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Michelin Green Guide California
Ref: MCH1598
This is an example of the format of the Michelin Green Guides.
Well established authoritative tourist guides these include practical information, detailed mapping combined with colour photographs and illustrations.
Below is the introduction to the guide from the publisher.
A flourishing land of extremes and contradictions, of great world cities and desolate ghost towns, of monumental forests, barren deserts, lofty mountains, sandy beaches and rich farmland, California is a product of a unique geography and history.
Isolated from most of North America by the Sierra Nevada range and the Mojave and Colorado deserts, California boasts the lowest and highest points in the continental US-separated by just 80mi as the crow flies. Once inhabited by a panoply of Indian tribes, it was built on a foundation of Spanish missions and Sierra gold. Today one in every eight Americans is a Californian, and the state is remarkable in its diversity of cultures and lifestyles.
A defining element of California is the San Andreas Fault, a long crack in the earth that ominously links San Francisco and Los Angeles. If a major earthquake could destroy this civilization tomorrow, why be bound by tradition today? Thus, image may sometimes be more important than reality, a trend unconsciously promoted by the Hollywood-based movie industry. It was no accident that the car culture reached its greatest degree of expression amidst the southern California palms, or that the first Disneyland was constructed here.
£14.99
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