Moon Handbooks: Northern California (3rd Ed.) [Paperback]

Kim Weir (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 21, 2000 | Series: Northern California Handbook, 3rd ed

Where other guidebooks end, this one just gets started. Whether travelers are planning a family camping vacation in the coastal redwoods, a romantic weekend of culinary delicacies and drink in the wine country, or a rigorous hiking trip in the Sierra Nevada, Weir's Northern California Handbook provides all the essentials they need and want. This volume includes the facts, fancies, kitsch, and keys for imaginative travel in the diverse region north of the Tehachapi Mountains. Entries on new museums, enhanced maps, and an expanded table of contents accompany Weir's thoroughly updated coverage of food, lodging, and other practical aspects of travel. More than a guide to what to see and do in California's northern and central reaches, this volume also maps the region's ever-changing soul, proving why it has become the standard reference for visitors and residents alike.

Product Details

• Paperback: 800 pages
• Publisher: Avalon Travel Pub; 3rd edition (May 21, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1566910846
• ISBN-13: 978-1566910842
• Product Dimensions: 16.1 x 4.9 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,379,479 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best One-Stop Guidebook for Northern California, July 5, 2000

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This review is from: Moon Handbooks: Northern California (3rd Ed.) (Paperback)

As a busy parent of three children, I am always on the look out for new weekend adventures--this book has it all. It gives great history, detail, local color, places and events...even usable local area maps.

With listings by regions, Kim Weir has a succinct novelists eye for what makes Northern California beat. Makes great reading...I keep this large 1000 page pocket book at my nightstand to read colorful stories about places I might someday visit. Equally compact, I then load the book in my car for ready reference to see what's hot whereever we roam.

Written with the insight of Mark Twain, this is an excellent source for anyone wanting to capture the diversity of Northern California at it's greatest. Lot's of fun. Quite readible. Full of nice pictures.

Well worth the $ for the new 2000 edition. Congrats to Moon Press for another winner. Please keep those updates comming.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Out of date listings, but good general info, August 13, 2003

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ockeghem (Vancouver, BC Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Moon Handbooks: Northern California (3rd Ed.) (Paperback)

In general I like the Moon Guides. I appreciate them for the practical, honest advice about attractions -- if it's a tourist trap, they'll tell it as it is. -- and the mix of both high- and low-end restaurants and hotels. However, this particular guide has become obsolete very quickly. I used it for my trip down the California coast this July. In general, the information about attractions was mostly valid (prices were off), but I found myself repeatedly driving to restaurants listed in the guide that had since closed. Two different restaurants in the Redwoods that the guide said would be serving dinner were closed or out of business. In the end, we had to keep driving the highway and looking at every exit for restaurants not listed in the guide. Our experiences all the way down the coast as far as Big Sur were similar. If you buy this guide, you'll have to supplement it with another book for the hotel and restaurant listings.