San Diego The Best Of Sunshine City

This guide to San Diego is different from the rest: an expanded book of lists and insider's information that highlights the city's Ten Best offerings in more than fifty categories. Not just lists, these are comprehensive listings, giving visitors all the detail they need to find exactly what the city has to offer. San Diego: The Best of Sunshine City begins with an unauthorized history that gives away some of the city's secrets and clears up misconceptions. It tells readers how to get around California's second largest city, providing lists with valuable tourist information. The lists -- embellished with background material -- include the ten best tourist attractions, hidden attractions, hotels, resorts, bed and breakfast inns, watering holes and more. Hungry? The book has eleven different categories of restaurants, from seafood places to burger joints. On a budget? A chapter entitled "Proud Paupers" points out the ten best free attractions and the cheapest eats and sleeps. Outdoor types can learn about the ten best walks and bike routes. And of course, the authors rate the ten best beaches. Some of their lists are fun or simply offbeat -- the ten most romantic spots, the ten best photo angles, the ten naughtiest diversions, and the ten dumbest things visitors can do.

The Best of Denver and the Rockies begins with an introduction to the Mile High City, then it moves quickly to the authors' favorite things. Lists are embellished with background material and include their picks for the Ten Best tourist attractions, hidden locations, restaurants, hotels, B&B inns, watering holes, walks, and bike routes. A spicy unauthorized history of Denver's colorful past is included along with an exploration of the Rockies North (Boulder and Rocky Mountain National Park), the Rockies West (winter-summer resorts around the Vail Valley), and the Rockies South (Colorado Springs, Manitou Springs, and Pikes Peak).

An irreverent but whimsical book of lists showcasing the best--and most--Las Vegas has to offer. Whether pointing out the Ten Cheapest Places to Gamble, the Ten Best Overlooked Attractions, or Ten Best Watering Holes, the authors offer hundreds of reasons why Las Vegas is one of the most-visited cities in the world. 25 photos.

This third edition of Arizona in Your Future is a comprehensive relocation guide to one of the fastest-growing states in America and the second most populous state in the West, after California. Completely revised and updated, with every listing rechecked for accuracy, it offers detailed information for relocating families, retirees, and "snowbirds," or seasonal winter visitors. Written by award-winning guidebook writers Don and Betty Martin, it covers essentials such as climate, population trends, job opportunities, schooling, living costs, taxes, economic trends, medical facilities, and state laws -- just about everything the prospective newcomer needs to know. The book divides Arizona into three components: the state, the communities, and the attractions. The state section covers tax rates, automotive laws, and more, with chapters on schools and colleges, where to find jobs, and retirement communities. The communities section lists Arizona's 54 largest cities and towns, with locator maps and specific details on living and housing costs, hospitals and clinics, shopping, community services, and more. The attractions section is a mini travel guide listing the state's visitor highlights and recreational facilities area by area. "Part employment guide, part Arizona directory, part welcome wagon...an excellent introduction." -- Travel Reference Library

If you have never been to San Diego, and are concerned with uncertainty about what to do. Well, this is the book for you. I will introduce you to local beaches and venues to help you bring a little more clarity to your alternatives. Don’t trip potato chip, get this book before your pancakes flip. Thank me later.

An upbeat and whimsical insiders' guide to the Aloha State, Hawaii: The Best of Paradise provides a close-up view of Honolulu, plus coverage of the islands of Maui, Kauai, the Big Island, Lanai, and Molokai. "Ten Best" lists in more than 50 categories give visitors all the details they need to find the very best that Hawaii has to offer. Scores of Hawaii guidebooks have been published, yet no other guide approaches the tropical paradise in this unique, opinionated fashion. Readers can discover at the flip of a page the ten best resorts, attractions, restaurants, nightspots, and shopping areas. For those who want to play in the sun, it lists the ten best beaches and the ten best places to snorkel, dive, hike, and bike. Other lists include the ten best places to take hula lessons and the ten best places to snuggle with your sweetie. For visitors on a budget, a "Proud Paupers" chapter points out the ten best free attractions and the cheapest eats and sleeps. In addition, an "unauthorized history" of Hawaii reviews the islands' controversial occupation by outsiders.

In this narrative the author recounts the history of San Diego city and county from the early days on. He gives short overviews of the Bay region, the Lower Coast division, the Northern and the Mountain divisions, as well as other interesting facts like the development of water supply, production and farming.