Frommer's California [With Fold-Out Map]

by Harry Basch, Erika Lenkert, Mark Hiss

Frommer's. The best trips start here. Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer. Explore the bounty of the Golden State-from its cosmopolitan cities to its ancient redwood forests, beaches, deserts, and mountains. Outspoken opinions on what's worth your time and what's not. Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip whatever your budget. Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470137347
• ISBN13: 9780470137345
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Frommer's
• Length: 786 Pages
• Weight: 1.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Great overview of a vastly diverse travel destination!

California is so varied from South (San Diego, Anaheim-Disney, LA) to North (San Francisco, Muir Woods) to in between (Tahoe mountains, Monterrey coast, wine country), so a comprehensive travel book may seem impossible. Still, this is a great collection of Frommer's top (and not so top) choices from each region of the state. The maps are a nice perk. This book includes enough information to last travellers many vacations around California.

Excellent book

This fat book will give you all the details you want to know about California. Very good value for money.

Another excellent Frommer book

I love Frommer's travel guide and this is another excellent book. It is great value as you only have to buy one book instead of multiple books (LA, San Diego, San Francisco ... etc). Highly recommended !!

Great Book

I have lived in CA all my life and this book helps me find new great things! I highly recommend this book for those who love to find the best things about our great state.

Excellent Guide for Trip to San Francisco Area

I needed to plan a 3-day visit to the San Francisco area, and this book proved to be perfect for that. Far better than random information available on the web. I chose a wonderful small hotel from the book and loved it. Also chose restaraunts, grand and small, with excellent results. Chose a variety of sites to visit as a tourist from the book's descriptions. Also charted a 1-day trip through Sonoma valley from the guide, ending up at the Point Reyes Pacific coast and beautiful views. The book also provides site addresses (wineries, for example) useful for tapping into the GPS navigator in the rent car. Too large to carry on a walking trip, but otherwise absolutely a perfect guide for my needs.