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    Day Trips® from Los Angeles: Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler

    Day Trips® from Los Angeles: Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler

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    by Laura Kath, Pamela Price


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    Pamela Price and Laura Kath, who have more than fifty years combined of travel and life experience in sunny southern California, are the coauthors of Fun With the Family Southern California (GPP Travel). Price is the author of 100 Best Spas of the World. Kath is the author of fifteen nonfiction books. Both Kath and Price live in Southern California.

    Table of Contents

    Introduction ix

    Using this guide xiii

    Tips for your trip xvii

    North

    Day trip 01

    Hooray for h-town 2

    Hollywood 2

    Day trip 02

    Lights, camera, action 11

    Burbank 11

    Griffith park 16

    Day trip 03

    Adventures in entertainment 18

    Universal city 18

    North hollywood 22

    Northeast

    Day trip 01

    Of roses & gardens 26

    Pasadena 26

    Day trip 02

    An alpine paradise with hollywood connections 32

    Lake arrowhead 32

    Day trip 03

    Ski on the rim of the world 38

    Big bear lake 38

    East

    Day trip 01

    Get your kicks on route 66 46

    San bernadino 46

    Rancho cucamonga 49

    Riverside 51

    Redlands 53

    Day trip 02

    Vintage hollywood, desert-style 55

    Palm springs 55

    Desert hot springs 63

    Day trip 03

    Glitz & glamour 65

    Rancho mirage 65

    Palm desert 69

    Day trip 04

    Nature's own rocky road 75

    Joshua tree national park 75

    Southeast

    Day trip 01

    The happiest place on planet southern california 84

    Anaheim and disneyland 84

    Day trip 02

    Ahoy families 92

    Buena park 92

    Day trip 03

    Historical anecdotes & oc options 98

    City of orange 98

    Santa ana 102

    Irvine and costa mesa 103

    Day trip 04

    Three on the sand-the oc beach cities 106

    Huntington beach 108

    Newport beach 110

    Laguna beach 112

    South

    Day trip 01

    Of sailing ships & queens 116

    Long beach 116

    Day trip 02

    A world away only 22 miles out to sea 124

    Santa catalina island 124

    Southwest

    Day trip 01

    Quintessential SoCal 132

    Marina del rey 132

    Venice beach 138

    West

    Day trip 01

    The best of westside 144

    Beverly hills 144

    Westwood 149

    Day trip 02

    Beyond the pier 152

    Santa monica 152

    Day trip 03

    Twenty-seven miles of sun, sand & surf 159

    Malibu 159

    Northwest

    Day trip 01

    Funny names, friendly places 168

    Oxnard 168

    Simi valley 172

    Day trip 02

    Spiritually inclined 174

    Ojai 174

    Day trip 03

    The way california was 180

    Ventura 180

    Channel islands national park 184

    Day trip 04

    America's riviera revealed 186

    Santa barbara 186

    Regional information 196

    Festivals & celebrations 201

    Index 208

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    Day Trips® from Los Angeles is packed with hundreds of exciting things for locals and vacationers to do, see, and discover not far from Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles County has 9.8 million residents, and more than 60% of all visitors to Santa Barbara—a big part of this book—are from Los Angeles County! Trips are listed geographically, starting closest to downtown Los Angeles and radiating outward. Despite Southern California's car-crazy reputation, this guide includes car-free options where applicable.

    * Do something star-studded: Explore Hollywood, Burbank, and Universal City & Universal Studios.

    * Do something sunny: Visit Malibu, twenty-three miles of sun, sand, and surf; Santa Catalina Island, a world away twenty-six miles out to sea; or Marina Del Rey/Venice Beach, quintessential So Cal.

    * Do something kid-approved: Get a taste of Buena Park/Knott's Berry Farm, or visit the Happiest Place on Planet Southern California, Anaheim/Disneyland.

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