Just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco sits a waterfront town that feels like a different country: Sausalito. Mediterranean-style hillsides, houseboats that look like art, a promenade with skyline views — and a Read more…
Welcome to this Santa Monica travel guide. Santa Monica is the beach town most people picture when they think of California: miles of wide sandy beach, a historic amusement pier over the Pacific, and a Read more…
Mono Lake is the strangest, most beautiful stop on California’s Highway 395 corridor. This Mono Lake guide covers everything you need: the tufa towers at South Tufa, the birds and brine shrimp behind the lake’s Read more…
Ventura sits where Southern California’s surf-town era refuses to fade: a working harbor, a wooden pier from 1872, a mission from 1782, and the main jumping-off point for Channel Islands National Park, about an hour Read more…
The Salton Sea is California’s strangest lake — a shimmering inland sea about 34 miles long, sitting 230 feet below sea level in the desert of Imperial and Riverside counties, ringed by abandoned resort towns, Read more…
Planning a first trip to California’s capital? This Sacramento travel guide is built for first-timers who want the essential sights, the best food, and a simple plan that fits into a day or two. Sacramento Read more…
Standing under a coast redwood for the first time is hard to describe. The trunk is wider than a car, the canopy disappears into fog, and the forest floor goes quiet in a way few Read more…
If wine country is on your California list, this Napa Valley guide is the place to start. Napa packs more than 400 wineries, a string of distinct small towns, and some of the best food Read more…
A Lake Tahoe winter is the Sierra at its most dramatic: a huge alpine lake ringed by snow-covered peaks, clear cold air, and a long list of ways to play in the snow. This guide Read more…