California Senior Citizens

California (Regional Guide)

Description

Lonely Planet knows California. This 5th edition guarantees adventures across the Golden State, whether you're tasting small-batch pinots in Sonoma, reliving the Gold Rush or cruising the last leg of Route 66 on the ultimate beach-bound road trip.

Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip.

In This Guide:

Expanded Outdoors chapter covering 21 activities to get you closer to nature
New Food chapter showcases California's best drinks and delicacies
Green Index directs you to sustainable listings

Reviews

Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2010-04-01
Summary: "Los Angeles native - not happy with purchase"

I am a Los Angeles native and I found this book to be very difficult to use and with very little useful information. If there is too much information in California to include enough information about a site, perhaps LP shouldn't publish the title. Listing every potential site without adequate information is not helpful.

I have used the LP Turkey, Bali, and Greece books, and while I think most of the problem with this book stems from LP's confusing and cluttered format (which was a problem for those books as well), this book was less useful for my California traveling than those other books were, although I cannot put my finger on why that is.

I am thinking of getting the Fodor's guide instead. From what I have seen on Amazon's preview, Fodor's format looks like it is more user friendly. If only Rick Steve's published a California guide.

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2008-04-21
Summary: "Really great book, the only problem, the pictures are all in black & white, its an overview of the Californian State, but if you"

Really great book, the only problem, the pictures are all in black & white, its an overview of the Californian State, but if you want a more detailed focus on each city you may need additional guides.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2007-07-09
Summary: "A huge timesaver"

Just used this book for a two-week road trip through California. I also had a few other Cal guidebooks with me and this one was the best. It was well organized, in depth and consistently gave good recommendations.

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Rating: 1 / 5
Date: 2007-06-14
Summary: "Too much politics, not enough substance"

1. I live in California and thus I'm familiar (at least) with the surrounding region I live in etc...

2. This book physically looks good, has a nice layout, but is relatively devoid of concrete data (ie places to eat, stay etc...). Furthermore, it reads as if it were written by some college political science major at USF...

3. It's tough to find a good travel book; Perhaps the Moon publication might be better. However one thing is sure--> if you want a book with actual good information--> forget this one. If you just want a book with very cursory info--> this might be ok in that it's fairly compact, it covers the entire state etc...

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Rating: 4 / 5
Date: 2007-01-18
Summary: "Helps you see the whole state"

Most people can say they know San Francisco/Bay Area, Los Angeles/Orange County, or San Diego. These are the places people typically hit up when they plan a trip to CA. Having lived several years in SoCal, I found this book opened my eyes to all the state has to offer. It balances the sections on the large cities with other destinations and activities. You can easily stay with friends in LA or SFO and get a better tour of the town than the book can offer, but what about Death Valley or the Redwoods or PCH? This is where the book has been of great help to me.