North Bay Trails: Outdoor Adventures in Marin, Napa, and Sonoma Counties Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I found North Bay Trails and the author's previous work, East Bay Trails, to be excellent. It provides great direction and is written from a hiker's perspective without confusing and unclear information that haunts so many guidebooks. The maps are always accurate and as fine as a bound format allows...

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Secret Stairs: A Walking Guide to the Historic Staircases of Los Angeles Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)What a nice book. I live in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles, and a friend suggested this book to me. I realized I had read a novel by the author a few years ago that I really enjoyed, "The Ivory Coast" a jazz/noir set in Vegas, so I picked up a copy. Now I'm planning to take the walks written about...

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Best Easy Day Hikes San Francisco's North Bay (Best Easy Day Hikes Series) Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Somehow in between a full time career and being a full time mom, Tracy Salcedo-Chourre has found the time to write some of the best hiking and biking guides to California. She is one of my favorite authors and in this little book, she shares her favorite short hikes near her home in Napa. The north Bay...

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Walking San Francisco Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I love this book. I have done about 7 of the walks so far and they have all been brilliant. I am going to do them all before I leave San Fran in a couple of months time. The guides take you to all the most famous locales and sites with many good suggestions for shops and cafes along the way.But what...

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Historic Walks in San Francisco: 18 Trails Through the City's Past Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)If Adah Bakalinsky's Stairway Walks in San Francisco (see my review) is like touring the city with your eccentric, but lovable aunt, Rand's book is like a walk with her history professor husband.Rand's book is very well organized and presented. He provides maps and directions, like Adah, but adds in...

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Walking San Francisco: 30 savvy tours exploring the CityAEs distinctive enclaves, colorful history, and back alley intrigues Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)Being a pedestrian in San Francisco can be adventurous enough given the wild-eyed drivers here. However, if you are not worried about making appointments, getting to work or simply too exhausted to look beyond your feet when you trudge home, this compact, well-organized book is a good reminder of what...

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Stairway Walks in San Francisco Review

Average Reviews:(More customer reviews)I completed maybe 12 of the walks from the earlier edition before I moved away from SF. I reget not completing them all. My advice for anyone living in SF or visiting it, buy this book and spend a few hours taking in one of the walks. You'll see neighborhoods that even long time residents don't know...

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