Hidden San Francisco and Northern California: The Adventurer's Guide (Hidden Guides)

by RayRiegert (Author)

• Used

  Paperback
  1998

  $4.21

  Providing the ultimate looking glass into this part of America, the author reveals everything from the backstreets of San Francisco's Chinatown and the family-owned vineyards in the wine country to hiking trails deep in the redwood forests and the best ski slopes around Lake Tahoe. 18 illustrations. 17 maps.

• Used

  Paperback
  2002

  $18.37

  Including Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Yosemite, and Lake Tahoe; Hidden guides combine unique travel choices, outdoor adventures and little-known locales into a guide where vacations meet adventures. Each guide includes detailed maps, complete internet information for each listing, highlighted author favourites, suggested itineraries and walking and driving tours. San Francisco may be the world's most popular city and honoured as such about once a month by one group or another, but Hidden San Francisco and Northern California guides you beyond the places crowded by those lured by all the hype. Local author Ray Riegert shows where to lose the crowd and experience this magnificent area like a resident. Hidden San Francisco and Northern California leads you into the California outdoors at 11 balloon-ride locations, 116 cycling paths, 65 horseback riding trails, 41 surfing spots, 130 parks and 6 pocket beaches. It provides selective recommendations for accommodations ranging from downtown San Francisco hotels to 52 coastal bed-and-breakfasts inns; plus sleeping in the wilds at 25 cabins and 570 campgrounds (13,345 sites). The author offers opinionated reviews of local dining including 25 California cuisine eateries and 38 Asian restaurants. Plus the guide includes special sections for gay travellers visiting