Frommer's California 2004 (Frommer's Complete Guides) - Softcover

Lenkert, Erika; Poole, Matthew; Swanson, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0764538713 ISBN 13: 9780764538711

Publisher: *Frommers, 2003

Synopsis

You'll never fall into the tourist traps when you travel with Frommer's. It's like having a friend show you around, taking you to the places locals like best. Our expert authors have already gone everywhere you might go -- they've done the legwork for you, and they're not afraid to tell it like it is, saving you time and money. No other series offers candid reviews of so many hotels and restaurants in all price ranges. Every Frommer's Travel Guide is up-to-date, with exact prices for everything, dozens of maps, and exciting coverage of sports, shopping, and nightlife. You'd be lost without us!

Completely updated every year (unlike most of the competition), Frommer's California features detailed reviews and insider info on the state's spectacular beaches, national parks, vineyards, and more. Quite simply, this is the most reliable and comprehensive California guide you can buy. Whether you're looking for a romantic B&B in the Wine Country, the hippest new restaurant in San Francisco, or the best beaches in L.A. and San Diego, Frommer's California will show you the way.

The guide is personally researched by longtime residents, and it's full of their candid opinions about the best their state has to offer. They've selected the very best places to stay throughout the state: lavish golf resorts, spas, stunning B&Bs, beachfront motels, and Yosemite's best campgrounds. With Frommer's in hand, you'll see it all -- from the desert to the towering redwoods, from Hollywood to Hearst Castle, from Sea World to Big Sur. You'll even get a color fold-out map!

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Experience a place the way the locals do. Enjoy the best it has to offer. And avoid tourist traps. At Frommer’s, we use 150 outspoken travel experts around the world to help you make the right choices. Frommer’s. Your guide to a world of travel experience.

Choose the Only Guide That Gives You:

• From the glitz of Hollywood to the pristine beauty of Yosemite, the essential information on the cities, towns, theme parks, resorts, and national parks of the Golden State.
• Outspoken opinions on what’s worth your time and what’s not.
• Exact prices, so you can plan the perfect trip no matter what your budget.
• Off-the-beaten-path experiences and undiscovered gems, plus new takes on top attractions.
• The best hotels and restaurants in every price range, with candid reviews.

About the Author:

A native San Franciscan, Erika Lenkert spends her time traipsing through San Francisco and across the globe in search of adventure and great food. She has written for Travel & Leisure, Food & Wine, Bride’s, San Francisco Magazine, Los Angeles Magazine, and Time Out. Her latest book, The Last-Minute Party Girl: Fashionable, Fearless, and Foolishly Simple Entertaining (www.lastminutepartygirl.com), mixes fun, entertaining, and Bay Area dining and recipes into a tasty, useful guide to living large, San Francisco style.

Matthew Richard Poole, a native Californian, has authored more than two dozen travel guides to California, Hawaii, and abroad. Highly allergic to office buildings, he spends most of his time on the road doing research and avoiding commitments. Other guidebooks he authors include Frommer’s Los Angeles, Frommer’s California from $70 a Day, Frommer’s San Francisco from $70 a Day, Frommer’s Irreverent Guide to San Francisco, and Frommer’s Disneyland.

San Diego native David Swanson’s first travels were in the back of a Volkswagen bus with his parents through Yosemite and the Sierras, San Francisco, and Santa Barbara. His stories and photography have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, Miami Herald, The Globe and Mail, National Geographic Traveler, Bride’s, and TravelAge West. He is a contributing editor at Caribbean Travel & Life.

About this edition

• Publisher: *Frommers
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0764538713
• ISBN 13: 9780764538711
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 731