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California Travel


One should tour California at least once. Start from San Diego. (Other San Diego websites are: sandiego.org and visitors guide). The San Diego Zoo. is a good place to stop. After visiting downtown and the harbor area proceed to La Jolla (Also another La Jolla website). The Scripps Institute. is there. From there you can travel to Palm Springs or Oceanside. Legoland is in Carlsbad. From there, one can travel to San Clemente, then Dana Point. Laguna Beach (artist community) is further north.

Fashion Island and Balboa Island are in Newport Beach (Another Newport Beach site). Take either the 45 or 90 minute harbor tour. From there go to Disneyland.The South Coast Plaza are located in Santa Ana. Proceed toKnott's Berry Farm. Proceed to Long Beach (Another Long Beach site). Select from a variety of restaurants on Pine Street, then proceed to Shoreline Village and the Long Beach Aquarium of the Pacific and the Queen Mary.

From there travel to Ft. MacArthur museum in San Pedro after getting something to eat at Ports O' Call (Harbor cruise, helicopter ride there. You can also go to Catalina Island (Another Catalina Island website.) Visit either Avalon or Two Harbors. From there go to Alpine Village (for European influences) located in Torrance. Visit Del Amo Fashion Center and spend a night at the Torrance Marriott.

The following morning travel west on Torrance Blvd. and park down near the beach spending time in
Redondo Beach at the Pier (Another Pier link). Drive through South Redondo (lots of small shops) and begin your ascent to the Palos Verdes Peninsula (Go to the top to see a sample of monstrous mansions) and return. Drive north on Pacific Coast Hwy and spend some time in Hermosa Beach. Visit the pier area. Proceed to Bristol Farms on Rosecrans Ave (Manhattan Village, a mall, is also in the area) and continue to the pier in Manhattan Beach.

After visiting the South Bay area, select tours in the Los Angeles (the stars homes, to Farmer's Market near CBS studios on Fairfax, the museums if you'd like, the Getty Museum, Go to Venice and Santa Monica .See the pier and the 3rd Street Promenade) Make sure you see Universal Studios. Up north you can take the coastal route taking Highway 1 all the way to San Fransisco.

Stop in Santa Barbara, Lompoc, Vandenberg AFB, and Solvang along the way.San Luis Obispo and Morrow Bay are next. Also see Monterey, Carmel, Half Moon Bay on the way. Continue north and then swing around after seeing places along the coast and come down through Shasta County and then from Sacramento (Old Sacramento is an interesting historic area) head east to Lake Tahoe, then proceed down Hwy 395 (turn off for a visit to Yosemite).

