Hidden Southern California: Including Los Angeles, Hollywood, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Palm Springs (Hidden Travel) (Paperback)

by Ray Riegert (Author) "The lands of the sun," according to an old Spanish proverb, "expand the soul..." (more)
Key Phrases: lighted courts, pocket beaches, sharp cliffs, San Diego, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica (more...)

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Product Description
With so many famous places and hyped attractions, it's all too easy to get caught running (well, driving, actually) all over Southern California from one spot to the next. This guide tells how to get off the freeway and explore the boulevards and side streets of Los Angeles and San Diego as well the coast roads and inland desert highways. Hidden Southern California combines traditional attractions, including seven historic missions and eight theme parks, with outdoor adventures, including 123 beaches and parks, 270 hiking trails, and 105 surfing spots. It provides selective recommendations for lodging in the city, along the coast, and even in desert and mountain parks, including 15 beach cottages, 77 coastal inns and 13,193 campsites at 350 campgrounds. The author offers opinionated reviews of a wide variety of local restaurants. The guide also contains special features on Los Angeles' historic Mexican public markets, Hollywood film making in action, the ultimate side trip south of the border, and old-time Hollywood, including 15 historic theaters and a driving tour of old mansions.

Product Details

• Paperback: 616 pages
• Publisher: Ulysses Press; Ninth Edition edition (April 18, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1569754039
• ISBN-13: 978-1569754030
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 4.9 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #719,675 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't leave home without it..., August 6, 2004

By	P. A Black (TX) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I checked out several tour books before we left for our southern California vacation, but chose the Ray Riegert book for it's unique suggestions for food, lodging, and tourist site recommendations. The book is well organized. We followed the chapters from San Diego through the beach towns all the way to Los Angeles. We were delighted with all of the "hidden" restaurants that we tried. It helped that all of the information was current too. Riegert's suggestions for interesting routes and parks led us through some of the most beautiful country imaginable - places we would never have seen if it were not for this book. Hidden Southern California is a great resource that we will use again and again.

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Standard Tourist Sight-Seeing Guide, September 14, 2006

By	P. Jacobson (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

While the guide may review restaurants, hotels or museums that are not typically covered in other guides, its failure to address local activities was disappointing. Information on bike rental shops, scuba shops, fun tours or other things are absent. If you want a guide to more than hotels, restaurants and museums you might want to reconsider this purchase.