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Guidebooks for California


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Lonely_Planet Discover California

Discover Guides

The full-colour, image-laden Discover guides get you straight to a country's highlights - perfect for travellers with limited time. You'll experience the best of a country with these easy-to-use guides. You'll get you straight to a country's unmissable highlights with itineraries, best-of lists and insider secrets.

Discover California

Apr 2015 (3rd ed.)
416 pages

Author(s): Sara Benson, John A Vlahides et al.


Lonely_Planet Northern California

Regional Guides

Want to get the feel of a region and the areas it spans? Regional guides will get you there, with detailed maps, lush full-colour images, plenty of pre-planning info, itineraries to match your timeframe and recommendations to get you straight to the best.

Northern California

Mar 2015 (2nd ed.)
576 pages

Author(s): John A Vlahides, Alison Bing et al.



Download Individual Chapter PDFs (£2.99) - Click here to view chapters.
Lonely_Planet Coastal California

Regional Guides

Want to get the feel of a region and the areas it spans? Regional guides will get you there, with detailed maps, lush full-colour images, plenty of pre-planning info, itineraries to match your timeframe and recommendations to get you straight to the best.

Coastal California

Mar 2015 (5th ed.)
528 pages

Author(s): Sara Benson, Alison Bing et al.



Download Individual Chapter PDFs (£2.99) - Click here to view chapters.
Lonely_Planet California

Regional Guides

Want to get the feel of a region and the areas it spans? Regional guides will get you there, with detailed maps, lush full-colour images, plenty of pre-planning info, itineraries to match your timeframe and recommendations to get you straight to the best.

California

Feb 2015 (7th ed.)
784 pages

Author(s): Sara Benson, Alison Bing et al.



Download Individual Chapter PDFs (£2.99) - Click here to view chapters.
Lonely_Planet Los Angeles, San Diego & Southern California

Regional Guides

Want to get the feel of a region and the areas it spans? Regional guides will get you there, with detailed maps, lush full-colour images, plenty of pre-planning info, itineraries to match your timeframe and recommendations to get you straight to the best.

Los Angeles, San Diego & Southern California

Dec 2014 (4th ed.)
496 pages

Author(s): Sara Benson, Andrew Bender, Adam Skolnick



Download Individual Chapter PDFs (£2.99) - Click here to view chapters.
DK_Eyewitness_Travel California - Top 10

DK Top 10s

Covering over 66 destinations, including Paris, New York, Bangkok and St. Petersburg, Top 10 Travel Guides are the UK’s number one city guide series. Perfect for travellers taking a short trip or weekend break, these pocket-sized guides highlight the very best of every destination with the help of dozens of Top 10 lists. Every new title and edition now comes with a handy pull-out map and guide to help you get straight to the best things to see, do, buy, taste, avoid and much more.

California - Top 10

Oct 2014 (current ed.)
128 pages

 


DK_Eyewitness_Travel San Francisco & Northern California

DK Travel Guides

Covering over 100 destinations including Italy, Paris, New York and China, each Eyewitness Travel Guide is packed with stunning photographs, detailed illustrations, 3D maps, specially designed cutaways and floorplans of all the major sights. Written by expert authors and contributors, there is a huge selection of hotels and restaurant listings in each Eyewitness Travel Guide; making them the perfect companion for travellers who want to visualise their destination before they get there. Your holiday starts the moment you open the guidebook.

San Francisco & Northern California

Oct 2014 (current ed.)
324 pages

 


DK_Eyewitness_Travel California

DK Travel Guides

Covering over 100 destinations including Italy, Paris, New York and China, each Eyewitness Travel Guide is packed with stunning photographs, detailed illustrations, 3D maps, specially designed cutaways and floorplans of all the major sights. Written by expert authors and contributors, there is a huge selection of hotels and restaurant listings in each Eyewitness Travel Guide; making them the perfect companion for travellers who want to visualise their destination before they get there. Your holiday starts the moment you open the guidebook.