Other California Links

Automobile Club of Southern California
Barona Resort and Casino - San Diego
Beach Cities Health District
Borrego Springs Chamber of Commerce
California Connected
California
• Area Guide
• Government
• Map Society
• Office of Historic Preservation
• State Historical Landmarks
Catalina Island
Cerritos
• City page
• Library
Coronado Historical Association
County of Los Angeles, Public Library
Desert Hot Springs Vistor's Information
Discover South Bay
El Segundo
• Chamber of Commerce
• Commercial
 ... Chevron refinery
 ... Cold Stone Creamery
 ... Cookin' For You
 ... Downtown Retail Map
 ... Embassy Suites - LAX South (Capistrano's)
 ... Ocassions (Event planning/catering)
 ... Pure Heart Designs (Jewelry)
• City page
• elsegundo.net (community resource)
• Hyperion Treatment Plant
• Library
• Photos
• Schools
 ... Adult School
 ... El Segundo Unified
 ... Vistamar High School (private)
Fallbrook Chamber of Commerce
• Unified School District
Fallbrook Historical Society
Gilroy Visitors Bureau
Glendale, City of
Greater South Bay (Schools)
Hawthorne
• City page
• High School Alumni site
Hermosa Beach
• Art
 ... Jean Mc Callister
• City page
• Chamber of Commerce
• Commercial
 ... Hermosa Design Center
 ... The Good Stuff (restaurant)
• Historical Society
• Photos
 ... Bradley Arthur Weis
 ... Eric Sprague
• Playhouse
KCET (Los Angeles Public Television)
 ... Explore CA (Huell Howser)
LA Beaches (photos - rockcitynews)
LA Quake Map
La Tour de Provence (South Bay source of french gifts and deli)
 ... see photos
Lawndale
• City page
• High School Alumni site
LAX House Removals (John Divola 1976)
League of California Cities
League of Women Voters®of the Beach Cities
Legoland - Carlsbad (amusement park)
Lompoc Valley Chamber of Commerce
Lone Pine
Long Beach Heritage
Los Alamos Historical Society
Los Angeles Almanac
Los Angeles
• Area Guide
• Commercial
 ... Los Angeles Times
• Conservancy
• Metrolinks
Mammoth Mountain (ski resort)
Manhattan Beach
• City page
• Chamber of Commerce
• Commercial
 ... Custom Wrought Iron (Michael J. Siddons Designs)
 ... Manhattan Village (mall)
 ... Metlox (Shop, Dine, and Relax)
• Historical Society
• Library
• Photos
 ... John Post Gallery
 ... Mary Pat Dorr
 ... Mike Woodward
Marina Del Rey, City of
Merced Conference and Visitors Bureau
Miraleste in Ranch Palos Verdes
Norris Center for the Performing Arts (Rolling Hills Estates)
North Lake Taho Resort Association
Oxnard Convention & Visitors Bureau
Palm Springs
• Aerial Tram
• City page
• Historical Society
• Visitors and Hotel Reservation Center
Palos Verdes
• Terranea Resort
 ... photos

The Terrenea Resort provides the following advanced services: Cabana, bicycle, chair, and unbrella rentals, referral to baby-sitting services, tide pool and creative, artistic activities for children, free courtesy transportation within 5 miles, currency exchange, fire pits and fire places, florist, gifts, shopping, groceries and gift cards, Spa, fitness room, and hair salon, in-room safes, free wireless Internet access, kayak tours, lawn games, notary public, limousine service, photography and realestate purchasing

Palos Verdes Estates
• City page
• Library District
Palosverdes.com
Palos Verdes Symphony
Pasadena
• City page
• Heritage
• Museum of History
Pebble Beach, City of
Pismo Beach, City of
Playa Del Rey
Rancho Palos Verdes Community Helpline
Redding Convention & Visitors Bureau
Redondo Beach
• City page
• Chamber of Commerce
• Commercial
 ... Captain Kidd's Fish Market
 ... Harmony Works (Meaningful creations for your soul)
 ... Kilohana (Hawaiian art, furnature, bedding and gifts)
 ... La Tour de Provence (Replaced by Delicieuse French Cafe and Boutique).
     See photos of former La Tour de Provence.
 ... Out Of My Tree (Natural, handmade candles and bath items)
       Site pending. Contact itsmytree@aol.com.
 ... Sew Fun, Sew Easy
 ... The Potted Garden
• Historical Society
• Library
• Path of History Project
• Riviera Village Leads Club (job leads in Redondo Beach)
• Visitor's Guide
Streets of LA(photo collection)
San Diego Zoo
San Fransisco Convention & Visitors Bureau
San Jose, History
Santa Maria Valley
Silicon Valley and San Jose
South Bay Adult School
South Bay Business Register
South Bay Calendar (current listing of community events)
South Bay Cities Council of Governments
South Bay Life
South Bay Literacy Council, Inc.
South Bay Master Chorale
South Bay School of Cooking
Temecula, City of
The Aesthetic (South Bay arts and ideas)
The Daily Breeze (local South Bay newspaper)
The Easy Reader (local community newspaper)
The Metrorail
Torrance
• Adult School
• Area Chamber of Commerce
• Artists Guild
• City page
• Commercial
 ... Dinah's Doggie Daycare
 ... Lumier (medical spa)
• Library
• Photos
 ... Stephan Canthal
Universal Studios - Hollywood
Visitdeserts.com
Visitvallejo.com
WatchTheWater.org
Westchester
Work Source Center - Torrance

Other Links

City-data.com (statistical data about US cities)
Earthcam (webcams from around the world)
Officialcitysites.org (international reference to cities)
SeatGuru.com (finding the best airline seats)
U.S. Fire Map (track status of fires across the United States)
      

Contributions

Rhonda Stallone Rhondas@mtnriver.com, Marketing Manager Mountain & River Adventures (7/24/2009)

Mountain & River Adventures provides white water rafting trip and tours. We are also the host of the annual Kernville Fat Tire Festival.

