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Exploring the quiet side of California Wine Country

28 June 2013

Blooming orchards under azure skies, vivid mustard flowers beneath budding vines, and rocky hillsides wrapped in fingers of fog –...

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Gilroy Garlic Festival: tips to celebrating all uses of garlic in California

20 June 2013

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Where to find the world’s most imaginative ice cream

16 April 2013

Ice cream. Quite simply, it’s a holiday essential. And if you’re on the lookout for something more inspired than a...

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A love surprise: perfect romantic getaways you hadn’t thought of

14 January 2013

Why settle for a card and flowers for this Valentine’s Day? Travel, dang it! If you’re thinking of venturing out,...

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Golf getaways for the non-golfer

02 January 2013

The sweet smell of wet grass. The unmistakable thwack of a clean hit. That last glimpse of a ball as...

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Best ‘après-ski’ spots of the Americas

10 December 2012

OK, we get it. Europe dominates the après-ski world. The most famous scenes for post-ski boozing, eating, ballyhoo always seem...

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Great waterways of the world

19 November 2012

Traditionally, along with the sea, rivers and canals were the main means of transporting goods, so history and culture is...

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Driving to the heart of America

30 October 2012

With a little gas and some open road, you can drive into heart of the US, both literally and figuratively....

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The real (and unspoken) rules of US roads

30 October 2012

The United States is a very large place so driving cultures can be surprisingly, even hilariously diverse. Regional driving aptitude...

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The road to Hollywood

26 September 2012

California is the undisputed movie-making centre of the world. Although India may produce more films and China has bigger studios,...

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Top 10 dream business destinations

05 September 2012

Your colleagues are coming in from Tokyo, you’re currently in London, and your negotiating partners are stationed somewhere outside Baltimore. If location doesn’t...

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California’s best coastal walks

05 September 2012

From its wild and rocky coast in the north to the south coast’s vast, sandy shores, the California coastline lures...

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Ask Lonely Planet: How do you make the most of a last-minute trip to Yosemite?

31 August 2012

It seems like nearly every traveller has Ansel-Adams-fueled dreams of visiting Yosemite National Park (and the ones that don’t should),...

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The botanist’s guide to the sexiest plants of the world

31 August 2012

Plants can be sexy. Raise your eyebrows if you will, but to a plant lover, certain plants possess an undeniable...

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Yosemite without the crowds

21 August 2012

You’ve seen the postcards, admired your friends’ vacation photos. Ever wonder why everyone has pictures of the same places from...

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Top 10 highlights of San Francisco

08 August 2012

Spontaneity is the only law obeyed without question in San Francisco. No one can commit to a date next week,...

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America’s best craft breweries

06 August 2012

It wasn’t long ago when the American beer market was dominated by a handful of acrid, factory-produced brews that bore...

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Yosemite’s top day hikes

24 July 2012

There’s no better way – and often no other way – to see Yosemite than by parking the car and...

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Top Marilyn Monroe sights across the US

23 July 2012

What a story. Born Norma Jean Baker as the illegitimate daughter of a poor woman with mental illness, passing her...

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All-American Classic: Route 66

01 July 2012

For a classic American road trip, nothing beats good ol’ Route 66. Nicknamed the nation’s ‘Mother Road’ by novelist John...

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Best ‘middle of nowhere’ places

28 June 2012

Want to get off the beaten path? Then here are 10 places that will stump most travel agents and reward...

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Riding the rails: classic train journeys of the world

27 June 2012

Hand the porter your luggage, climb aboard and relive the golden days of railroading on these spectacular journeys.Copper Canyon Railway, MexicoThe...

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Vanishing history: the most intriguing lost cities

25 June 2012

War, weather, cosmic intervention or simply a case of purpose served…nothing lasts forever. We go exploring some of the world’s...

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Route 66: Motoring the mother road

22 June 2012

This itinerary from Lonely Planet’s USA’s Best Trips, written by local expert authors Amy Balfour, Alison Bing, Jennifer Denniston, Lisa...

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Lonely Planet’s top 10 USA fall trips

20 June 2012

Roadtripping in Autumn can be an especially photogenic time, and the US affords some lush landscape to motor through. Here...

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