The best tourist attractions in California

Next stop, we land in California. Get ready to know the main activities you can do during your stay there.

California is large enough to combine surfing capitals, forests of giant redwoods, vineyards, mountains of 4000 m, amusement parks and wilderness overexcited including among the driest deserts in the world.

Of the most kitsch places, which are classic for European tourists, the most shunned by foreign travelers sites and which are yet unanimity among Americans, discover the best tourist attractions in California, a state almost as large as France.

Capital of "FUN"

Los Angeles and San Francisco often steal the show from San Diego in the heart of foreign tourists, but this amazing city is a treasure for a vacation in California. 

San Diego, sports and entertaining is more relaxed, less "preppy" than many other cities on the coast of California. It has a gigantic zoo where there are so many possible activities that one can spend several days. As to SeaWorld, this is one of the best water parks in the world. 

More cultural and more peaceful, Balboa Park is a historic green space where you can visit several museums and hiking. This beautiful park has many other attractions including a theater and beautiful Hispanic buildings. The entire San Diego area is also rich colonial architecture. On the way to Sonoma, you can visit many of the original buildings. 

Some San Diego beaches are considered the best beaches in California and the long stretch of Coronado Central with its sparkling sand, is indescribably beautiful.

Condensed California

City opulent and stay connected or Nature? Santa Barbara offers both. Made famous by the television series of the 80s recounting the misadventures of Capwell and Lockridge, Santa Barbara is a beautiful city, green, clean, full of bike paths and provides an overview of the best of California. It is also a gem if you like to eat well. The city is famous for its restaurants.

La Jolla Beach

It is a singularly welcoming Californian city for pedestrians, with a large number of beaches to the rugged beauty and full of opportunities for the more active, especially in the beautiful Los Padres forest, mountain biking paradise and paradise while short : waterfalls and natural pools are legion. 

Santa Barbara, is the American Riviera but also attracts visitors with its colonial architecture, the most prestigious copy is Mission Santa Barbara on Laguna Street.

Californian Folklor

When you walk along the inevitable Venice Beach in Los Angeles, you meet hordes of tourists but also a plethora of any more extravagant than others individuals, street performers bodybuilders through marginal in all kinds. The Venice Beach Boardwalk, we love it or hate it but it's one of the places most in the world and offset you are tapping the essence of local folklore: rebellious spirits, artists and body worship. 

The beach and long promenade are always busy. Places are responsible for eccentricity but safe. A good way to avoid the crowds is to come early in the morning.

Surf in USA

Malibu is less than an hour from Los Angeles on the legendary Pacific Coast Highway. The temple of the Californian surf has 30 km of beaches, much of which is lined with villas among the most expensive in the country. 

The most mythical beach of Malibu Zuma Beach. Several movie stars and television live near this relatively family beach. Less accessible but also more distant from the road, El Matador beach offers a better view. 

For real freaks surfing, visit the fabulous Malibu Surfrider Beach and while you're in the area, make a detour to Topanga, bastion of the hippies in the mountainous hinterland, quieter but also more eccentric. The side of Santa Monica, we rent a lot of mountain biking. Only the most active tourists go explore a bit steep slopes of Topanga State Park. Otherwise stay on the coast and stop at the ultra-posh neighborhood of Pacific Palisades.

Despite the presence of many millionaires, between Santa Monica, another very rich city in California, as well as Malibu and Malibu Similarly, there are many vacation rentals in more modest homes and affordable prices out of season.

And it don't end here, we'll give you the rest later.