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Fodors Northern California 2015

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Northern California is filled with rugged redwood forests, pristine stretches of Pacific Coastline, and towering mountains. But it also has more than its share of creature comforts, from Napa Valleys wineries and spas to San Franciscos destination restaurants and exclusive boutiques. Packed with in-depth insider information, illustrated cultural features, and spectacular photography, Fodors Northern California showcases the best the region has to offer.
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE: The only annually updated guidebook to Northern California.
EXPANDED COVERAGE: New hotels and restaurants are covered throughout the state. A revised Top Attractions section drills deeper into the top places to see. The United States newest national park, Pinnacles, is also covered.
ILLUSTRATED FEATURES: Features on San Franciscos cable cars, the Wine Country, Lake Tahoe, driving the Pacific Coast Highway, historic missions, Gold Country, and more give travelers an unparalleled sense of...

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The Central Coast
The Monterey Bay Area
San Francisco
The Bay Area
The Wine Country
The North Coast
Redwood National Park
The Southern Sierra
Yosemite National Park
Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park
Sacramento and the Gold Country
Lake Tahoe
The Far North
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Foodies Paradise

Great dining is a staple of the California lifestyle, and a new young generation of chefs is challenging old ideas about preparing and presenting great food. Food-truck frenzy has created a movable feast up and down the state. Esteemed chefs and urban foodies follow the trucks on Twitter as they move around cities 24/7 purveying delicious, cheap, fresh meals. California chefs continue to shop locally for produce and farmer-sourced meat. Tender Greens (with locations in Walnut Creek as well as in Southern California) sets the bar high by serving hand-raised produce; grain-fed, hormone-free beef; hand-raised chickens; and line-caught tuna.

Grape Expectations

California wine culture is alive and well and continues to grow beyond the traditional wine country of Napa and Sonoma. Winemaking is expanding in the Central Valley and Shasta Cascade areas. The Truckee River Winery, near Lake Tahoe, claims to be the highest and coldest winery in the nation.

Suite Dreams

Hotels are coming back to life in a big way. Visitors to Yountville in the Napa Valley have another lodging choice, the Bardessono, a LEED-certified hotel that sports an eco spa and an underground geothermal system.

All Aboard

Riding the rails can be a satisfying experience, particularly in California where the distances between destinations sometimes run into the hundreds of miles. The best trip is on the luxuriously appointed Coast Starlight, a long-distance train with sleeping cars that runs between Seattle and Los Angeles, passing some of Californias most beautiful coastline as it hugs the beach. For the best surfside viewing, get a seat or a room on the left side of the train and ride south to north from San Diego to Oakland.

Amtrak offers regular service throughout the Northern and Southern regions of the state. These are coach cars, but many of the trains have been upgraded and are comfortable and convenient, especially if you want to get off and on the train at several destinationsranging from Los Angeles up to Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Oakland (just a BART ride to San Francisco).

Head for the Hills

Things are looking up for visitors to Californias alpine recreation areas, thanks to a host of enhancements. In 2014, Yosemite National Park celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Yosemite Land Grant, which protected the Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove and also made the area the first California state park. Yosemite National Park observed its 120th birthday in late 2011 with some new ways to see the park. Yosemite Guide Service offers guided day hikes, customized driving tours, and backpacking trips. You can also take Yosemite Audio Adventures CD tours with you as you explore the park.

Homegrown Hospitality

Agritourism in California isnt new (remember, Knotts Berry Farm once was a berry farm), but it is on the rise, with farm tours and agricultural festivals sprouting up everywhere.

Wine country is a particularly fertile areaspurred by the success of vineyards, the areas lavender growers and olive-oil producers have started welcoming visitors. Sonoma Farm Trail Tours include walking the land and a farm-driven dinner with paired wines.

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Because it offers activities indoors and out, Northern California rates as an all-season destination. Early springwhen the gray-whale migration overlaps with the end of the elephant-seal breeding season and the start of the bird migrationis the optimal time to visit Point Reyes National Seashore. Yosemite is ideal in the late spring because roads closed in winter are reopened, and the parks waterfallsswollen with melting snowrun fast. Autumn is crush time in all the wine destinations, from Napa/Sonoma in the north to the central coast. Snowfall makes winter peak season for skiers in Mammoth Mountain and Lake Tahoe, where runs typically open around Thanksgiving. (They sometimes remain in operation into June.)

Climate

Its difficult to generalize much about the states weather beyond saying that precipitation comes in winter and summer is dry in most places. As a rule, inland regions are hotter in summer and colder in winter, compared with coastal areas, which are relatively cool year-round. Fog is a potential hazard any day of the year in coastal regions. As you climb into the mountains, seasonal variations are more apparent: winter brings snow (at elevations above 3,000 feet), autumn is crisp, spring can go either way, and summer is sunny and warm, with only an occasional thundershower in the southern part of the state.

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