Palo Alto Expert Travel Guides

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Staying connected

by Frommers Travel Guides

Telephones Generally, hotel surcharges on long-distance and local calls are astronomical, so you're better off using your cellphone or a public pay telephone. Many convenience groceries and packaging services sell prepaid calling cards in... Continue reading »
Suggested itineraries

by Frommers Travel Guides

Because California is so vast and geographically varied -- from misty redwood forests and eerily beautiful deserts to gold-sand beaches and rugged mountain ranges -- it would take months to see all its major attractions. We're guessing your v... Continue reading »
For food and wine lovers

by Frommers Travel Guides

The San Francisco Bay Area is one of the nation's top destinations for world-class food and wine. The region's culinary diversity began with the California Gold Rush of 1849, when more than 300,000 people from all over the world migrated to N... Continue reading »
The pacific coast highway in 1 week

by Frommers Travel Guides

If you've ever wondered why it's outrageously expensive to buy a home in California, this seaside journey by car will resolve the mystery: Superlatives don't do justice to the views you'll see while twisting and turning, climbing and descendi... Continue reading »
Lake tahoe & yosemite in 1 week

by Frommers Travel Guides

This weeklong excursion covers two of my favorite places on the planet: Lake Tahoe and Yosemite National Park. I've visited both these mountain regions countless times, yet each time I'm nonetheless awestruck by their beauty. I'd go so far as... Continue reading »
Driving the california desert in 1 week

by Frommers Travel Guides

The California desert encompasses distinct arid regions: Death Valley's low desert, with its infernal heat; the Mojave's high desert, with its ghost towns and mines; vast Anza-Borrego, the biggest state park in California, with 600,000 acres... Continue reading »

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Silicon Valley

We didn't get to see all of the PCH because we had to make it to Palo Alto (a suburb of San Francisco) in time for the dinner Peter's Mom... Continue reading »

by Real Traveler Nick Hurley
Año Nuevo State Reserve

I set out this Fourth of July to a place I’ve been wanting to check out for a while, the amazing Bay Area park known as the Año Nuevo Sta... Continue reading »

by Real Traveler Katzenjammer Kid
Half Moon Bay to San Diego

We drove down from the wineries and then found the place at Half Moon Bay - I desperately needed a hot tub after our rafting advent... Continue reading »

by Real Traveler Kvans