Eyewitness Travel: San Francisco & Northern California

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The guide offers fully illustrated coverage of major sights like the Golden Gate Bridge and Alcatraz, leading you through the region's best attractions. It includes insider tips for exploring Lake Tahoe and the renowned wine regions. Comprehensive listings of hotels, restaurants, shops, and nightlife cater to all budgets. You'll find 3D cutaways and floor plans of must-see sites such as Fort Mason and Yerba Buena Gardens, along with street maps of key towns and cities. Reliable transportation information and a new pullout map featuring detailed sheets enhance navigation. The guide delves into the culture, history, wineries, and national parks of the area, highlighting the dramatic surrounding countryside. With listings of sites, beaches, shops, and attractions organized town by town, this guidebook serves as an essential companion. Highlights include an abundance of photographs, illustrations, and maps, cutaways of major sights, 3D aerial views of interesting districts, a vast selection of hotels, restaurants, and entertainment venues, specially devised walking tours, and information on special events. The new oversized pullout map includes transportation details, a distance chart, and a street and sight index for practical navigation.