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 : Coastal California (Regional Guide)

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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.94
EAN: 9781741044713
Edition: 2nd
ISBN: 1741044715
Label: Lonely Planet
Manufacturer: Lonely Planet
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: April 01, 2007
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Studio: Lonely Planet




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See what happens if you lift your shirt on Disneyland's Splash Mountain ride, p. 209.

Peer into the Pacific at 2am while floating naked in a hot-spring bath, p. 162.

Squeeze organic peaches with hemp-shirted hippies and couture-clad foodies at a farmers' market, p. 50.

Grip your toes on a waxy board and teeter down your first wave in a surfing course, p. 36.

Two fabulous local authors, 700+ hours of on-the-ground research, 64 detailed maps.

Driver essentials: detailed color map section, driving distances, fun and funky detours and itineraries.

A San Francisco drag queen, and LA surfer and other locals divulge their favorites.

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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:  out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Very informative
This book was really helpful. Without it, we would have missed out on a lot of cool things that aren't advertised. Definitely the best resource on our San Diego to Seattle roadtrip.



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Helped facilitate our vacation from Laguna to Monterey.
We used this guide on a recent trip to California. It is a good solid guide that helped us with hotel selection as well as helping us navigate. All the major sites and landmarks are noted. Maps of highways and downtown area were helpful. Recommendations for hotels and restuarants were good.

We explored Laguna Beach and walked the paths along the cliffs and shoreline. The parks are well kept and are immediately across from the Laguna business disricts.

When in Los Angeles ... Read More



Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Helpful guide :-)
Lonely Planet are always the source I go to when looking to research a new vacation spot. Their books are informative and helpful and they are compact enough to take with you if nessesary.
The featured highlights in the book are places like Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, Hearst Castle, Point Arena Lighthouse, Griffith Park and Queen Mary - so they have the main points covered. They show you various detours you can make if you are travelling by car so you can see other places that may normally ... Read More



Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Inferior to Lonely Planet's California Guide
I lived in Southern California for 18 years (I moved in '02). On a trip back in Winter '04/05, I decided to take a friend on a "grand tour" of all of Southern CA and then the world famous Pacific Coast Highway 1 (or as we called it, PCH). While I'd bought the big Lonely Planet (LP) California guide for hitting the lesser known spots on the way back (we planned to only take PCH one way), I thought I'd cover all my bases and try out this "Coastal California" edition, especially since it had a different ... Read More







 






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