Quick Escapes® San Francisco, 5th; 26 Weekend Getaways from the Bay Area

by Karen Misuraca; revised and updated by Donna Peck

• ISBN13: 9780762724260
• ISBN10: 0762724269
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: Globe Pequot

Summary

Twenty-six quick and convenient minivacations take travelers away from the hustle and bustle of the city. Enjoy visiting wineries, staying at a world famous spa, or strolling a Spanish town square in Sonoma. Each escape includes detailed route maps, travel directions, destination highlights, activities, and local sources of information. 19 photos. 27 maps.

Author Biography

Karen Misuraca is a golf, travel, and outdoor writer and the author of six regional guidebooks. She lives in Sonoma, California, and explores northern California's outdoors with her partner, Michael Capp.

Table of Contents

Introduction	ix
NORTHBOUND ESCAPES	1	(128)
1. Wine Road to the Sea: The Russian River Route, Healdsburg	2	(11)
2. Southern Sonoma Valley: On Country Roads	13	(13)
3. Lower Napa Valley: The Carneros, Napa,Yountville, and Rutherford	26	(13)
4. Upper Napa Valley: Heart of the Wine Country	39	(13)
5. The Redwood Route: Seacoast Towns, Path of the Giants	52	(16)
6. Bodega Bay: A Weekend at the Coast	68	(9)
7. Jenner to Point Arena: North Central Coastline on Highway 1	77	(10)
8. Mendocino and Fort Bragg: Where the Forest Meets the Sea	87	(17)
9. Marin Waterfront: Sausalito and Tiburon	104	(13)
10. Point Reyes and Inverness: The National Seashore	117	(12)
SOUTHBOUND ESCAPES	129	(64)
1. Old California in the Central Valley: San Juan Bautista and the Pinnacles	130	(8)
2. Santa Cruz: A California Beach Town	138	(14)
3. Half Moon Bay: Harbor Lights, Tidepool Treasure	152	(13)
4. Monterey and Big Sur: Spanish History, Wild Coastline	165	(15)
5. Carmel Valley Sunshine: Home on the Ranch, Shopping Mecca	180	(13)
EASTBOUND ESCAPES	193	(72)
1. Sacramento Delta Loop: Levee Towns and Old Sacramento	194	(11)
2. Gold Rush North: Forty-Niner Towns in the Sierra Foothills	205	(10)
3. Gold Country South: Columbia, Bear Valley, and Jamestown	215	(13)
4. Old Tahoe on the West Shore: Mansions in the Mountains	228	(13)
5. Tahoe South: Blue Waters and Silver Dollars	241	(11)
6. Tahoe North: Peaceful Pines and a Western Town	252	(13)
ESCAPES FARTHER AFIELD	265	(54)
1. Shasta Cascade: Mountain Majesty, Rivers, Lakes, Timberlands	266	(11)
2. Mammoth Lakes: Multisports Mecca in the High Eastern Sierra	277	(12)
3. Yosemite: The Big Valley	289	(11)
4. Southern Sierra: Wawona and the Lake Country	300	(9)
5. Morro Bay: Central Coast Getaway, Castle Country	309	(10)
Index	319	(13)
About the Author	332