Most travelers go away for two weeks or less, so why is it that every major travel publisher offers huge books where 90% of the content ? like the human brain ? goes unused? Open Road has the solution, the perfect travel guide, because we now offer a choice consumers have not had before: a guide that actually gives readers the content they need for the trip they want! Readers can flip through the book and go to the section that matches how much time they have budgeted, and then go right to that section and see our expert trip ideas. They will also see at a glance which hotels and restaurants are best for them, where the happening nightlife is, the best sports and recreation, and where the most authentic, local shopping can be found. "Open Road's Best of California" gives readers a small number of great choices and itineraries for one-day, weekend, one-week and two-week trips trips to whatever part of California they're visiting. Only the best is included, with great ideas for exploring the best California has to offer, from San Diego up through LA and Santa Barbara and on to San Francisco, Lake Tahoe, with many unique alternatives along the way and hidden desert gems other guidebooks miss. Unique trip options include a ?Sideways' winery-and-fine-food trip, a missions-and-colonial-past trip, a beaches-and-shopping trip, an Inside Tinseltown trip, a coastal drive trip, a national-and-state-parks trip, a SoCal theme parks trip, and much, much more!Best of all, we don't weigh readers down with tons of useless information ? we cut to the chase and give readers short descriptions of the best California has to offer.