California Travel Guide

California is a source of endless wonder, both natural and manmade: from the Half Dome in Yosemite to the Magic Kingdom of Disneyland. The diversity of its landscape makes California seem too vast to be a single state. You do not visit just one California. You choose a particular California. If you are looking for natural beauty, the Big Sur coastline isn't a bad place to start, but it's only one gem on a long, long list. If you favor worldly pleasures, San Francisco and the Wine Country beckon. Aficionados of the edgy love L.A. Wherever you go in the Golden State, there's plenty to fall in love with, and very few visitors go home unsmitten.

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• Quintessential
• If You Like

• What's New in California
• California Today
• California's Top Experiences

Regions in California

• The Bay Area
• Big Sur
• The Central Valley
• Dry Creek and Alexander Valleys
• The Far North
• The Inland Empire
• Lake Tahoe
• The Marin Headlands
• The Mojave Desert
• Napa and Sonoma

• Napa Valley
• The North Coast
• Orange County and Catalina Island
• Palm Springs and the Desert Resorts
• Russian River Valley
• Sacramento and the Gold Country
• Santa Barbara and the Central Coast
• Sonoma Valley
• The Southern Sierra
• Yucca Valley

Cities in California

• Alturas
• Amador City
• Anderson Valley
• Angels Camp
• Auburn
• Avila Beach
• Baker
• Bakersfield
• Barstow
• Berkeley
• Big Bear Lake
• Bishop
• Bodega Bay
• Bodie State Historic Park
• Bolinas
• Borrego Springs
• Calistoga
• Cambria
• Carnelian Bay to Kings Beach
• Cathedral City
• Cerro Gordo Ghost Town
• Chester
• Chico
• Claremont
• Coloma
• Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park
• Columbia
• Corona
• Corona del Mar
• Crystal Bay
• Dana Point
• Davis
• Desert Hot Springs
• Dunsmuir
• El Portal
• Elk
• Eureka
• Ferndale
• Fish Camp
• Fort Bragg
• Fort Ross State Historic Park
• Fresno
• Glen Ellen
• Grass Valley
• Gualala
• Half Moon Bay
• Hanford
• Healdsburg
• Huntington Beach
• Idyllwild
• Incline Village
• Independence

• Indian Wells
• Indio
• Jackson
• Jamestown
• Jenner
• Kenwood
• Kernville
• La Quinta
• Laguna Beach
• Lake Arrowhead
• Lake Havasu City, AZ
• Lake Shasta Area
• Lancaster
• Lee Vining
• Little River
• Lodi
• Lompoc
• Lone Pine
• Los Angeles
• Los Olivos
• Mammoth Lakes
• Manzanar National Historic Site
• Mariposa
• Mendocino
• Merced
• Modesto
• Monterey Bay
• Morro Bay
• Moss Beach
• Mt. Shasta
• Murphys
• Napa
• Needles
• Nevada City
• Newport Beach
• Oak Glen
• Oakdale
• Oakhurst
• Oakland
• Oakville
• Occidental
• Ojai
• Olympic Valley
• Ontario
• Palm Desert
• Palm Springs
• Palmdale
• Paso Robles
• Pescadero
• Pismo Beach
• Placerville
• Point Arena

• Point Reyes National Seashore
• Pomona
• Primm, NV
• Quincy
• Rancho Cucamonga
• Rancho Mirage
• Red Bluff
• Redding
• Redlands
• Reno
• Ridgecrest
• Riverside
• Rutherford
• Sacramento
• Salton Sea
• San Diego
• San Francisco
• San Juan Capistrano
• San Luis Obispo
• San Simeon
• Santa Ana/Costa Mesa
• Santa Barbara
• Santa Rosa
• Santa Ynez
• Sausalito
• Shenandoah Valley
• Solvang
• Sonoma
• Sonora
• South Lake Tahoe
• St. Helena
• Stateline
• Stinson Beach
• Stockton
• Sugar Pine Point State Park
• Susanville
• Sutter Creek
• Tahoe City
• Tahoma
• Temecula
• Three Rivers
• Tiburon
• Trinidad
• Truckee
• Twentynine Palms
• Ventura
• Victorville
• Visalia
• Weaverville
• Woodland
• Yountville
• Zephyr Cove

Islands in California

• Catalina Island

Parks and Preserves in California

• Año Nuevo State Reserve
• Anza-Borrego Desert State Park
• Big Basin Redwoods State Park
• Channel Islands National Park
• D.L. Bliss State Park
• Death Valley National Park
• Emerald Bay State Park

• Humboldt Redwoods State Park
• Joshua Tree National Park
• Lassen Volcanic National Park
• McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park
• Mojave National Preserve
• Mt. Tamalpais State Park
• Muir Woods National Monument

• Pope-Baldwin Recreation Area
• Red Rock Canyon State Park
• Redwood National Park
• Salt Point State Park
• Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
• Yosemite National Park

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