Poem of the south bay

Robin Bryant rbryant@usdm.net   (07/16/2001)

Hi my name is Robin Bryant. I am contacting you on behalf of the San Jose Convention & Visitors Bureau. I found your web site while surfing and noticed that it is a great resource for California travel information. Therefore, I would like to suggest this web site.

The San Jose Convention & Visitors Bureau web site provides a wealth of unbiased information on attractions, travel, hotels, meetings and conventions, history, sports, tours and more about the San Jose, California area. I believe that the San Jose web site would benefit your users by providing them an additional link about the area.

Barbara Gordon. yaya@lightspeed.net   (02/10/2000)

Karen Keuhl. KayKay@accex.net  02/12/2000 The Central Coast

"After your tourists leave Santa Barbara on their way up the coast, they must stop in Solvang
in the Santa Ynez Valley . Solvang is a Danish community right out of Hans Christian Anderson.
Many village shops, with windmills attached, have authentic Danish food and goods for sale. An
interesting stop and the food is great! And right off of Hwy 101.When in the area, Los Olivos
is just over the hill and is where Return to Mayberry was filmed with Andy Griffith and Don Knotts.
There's another day to add to the trip! Los Alamos is a great old stage coach stop of years gone
by but looks as it did in the 1800's. Rightoff the 101 Freeway about 25 miles north of Solvang
the Union Hotel, once a brothel, was and still is a favorite stopover for weary travellers, has
great food, great hospitality and a lot of atmosphere of the old west. The rooms are of original
decor. Next door is a mansion moved from Nipomo that was converted into several different
rooms as a hotel. Each room has a theme: '50's room has a bed in a Cadillac convertible.

The TV is a drive-in moving screen and the speaker is a drive-in speaker stand. There's a Roman
room, Egytian room, Gypsy room, Ship room, French room, and a few more to choose from. All
have hot tubs and all meals and beverages are served through dumbwaiters, so the guests
don't have to leave their rooms or see a soul other than who they are with if they choose.
Each room is very unique and an experience to suit any mood. A great place to spend a night.
On the way up the coast, another great place to stop and at least see is the Madonna Inn.
It is pink and can be seen right off the 101 Freeway as you go through San Luis Obispo .
This is another hotel with various theme rooms, from the Caveman room to the simple Daisy
room. Just to wonder around the hotel grounds and restaurant is a pleasure-trip in itself. They
also serve up delicious delicacies to tempt the pallet. Their homemade pies are outrageous!
Cambria Pines by the Sea , San Simeon and Hearst Castle are a must for anyone travelling up
the coast of California on Highway 1. You can add another day to the trip right there!! While
visiting this part of the Central Coast between Cambria and San Simeon, there is a stretch of
beach near the lighthouse where the elephant seals come to stay. There are different groups
at different times of the year. In the winter and spring, the moms and younguns come to
sunbathe. And in the summer, the batchelors can be seen. You can almost walk right up to
them, but the volunteer caretakers warn you not to go within 15 feet of them.

Paso Robles has some great wineries. Wine tasting rooms and cellars abound. PR
is inland about 20 miles from Morro Bay. Also, if your tourists are interested in
California Missions, the Central Coast has some fabulous places to visit. The best
are in Santa Barbara, Santa Ynez, Lompoc, San Luis Obispo, and San Miguel. All are
state run and have been rebuilt to look like they did when Father Serra wondered up and
down the region. Most have special seasons when they have native Indians, padres and
villagers dressed in period costumes actually working in the Missions and surrounding
villages just like they did in the 1800's. It's very interesting to see how California
was in the early days."

Prepared by Don Di Tomasso