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The 2023-24 Travel Guide to California is a comprehensive guide that provides travelers to the State with all of the information they need to enrich and enjoy their trip.

The 132-page magazine includes features on 11 different travel themes as well as detailed information on all 12 tourism regions within the state. Editorial features include topics such as Theme Parks, Road Trips, Museums & Art, Performing Arts, Shopping, Wine Country and others.


SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA:
Cultural richness, scenic beauty and a booming economy

The San Francisco Bay Area never disappoints visitors...
CENTRAL COAST:
Endless, uncrowded beaches

South of the San Francisco Bay Area, the coastal region from Santa Cruz through San Luis Obispo has views that rival the rest of the state...
DESERTS:
A paradise for adventurers, golfers, shoppers and spa-lovers

There aren’t many places where you can golf while wearing shorts in the morning, snowshoe in the afternoon, and laze by the pool with a cocktail in the evening...
SAN DIEGO COUNTY:
Warm sunshine, theme parks, museums and miles of sand and sea

California has no shortage of beach towns, but San Diego is its only “beach city”...
INLAND EMPIRE:
Discover quintessential California, a region of deserts, soaring mountain ranges and abundant vineyards and orchards

The vast 27,000 square miles of the Inland Empire deftly capture California’s Spanish and Native American origins...
LOS ANGELES COUNTY:
A place where dreams come true

“There is something to be said for having even unrealistic dreams,” says celebrated Whiplash and La La Land writer/director Damien Chazelle...
ORANGE COUNTY: Beyond magnificent beaches and Mickey Mouse lies an ethnic melting pot with artistic energy
Days when Disneyland, 42 miles of idyllic beaches and swaths of orange groves were all that lifted “The O.C.” out of Los Angeles’ shadow are long gone...
NORTH COAST:
The “Land of the Giants” is a lush region of redwood forests, fishing harbors and Victorian villages

This should put things in perspective: The North Coast’s tallest building is only 77 ft. tall, but its tallest tree stands 379 ft. tall...
HIGH SIERRA:
Living the high life in the Range of Light

“Of all the mountain ranges I have climbed,” wrote John Muir, “I like the Sierra Nevada the best”...
GOLD COUNTRY:
California’s dreams took root in the land of the “Mother Lode”

It was a flash in the pan that changed the world. The sparkling nugget that caught the eye of James W. Marshall...
CENTRAL VALLEY:
California’s fertile heartland

The rich green strip wedged between the Sierra Nevada Range and the coastal mountains in the center of California is considered by many to be the greatest garden in the world...
SHASTA CASCADE:
A mystical mountain towers over an outdoor adventure playground

Poets, artists, adventurers and New Age mystics are drawn inexorably to snow-capped Mount Shasta, which juts 14,179 feet into the Northern California sky...
Lompoc
Big Bear Lake
Yosemite
Redwoods
Gilroy