities
22 CA.Museums & Art
Creativity, Unlimited
25 CA.Performing Arts
Golden State Greasepaint
28 CA.Architecture & Gardens
Building in Harmony
31 CA.Cuisine
Local Flavor
34 CA.Wine Country
Welcome to Wineland!
38 CA.State & National Parks
Places of Adventure and Tranquility
42 CA.Golf
California’s 10 Best Public Golf Courses
45 CA.Sports & Outdoors: Summer
Get Outside and Play
48 CA.Sports & Outdoors: Winter
Wonderland in Winter
50 CA.Movies
The Stuff of Dreams
54 CA.Theme Parks
Excitement Overload
58 CA.Shopping
A Shopper’s Paradise
62 CA.Spas & Wellness
The New R&R
66 CA.Railway Journeys
When That Lonesome Whistle Blows
68 CA.Road Trips
Take the Wheel!
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EXPLORE CALIFORNIA’S
TOURISM REGIONS
72 San Francisco Bay Area
76 San Francisco
78 Tri-Valley
80 Sonoma Valley
82 Berkeley
86 San Jose & Silicon Valley
90 Santa Clara County
94 Los Angeles County
100 West Hollywood
102 San Diego County
108 San Diego Zoo & Safari Park
110 Orange County
116 Newport Beach
120 Monterey Bay & Big Sur
124 Gilroy
126 Central Valley
130 Central Valley Cities
134 Central Coast
138 North Coast
142 High Sierra
148 Mammoth Lakes
150 Lake Tahoe South Shore
154 Gold Country
158 Shasta Cascade
161 Inland Empire
164 Deserts
Find Useful
Information
168 Resources
General Information
California Welcome Centers
Quick Reference Guide to Travel
Convention & Visitors Bureaus
Holidays
Climate/Temperatures
Medical Care & Travel Insurance
Driving Regulations
Resources for the Disabled
Hotels, Resorts & Inns
Airports
Air Distances Between Selected Cities
Driving Distances
National Parks & Historic Sites
Art Museums
COVER: Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
Photo: Nickolay Stanev/Shutterstock.
Lombard Street on Russian Hill, San Francisco, top.
MARIO SAVOIA/SHUTTERSTOCK
