Insight Guides California: Travel Guide eBook

Insight Guides

• Publisher: Insight Guides
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN: 9781839053603
• Edition: 10
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Travel

This Insight Guide is a lavishly illustrated inspirational travel guide to California and a beautiful souvenir of your trip. Perfect for travellers looking for a deeper dive into the destination's history and culture, it's ideal to inspire and help you plan your travels. With its great selection of places to see and colourful magazine-style layout, this California guidebook is just the tool you need to accompany you before or during your trip. Whether it's deciding when to go, choosing what to see or creating a travel plan to cover key places like Long Beach, Lake Tahoe, it will answer all the questions you might have along the way. It will also help guide you when you'll be exploring Los Angeles or discovering San Francisco on the ground. Our California travel guide was fully-updated post-COVID-19.

The Insight Guide CALIFORNIA covers: Northern California, San Francisco, Greater San Francisco Bay Area, Wine Country, Along the North Coast, The High North, Central Valley, Lake Tahoe and the Sierra Nevada, Monterey Peninsula and the Big Sur Coast, Southern California, The Central Coast, Los Angeles, Disneyland and around LA, South Bay and the Orange Coast, The Deserts, San Diego.

In this guide book to California you will find:

IN-DEPTH CULTURAL AND HISTORICAL FEATURES  
Created to provide a deeper dive into the culture and the history of California to get a greater understanding of its modern-day life, people and politics.

BEST OF
The top attractions and Editor's Choice featured in this California guide book highlight the most special places to visit.

TIPS AND FACTS
Up-to-date historical timeline and in-depth cultural background to California as well as an introduction to California's food and drink, and fun destination-specific features.

PRACTICAL TRAVEL INFORMATION
A-Z of useful advice on everything, from when to go to California, how to get there and how to get around, to California's climate, advice on tipping, etiquette and more.

COLOUR-CODED CHAPTERS
Every part of the destination, from Nevada City to Hollywood has its own colour assigned for easy navigation of this California travel guide.

CURATED PLACES, HIGH-QUALITY MAPS
Geographically organised text, cross-referenced against full-colour, high-quality travel maps for quick orientation in Downtown San Francisco, Santa Barbara and many other locations in California.

STRIKING PICTURES
This guide book to California features inspirational colour photography, including the stunning Yosemite National Park and the spectacular Golden Gate Bridge.

Table of contents

• How To Use This E-Book
• California’s Top 10 Attractions
• Editor’s Choice
• Introduction: The Real ‘Golden State’
• Cultural Diversity
• Decisive dates
• Native Tribes and Europeans
• Insight: The Mission of Old California
• From Ranchos to Statehood
• The California Gold Rush
• Boom and Bust Years
• The Early 20th Century
• Modern Times
• California Cuisine
• Insight: Fine Wines of California
• California Wine
• The Moviemakers of Sunset Boulevard
• The Great Outdoors
• Insight: Earthquakes and Other Disasters
• Northern California
• San Francisco
• Insight: San Francisco’s cable cars
• Greater San Francisco Bay Area
• Wine Country
• Along the North Coast
• The High North
• Central Valley
• Lake Tahoe & the Sierra Nevada
• Monterey Peninsula and the Big Sur Coast
• Insight: Hearst Castle at San Simeon
• Southern California
• The Central Coast
• Los Angeles
• Insight: J. Paul Getty Museum and The Getty Center
• Disneyland and Around LA
• South Bay and the Orange Coast
• The Deserts
• San Diego
• Transportation
• A-Z: A Handy Summary of Practical Information
• Further Reading