Napa Valley
Styled after California’s missions, this beautifully restored hacienda-like inn features 25 large suites with oak-beamed wood ceilings, gas fireplaces and…
Must-see hotels in Northern California
Santa Cruz
This downtown boutique hotel brings the great outdoors inside, with nature prints on the walls, textured wood panels and earth-toned furnishings. Relax in…
Oakland
While Z touts itself as a boutique property, the courtyard focused layout and comfortable-for-a-business-trip ambiance gives it more of a standard…
Sausalito
Tranquil and inviting, this inn has nine guest rooms in a historical 1869 home and six in a newer building. The more expensive rooms have a Jacuzzi,…
Monterey
Built around an adobe hacienda once owned by a 19th-century Spanish colonial don, chic modern rooms come with lofty beds and some have gas fireplaces, all…
North Coast & Redwoods
Ferndale’s oldest hostelry opened in 1875. It has four antique-laden rooms and an Old West–style, 2nd-floor gallery, perfect for morning coffee. The…
Mammoth Lakes
One of Mammoth's few hostels offers well-kept, contemporary-style dorm rooms with personal lockers and reading lights, plus an equipped kitchen. Rooms…
North Coast & Redwoods
South of town off Hwy 101, this beach has excellent camping, but can get very crowded and is a favorite with traveling homeless folks; keep a close eye on…
Lake Tahoe
Forget about retro ski-lodge kitsch as you cozy up inside these crisp, earth-toned and down-to-earth hotel rooms that abound in sunny, natural woods. Sink…
The Marina, Fisherman’s Wharf & the Piers
Of the many motels lining Lombard St (Hwy 101), the generic Coventry has the highest quality-to-value ratio, with spacious, well-maintained (if plain)…
Sequoia National Park
Smaller and quieter than elsewhere, Atwell Mill has 21 sites scattered under a shaded forest canopy on the Kaweah River, inside a sequoia grove that was…
Sequoia National Park
A mile north of the national park boundary near Stony Creek Lodge, this forest campground operated by California Land Management fills with families in…
Napa
Understatedly elegant Milliken Creek combines small-inn charm, fine-hotel service and B&B intimacy. Rooms are impeccably styled in English-colonial style…
Mt Shasta Region
Tucked away on the shore of Lake Siskiyou, this sprawling place has a summer-camp feel (there’s an arcade and an ice-cream stand). Hardly rustic, it has a…
Napa
Smack downtown, the Andaz was constructed in 2009 and feels like a big-city hotel, with business-class-fancy rooms. It's walking distance to restaurants…
South Lake Tahoe & Stateline
This woodsy cabin B&B wholeheartedly welcomes families, with free bikes, kayaks and snowshoes to borrow and evening s’mores and wine and cheese…
Sausalito
Steps away from the ferry in the middle of downtown, this grand 1915 hotel has loads of period charm, paired with modern touches such as satellite TV, DVD…
Santa Cruz
Colorful decor and bright artwork feature at this recently renovated motel that is the closest accommodations to the attractions of the Santa Cruz…
South Lake Tahoe & Stateline
Located along the Heavenly shuttle route, this family-run place perfects the balance of old Tahoe – all-fireplace rooms of knotty pine and river rock –…
Santa Cruz
This downtown courtyard B&B is an eco-conscious gem, with water-saving fixtures and renewable and recycled building materials. Refreshingly elemental…
Mt Shasta Region
Smack in the middle of town, under a stand of pines, this alternative B&B also sponsors group retreats. Creature comforts include an outdoor hot tub, a…
North Coast & Redwoods
The big, bright rooms here all have private balconies, fridges, microwaves, coffeemakers and phenomenal sea views. There is one apartment unit complete…
Sequoia National Park
Popular campground with decent shade near swimming spots on the Kaweah River. It’s 3 miles northeast of the Ash Mountain Entrance, with 42 sites. There's…
Sequoia National Park
With around 25 sites (11 reservable), this primitive campground, accessed off Generals Hwy via unpaved roads in Sequoia National Forest, feels less…
Kings Canyon National Park
Nine primitive but spacious woody campsites (only six tent sites) are a few miles uphill from Hume Lake in the Giant Sequoia National Monument (elevation…
San Jose
Formerly the Sainte Claire, this atmospheric 1926 landmark hotel overlooking Plaza de Cesar Chavez has a drop-dead gorgeous lobby with stretched-leather…
North Coast & Redwoods
A majestic and enormous historic hotel with a mock Tudor frontage. The style is cozy, in an early-20th-century-lodge, vaguely Wild West sort of way, the…
Mammoth Lakes
A snowball’s toss from the Village, this Euro-flavored inn has updated lodge rooms with tasteful accent walls and ski racks; larger rooms and cottages…
Mt Shasta Region
Ten walk-in tent sites (no drinking water) sit at the timberline, right at the base of the mountain. They’re a few miles up the mountain from other…
Mt Shasta Region
The understated rooms surround a garden courtyard, allowing you to enjoy the intimate feel of a B&B without the pressure of having to chat with the…
Lake Tahoe
Right in town behind the Cabin Fever knickknack boutique, this good-value option offers quiet motel-style rooms with a tidy country look, fridges and…
Sequoia National Park
It could be a run-of-the-mill, two-story courtyard motel, but this family-owned establishment surprises with its spotlessly clean, if dated, rooms and…
Kings Canyon National Park
Among stands of evergreens, the nicest of the 110 sites at this busy campground border a green meadow. It's off Generals Hwy; General Grant Grove is a…
Castle Crags State Park Campground
Mt Shasta Region
This campground is one of the nicer public campgrounds in this area, and very easily accessible from the highway. It has running water, hot showers and…
Mammoth Lakes
Spectacular views of mountain peaks in the John Muir Wilderness at this high-elevation campground situated between Lake George and Lake Mary (no swimming…
Mammoth Lakes
This high-altitude campground is situated amid lodgepole pines within walking distance of the shores of Lake Mary, a popular fishing destination. It has…
South Lake Tahoe & Stateline
Near the north shore of stunning Fallen Leaf Lake, this is one of the biggest and most popular campgrounds on the south shore, with pay showers and 206…
Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks
Delaware North is the concessionaire operating lodges and other services in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, including Grant Grove Cabins and…
Yosemite National Park
Busy, busy, busy – and big (238 sites, 4000ft); reservations required all year. Campsites are fairly small and close to one another. However, you can find…
North Coast & Redwoods
Pitch a tent by the ocean (no windbreaks) at Clifford Kamph Memorial Park. It’s a steal for the beachside location and, even though sites are exposed in a…
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