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I'm more than an acupuncturist
- I'm a total enthusiast about how much there is to do in
where I live, in Southern California! So, I wanted to overwhelm
you with a lot of quality web links and reviews. Check them
out below!
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Are you ready to visit the southern half
of the greatest vacation state in America?
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Are you ready to vacation southern California?
Then read on... because I've put together a comprehensive resource
for all kinds of trips, stays, and locations! If you've looked
at other sites, you know how time-consuming it can be to filter
through the bad results... so just bookmark this page, and use
it as your starting point for the best resources to plan your
vacation!
Other pages about California Vacations:
There's so much to do in southern California! In fact, there
are links to 62 websites on this page to help you brainstorm and
plan your vacation southern California... and almost all of those
links have links to even more information!
But don't get overwhelmed... jump to what seems most interesting
to you first, and keep coming back here for more info and links.
Like I said, you may want to bookmark this page so you don't lose
it.
Jump down to:
The Best Beaches for your vacation
southern California:
SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA COAST BEST BEACHES
A long page full of southern California beach pictures and information.
Find out which beach they filmed parts of Jerry Maguire on, which
one has a 9 story tall Ferris wheel, which one has an outdoor
gym, and factor that into your vacation southern California plans!
Southern
California Beaches Links
This site isn't perfect- there are some dead links, but it includes
other area attractions, and does link to some good sites. It's
divided into Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego, so that at least
will help you as you nail down what areas you will be in for your
vacation southern California.
The
Surfrider SoCal Beach Report
Surfrider is an organization concerned with keeping the beaches
safe and clean. This site, from surfrider, gives you up-to-date
surf, water quality, and beach weather. You can check before going
to a specific beach for water quality warnings and closures. That's
pretty important - stay safe and well during your vacation southern
California!
Gaia
Guides Photo Guide to Southern California Beaches
Really all you're getting here is some photos and a list of vacation
southern California beaches, but if you didn't see enough pictures
on the sites above, check this one out.
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Total Destination Guides for your
vacation southern California
California in general:
- First, check out this map
of California, or my whole page for your variety of map
of Southern California
- Next, you may want to find out all the basic
information about your vacation destination state... you
know, like what's the state motto, the state bird, etc. You
better know your stuff, because as soon as we find out you're
a tourist, we'll give you the quiz, and if you don't pass, you
get kicked out of the state.
- Travel.org has an overview guide
for all of California. Check out the southern California
links.
- Yahoo also has an all California
vacation and tourism guide.
But let's get back to SoCal specifically...
Gaia Guides has a great vacation
southern California guide, including 112 hotels, 129 restaurants,
a beach photo guide, amusement parks, and they sell a CD-ROM with
even more info on it.
Welcome
to Southern California Magazine has loads of features, articles,
and links.
Want to know something about Los Angeles? Find hotels,
dining, tours, nightlife, tiki bars, dive bars, maps, shopping,
and even real estate at www.LosAngeles.com.
There's plenty to see in the city of angels, plenty to consider
including in your vacation southern California.
Wine Country: Oh, you're a wine conniseur? Then you've
got to check out the 4 southern California destinations at winecountry.com!
(That includes San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, and
Temecula.)
Palm
Desert is an area you might miss on some of the mega guides.
What's so great about it? How about 350 days of sunshine, 70 degree
highs in January, spas, golf, dining, hiking, shopping, and a
living desert with 10 distinct ecosystems? Even better, how about
ascending 2.5 miles to a pristine wilderness aboard one
of the world's largest rotating aerial tram cars? All of this
makes Palm Desert a complete one-stop vacation southern California.
Home to the Rose Parade, Rose Bowl, an internationally famous
racetrack, and a 190 acre wildlife area, Pasadena
is a city you should not forget while thinking about where to
go on your vacation southern California.
Laguna Beach Travel - If you love being outdoors, there will be so much for you to take in on the seven miles of beach that is Laguna Beach. Travel to this area will be a unique experience full of beautiful sights that are not quite like anything else you’ve ever seen.
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Diving during
your vacation southern California
Dive
Adventures features 8 major southern California diving destinations.
The Great
Escape is a dive boat out of Long Beach, but its website is
top notch, including 360 degree views of the boat, great photos,
and everything is well written!
