The famous suspension bridge, painted 'International Orange', opened in 1937 across the entrance to San Francisco Bay. Walk or cycle across it, and see it from Battery Spencer in the Marin Headlands or Crissy Field.
Take the ferry to Alcatraz, the former island prison (book well ahead), ride the cable cars, and visit Chinatown and the Ferry Building market.
A former federal prison on a rocky island in San Francisco Bay, which held Al Capone and others until 1963.
One of the world's great drives, along the rugged California coast where the Santa Lucia Mountains drop into the Pacific.
A glacial valley in the Sierra Nevada with granite cliffs such as El Capitan and Half Dome, and waterfalls including Yosemite Falls, one of the talle…
Forests of coast redwoods, the tallest trees on earth, some over 110 m, along the foggy northern California coast, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The Santa Barbara Channel, between the city and the Channel Islands, is one of the best places in California to see whales.
The hottest, driest and lowest national park in the USA, with Badwater Basin salt flats 86 m below sea level, sand dunes at Mesquite Flat, colourful …
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