33 Getaways from San Francisco That You Must Not Miss - Softcover

Guggiana, Marissa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3954516462 ISBN 13: 9783954516469

Publisher: Emons Publishers, 2016

Synopsis

• Go off the beaten path to discover 33 weekend getaways in the San Francisco Bay Area; the ultimate insider's getaway guide
• Features interesting and unusual places not found in traditional travel guides
• An extension of the international 111 Places/111 Shops series with over 150 titles and 1 million copies in print worldwide
• Appeals to both the local market (nearly 7 million call the Bay Area home) and the tourist market (over 16 million people visit San Francisco every year)
• Fully illustrated with 200 color photographs

The epic beauty and romance of northern California has long been a beacon to the most interesting and adventurous pleasure seekers.

Follow in their footsteps and blaze a few of your own trails with this guide to the region's best kept secrets. Within two hours of San Francisco a variety of carefree, invigorating, spiritual, pampering, culinary, and exotic experiences await you. Saunter through Sonoma's Serengeti, experiencing giraffes, zebras, and wildebeests in wine country. Get buried alive in mud, enzymes, or minerals and emerge renewed. Shuck your own oysters right at the source, in one of the country's few farms that encourages champagne consumption. Find your inner shaman in a breathtaking land that has been the home to warriors, poets, and healers from time immemorial. Delight your inner child with wine tasting and kite flying, while your child delights in an amusement park devoted to the "choo-choo."

Pack your tote, fill up your tank, power down your cell, and get ready to get lost in the wilds and wonders of the greater Bay Area. With 33 off-the-beaten-path getaways from San Francisco to choose from, there's something to sate even the quirkiest yens.

About this title

About the Author:

Marissa Guggiana is a fifth-generation native of Sonoma County and the celebrated author of two culinary books – Primal Cuts: Cooking with America's Best Butchers and Off The Menu: Staff Meals From America's Top Restaurants. Growing up in Northern California has nurtured her passion for exploring her surroundings and she is thrilled to share some of her favorite discoveries. As a freelance journalist, her articles have appeared in such publications as Edible Communities magazines, Meatpaper, and Berkeleyside, among others. She lives in the Bay Area with her husband, Eric, and their daughter, Margot.

About this edition

• Publisher: Emons Publishers
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 3954516462
• ISBN 13: 9783954516469
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240