 | The Unofficial Guide to California with Kids (Unofficial Guides) by Colleen Dunn Bates
Buy used from: £0.33 Aimed at families, but we didn't find it that useful. Some good ideas for places to visit, things to do, but patchy detail. Doesn't cover Disneyland or other theme parks in enough detail to be useful.
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 | The Rough Guide to California (Rough Guide Travel Guides) by Mark Ellwood
Buy new: £8.43 / Used from: £8.02 Useful and readable. As you'd expect from a Rough Guide, lots of info about activities, hiking, camping, etc., and accommodation & eating for a range of budgets.
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 | California (Lonely Planet Regional Guides) by Andrea Schulte-Peevers
Buy used from: £1.96 Usually a Lonely Planet fan, but found this one less useful than the LP guide to LA & Southern CA which had more information and was easier to navigate.
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 | AA Best Drives California by AA Publishing
Buy new: £6.55 / Used from: £4.71 Suggested drives through California, with places to visit on the way. Readable and good for ideas, but not enough detail or flexibility to be the only guidebook you'd need.
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 | Los Angeles and Southern California (Lonely Planet Country & Regional Guides) by Andrea Schulte-Peevers
Buy new: £8.21 / Used from: £6.26 Lots of useful information, easy to read and find things - I found this more useful than the LP guide to the whole of CA.
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 | Frommer's California 2008 (Frommers Complete) by Harry Basch
Buy new: £12.74 / Used from: £3.95 |
 | California (DK Eyewitness Travel Guide) by Annelise Sorensen
Beautifully illustrated, as always with DK guides, but patchy coverage - I reckon California is too big and varied to cover in one book in detail.
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 | Frommer's Yosemite and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks (Park Guides) by Eric Peterson
Buy new: £8.09 / Used from: £5.55 Lots of detail if you're planning to visit one of these parks. Not as readable as the Lonely Planet guide to parks (below).
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 | California Highway 1 (Lonely Planet Road Trip) by Paige R. Penland
Buy used from: £31.96 |
 | "Time Out" California by Time Out Guides Ltd.
Buy used from: £0.29 Includes lots about nightlife etc.
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 | California Road Atlas: Including Portions of Nevada (Thomas Guide California Road Atlas & Driver's Guide)
Buy used from: £5.68 |
 | Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon (Lonely Planet National Parks Guides) by Danny Palmerlee
Buy new: £8.35 / Used from: £5.00 Best guide to the parks. Lots about Yosemite and surroundings, shorter section on Sequoia & Kings Canyon is still excellent, full of detail.
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