Interested in about 100 more vacation southern California diving
links? Ok, check out Southern
California WWW Scuba Diving Resources.
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Vacation southern California and Golf
your Heart Out!
The Southern
California Golf Association is one of the oldest and largest
regional golf associations in the United States with more than
150,000 members throughout Southern California. Their website
features a list of courses - you can even click on a map of southern
california to find courses - their FORE magazine, and great golf
destinations.
Golf Vacations is a national magazine that combines information
about golf and travel. Their website features a special vacation
southern California section with reviews and interviews about
the best golf destinations.
Golf
California isn't specific to your vacation southern California,
but it's a great website, full of course reviews, articles, and
golf packages and specials.
Here are some links to some specific courses for your
golf vacation southern California:
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Hotels for your vacation southern California
Thinking about a Disney vacation? See the theme parks
section below, and check out this list of special
hotel rates for Disney vacation southern California.
Stay in style in Orange and San Diego counties, or Los Angeles
at one of 9 southern California DoubleTree
hotels.
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Thinking about an Outdoors vacation southern
California?
Check out our plentiful national parks, camping, hiking, desert,
mountain biking, and more!
If you've never been to the desert, it'll surprise you- it's
not all sand and thirst- it's actually a lot of fun! Check out
a guide to vacation southern California deserts from the
travel experts at Frommers.
Here's a short guide and links to camping
in San Diego county.
Check out some of the best
mountain biking trails in California, then stick around to
check out GORP, Outdoors, and Away.com's monstruous website on
everything fun outdoors!
Of course, we're not going to leave out Yosemite
National Park, one of the greatest outdoor destinations in
the U.S. For your vacation southern California, at least spend
a couple days at Yosemite! Doing what? Backpacking, biking,
bird watching, boating, camping, climbing, cross country skiing...
shall I go on?
Are you a crazy rock climber like me? Then go to RockClimbing.com,
a a fabulous resource with which to plan a rock climbing vacation
southern California - they usually have all the info, and anytime
you discover or climb something, you can add it yourself!
Here's me at the top of an interesting hike up Picacho
Peak, just this side of Arizona.
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Lodging: Vacation Southern California
Rentals
CyberRentals.com:
This one starts with a map of the entire state, but you can click
on any city in your interest area, southern California. So, whether
it's Santa Cruz, Big Bear, Joshua Tree, Coronado, or anywhere
else, your you can find a rental for your vacation southern California
here.
Here's another rental place, VacationRentals.com.
Check it out AFTER you know where you want your vacation southern
California, because it's a list of all California cities.
Vacation
Rentals by Owner: This rental site is southern California
only.
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Skiing Vacation Southern California
Yahoo.com's ski
resort guide includes 7 SoCal ski spots, with data about and
reviews of each.
The About.com vacation Southern
California Skiing Guide compares these 7 resorts at a glance.
Search for ski
vacation packages at OnTheSnow.com
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Theme Park Vacation Southern California
KidTravels.com:
This is a special site. Vacation southern California theme parks
as rated by 12 year old Michael Mendelson, of Valencia, California.
Want to know what your kid will think? Get an idea here.
Check out some Theme
Park Vacation Tips before you make everything final. This
page answers common questions, and links to favorite parks, the
best parks for kids and toddlers, etc.
DisneyLand
Resort Vacation Packages, with Alaska Air and Horizon Air,
include just about everything you'd want, unless you want to fly
by the seat of your pants...
An About.com guide presents a bunch of themepark
travel deals for vacation southern California.
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Package Vacation Southern California
- Trip Packages
TripGenius.com:
Although this page is for all of California, make sure you look
at all the options... you can find great vacation Southern California
combo deals like Santz Cruz beach plus wine country plus redwoods,
search
by region, etc.
Check out the Ares Travel Southern
California CityPass, which gives you access to Disneyland
and 4 other theme parks including the world famous San Diego Zoo!
Also, from this same page, you can search specific cities for
your vacation southern California.
Vacation southern California with one of the most trusted names
in travel, AAA.
There are 6 packages on there right now, but check it for updates.
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Preview your Vacation Southern California
with these Webcams!
But remember, we're on Pacific Standard Time.
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Vacation Southern California