California

Sep 2014 (current ed.)
632 pages

 


Insight California

Insight Guides

Our classic series, for more than 35 years, Insight Guides have provided a full account of the world's leading travel destinations through expert and informative text and stunning photography. With a rich mix of features on history and culture, detailed area-by-area chapters and a comprehensive listings section, each title combines three books in one: an ideal travel planner, a practical on-the-spot companion, and a a superb visual souvenir of a visit.

California

Apr 2013 (8th ed.)
384 pages

 


Lonely_Planet California's Best Trips

Trips Guides

These guides feature the finest US trips to suit any time frame or taste. Two days in the wilderness or two weeks on the road - it's time to get your trip on. New York wineries or Arizona chillis – go tripping on your interests and find that little corner of the US that's just for you.

California's Best Trips

Feb 2013 (2nd ed.)

Author(s): Sara Benson, Beth Kohn, Nate Cavalieri



Download Individual Chapter PDFs (£2.99) - Click here to view chapters.
Frommer's California 2012

Complete Guides

Written by more than 175 travel experts around the globe, Frommer's Complete Guides help travelers experience places the way locals do. America's #1 bestselling travel series - More annually updated guides than any other series - 16-page color section and foldout map in all annual guides - Outspoken opinions, exact prices, and suggested itineraries - Dozens of detailed maps in an easy-to-read, two-color design - New for 2010: full-color Complete Guides with hundreds of color photos and maps throughout.

California 2012

Nov 2011 (7th ed.)
896 pages

Author(s): Harry Basch, Tara de Lis, Mark Hiss


Frommer's California Day by Day

Day by Day

These attractively priced, four-color guides offer dozens of neighborhood and thematic tours, complete with hundreds of photos and bulleted maps that lead the way from sight to sight. Day by Days are the only guides that help travelers organize their time to get the most out of a trip.

California Day by Day

May 2011 (1st ed.)
720 pages

Author(s): Mark Hiss, Garth Mueller


Frommer's Napa and Sonoma Day by Day

Day by Day

These attractively priced, four-color guides offer dozens of neighborhood and thematic tours, complete with hundreds of photos and bulleted maps that lead the way from sight to sight. Day by Days are the only guides that help travelers organize their time to get the most out of a trip.

Napa and Sonoma Day by Day

Jan 2010 (2nd ed.)
228 pages

Author(s): Avital Binshtock


Lonely_Planet Napa & Sonoma Encounter

Encounter Guides

Encounter guides help you discover twice the city (or region) in half the time. With a full-colour pull-out map and unique itineraries, these guides are less about accommodation and more about neighbourhoods; less about advance planning and more about diving in - past the tourist bureaus and straight to the locals' latest favourites.

Napa & Sonoma Encounter

Sep 2009 (1st ed.)
208 pages

Author(s): Alison Bing


Frommer's Best Hiking Trips in Northern California

Best Hiking Trips

Frommer's offers a range of easy-to-use hiking and camping guides. The new Frommer's Best Hiking Trips series highlights the best hiking choices, focusing on accessible day hikes for a range of abilities, plus some popular multiday options. Features include: Detailed breakdowns of the hikes with easy-to-understand route instructions - Star ratings, reasons to go, and a large number of maps - Accommodation and dining options geared to the outdoor enthusiast - GPS directions for trailheads and route wayfinding - A full-color naturalist's guide for wildlife identification.

Best Hiking Trips in Northern California

Aug 2009 (1st ed.)
272 pages

Author(s): John McKinney


Frommer's 25 Great Drives in California

Great Drives

Frommer's Best-Loved Driving Tours are now Frommer's 25 Great Drives - a fresh new package and name for these full-color guides that show travelers how to see the best of Europe and the U.S. by car. More than 20 driving tours - More than 100 color photographs - Hotel recommendations - Detailed maps.

25 Great Drives in California

Feb 2009 (1st ed.)
208 pages

Author(s): Robert Holmes