Southern California Off the Beaten Path®: A Guide to Unique Places

by Kathy Strong

Overview

Southern California Off the Beaten Path features the things travelers and locals want to see and experience––if only they knew about them. From the best in local dining to quirky cultural tidbits to hidden attractions, unique finds, and unusual locales, Southern California Off the Beaten Path takes the reader down the road less traveled and reveals a side of Southern California that other guidebooks just don't offer.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762774784
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	03/01/2011
Series:	Off the Beaten Path Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	981,992
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Kathy Strong was formerly the Magazine Editor of The Desert Sun in Palm Springs and has also been a travel writer for 30 years. Strong has written more than 20 guidebooks and countless magazine features, covering all areas of the world. Her guidebooks currently available in bookstores are: Southern California Off the Beaten Path,Recommended Bed & Breakfasts: California,Driving the Pacific Coast: California,Driving the Pacific Coast: Washington and Oregon, and The Seattle Guidebook.  

Her popular Gannett newspaper column, “Going My Way,” appears in newspaper Travel sections weekly.

Read an Excerpt

A summertime street fair in Hanford, one of California’s hidden treasures, rivals a Hollywood movie set: a charmingly restored 1877 downtown with an old-fashioned carousel awhirl.           Page 54.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	vi
	Central Coast	1
	Inland Valleys and Southern Sierra Nevada	51
	Los Angeles Coast, Catalina Island, and South Coast	69
	Los Angeles Area	109
	Inland Empire	145
	San Diego Area	167
	The Deserts	197
	Indexes
	General	239
	Inns	243
	Museums	244
	Restaurants	245
	Tours	246
	About the Author	246