Los Angeles is the most populous of our California travel areas, and its list of food-and-beverage festivals is also chock-full of fun events for all those people to enjoy. Visitors are welcome, too, so whether you’re looking for things to…
While there’s certainly no shortage of things to do in Orange County, visiting during the area’s Restaurant Week celebration or when a fun food or wine festival is happening can definitely kick your trip up a notch! Whether you’re looking…
Whether you’re looking for things to do in San Diego this weekend or putting together a plan for a future trip and searching for food and wine events in Oceanside or Carlsbad, you’ll certainly have no problem finding a lot…
Most of us work hard all year and may even scrimp on other things in order to afford a nice vacation. It’s our chance to relax and recharge, to play and unwind and, sometimes, to spend time with loved ones…
Roughly 75 miles north of Mexico and 400 miles south from San Francisco, “The City of Angels” has one of the world’s most idyllic climates. Los Angeles enjoys around 284 sunny days each year, and it’s definitely a good place…
The Los Angeles area is geographically quite large, measuring almost 100 miles from one end to the other. To help with planning a visit to this vast area, most Los Angeles travel guides subdivide it into smaller regions, as shown…
About three million people live in San Diego County, roughly half of them in the city of San Diego, itself. The Golden State’s second largest city bills itself as “America’s Finest City,” which may seem like hyperbole… until you travel…
While Orange County is one of the smallest southern California counties in terms of area, it’s the third most populous county in the state. Largely agricultural when it separated from Los Angeles County in 1889, the completion of a trolley…
While the two other Southern California areas — Los Angeles and Orange County — have the best known California amusement parks, there are some unique San Diego theme park offerings you should consider for your vacation on weekend getaway. We…
Many of San Diego’s 90+ museums are in or near the city-center area, with Balboa Park — the city’s cultural heart — hosting 17 of them. If you are a museum-lover, you may want to consider purchasing the money-saving Balboa…
When some people visit San Diego, the only things on their list to see are a sandy beach and the Pacific Ocean… and they might even include a hiking trail if it leads to the beach. Others might add a…
The attractions list below sets out some of the area’s entertaining man-made attractions, organized by area for your convenience. A separate type of man-made attractions — those more geared toward education — are covered in our Orange County Museums article….