Lonely Planet California (Regional Travel Guide)
Sara Benson, Alexis Averbuck, Amy C. Balfour, Alison Bing, Beth Kohn
Language: English
Pages: 760
ISBN: 1741047390
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
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 natureNew Food chapter showcases California's best drinks and delicaciesGreen Index directs you to sustainable listings
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Grammy Award–winning Green Day. * * * California was where folk met rock, starting in the ’50s with Ritchie Valens’ ‘La Bamba,’ a rockified Mexican folk song. After Joan Baez and Bob Dylan had their Northern California fling in the early 1960s, Dylan plugged in his guitar and played folk rock. When Janis Joplin and Big Brother & the Holding Company applied their shambling musical stylings to ‘Me & Bobby McGee,’ folk rock splintered into psychedelia. Jimi Hendrix turned the American anthem
courthouse (Map; 805-962-6464; 1100 Anacapa St; admission free; 8:30am-4:45pm Mon-Fri, 10am-4:45pm Sat & Sun) features hand-painted ceilings, wrought-iron chandeliers and tiles from Tunisia and Spain. Step inside the 2nd-floor mural room depicting Spanish colonial history, then climb the bell tower for arched panoramas of the city, ocean and mountains. Docent-led tours (donations welcomed) are offered at 2pm Monday through Saturday and at 10:30am Monday, Tuesday and Friday. SANTA BARBARA
here). Other classic movie palaces here include the flamboyant 1926 El Capitan Theatre (Map; 323-467-7674; 6838 Hollywood Blvd) and the 1922 Egyptian Theatre (Map; 323-466-3456; www.egyptiantheatre.com; 6712 Hollywood Blvd), now the home of the nonprofit American Cinematheque (Click here). Another way to time-travel through Hollywood history is by perusing the props, costumes, photos, posters, scripts and memorabilia at the Hollywood Museum (Map; 323-464-7776; www.thehollywoodmuseum.com; 1660 N
N Robertson Blvd, West Hollywood; mains $20-38; 11:30am-11pm Mon-Fri, 11am-11pm Sat, 10am-11pm Sun) The picket-fenced patio and rustic cottage may not look posh but never mind – the Ivy is the power lunch spot in town. Chances of catching A-lister babes choke on a carrot stick or studio execs discussing sequels over the lobster omelet are excellent if you’re willing to put up with the self-conscious servers and steep bill. Desserts are outstanding. Beverly Hills & Westside BUDGET Diddy
(Map; 702-693-7111; www.bellagio.com; 3600 Las Vegas Blvd S) is Vegas’ opulent, if parvenu, pleasure palace. Dancing fountains put on a choreographed show every half hour or so until midnight for gawkers strolling the Strip. Beyond the hotel lobby, adorned with Dale Chihuly’s sculpture of 2000 vibrant hand-blown glass flowers, the conservatory garden flaunts ostentatious floral arrangements installed by crane through a soaring 50ft-high ceiling. The Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art ( 702-693-7871,