If you are looking for things to do in Santa Cruz, start with this: this classic California beach town packs a historic seaside amusement park, a working wharf, surf culture, redwood forests, and a walkable Read more…
This Disneyland guide is built for one job: getting you through the planning decisions in the right order. Tickets and reservations come first, because without both, you do not get in. Then comes the real Read more…
San Francisco rewards a plan — and punishes the lack of one. Hills, fog, sold-out Alcatraz ferries, and a cable car line that can eat an hour of your morning mean the difference between a Read more…
If you are looking for things to do in Pismo Beach, start with this: this classic Central Coast beach town packs a 1,200-foot pier, wide sandy beaches, the famous Oceano Dunes, a monarch butterfly grove, Read more…
This Los Angeles travel guide is built for one thing: helping you actually enjoy LA instead of just driving through it. Los Angeles is enormous, spread out, and easy to get wrong. Pick the wrong Read more…
Death Valley National Park is the largest national park in the lower 48 states – over 3 million acres of desert valleys, salt flats, sand dunes, canyons, and mountain ranges. It is also one of Read more…
If you are looking for things to do in Monterey, start with this: the city packs a world-class aquarium, a historic waterfront, great seafood, sea otters, and one of California’s most scenic drives into a Read more…
If you are looking for things to do in Solvang, here is the short version: this tiny Danish village in the Santa Ynez Valley is one of the most charming day trips in California. Half-timbered Read more…
Hearst Castle sits on a hilltop above San Simeon, on California’s Central Coast, and it is one of the most unusual places you can visit in the state. It is part mansion, part art museum, Read more…