Travel guides to San Diego and Southern California, selected by SanDiego-Califonia.com editors, including travel books, dining guides, maps and San Diego-specific specialty guides. Featuring top travel guides such as Lonely Planet, Fodor's and Insider's San Diego.
San Diego Guidebooks
101 Hikes in Southern California By Jerry Schad All the best hikes seashore and sunswept desert hikes from Los Angeles to San Diego.
Cruising Guide to San Diego Bay By Ed Bowler, Claudia Bowler and Linda Scantlebury
Fodor's 2002 San Diego A guide for all seasons (even though there's just one in San Diego, summer) and every budget that Newsweek calls "The King of Guidebooks."
Frommer's San Diego 2003 By Stephanie Avnet Yates From the high end Gaslamp dining to Escondido taquerias, to reviews of San Diego attractions and lodging, Frommer's specializes in making San Diego tourists aware of the traps.
Hidden Disneyland and Beyond: Including Disney's California Adventure, Universal Studios Hollywood, Six Flags California, Knott's Berry Farm, Sea World, and the San Diego Zoo By Lisa Oppenheimer
Hidden Southern California 8 Ed: Including Los Angeles, Hollywood, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Palm Springs By Ray Riegert
Insiders' San Diego By Jacquelyn Landis and Eva Shaw A great general guide to San Diego's many areas and attractions, especially useful for those interested in relocating to San Diego.
Lonely Planet Baja California By Andrea Schulte-Peevers, David Peevers, Michele Matter and Sarah Long
Lonely Planet San Diego & Tijuana By Andrea Schulte-Peevers and David Peevers A down to earth guide to the San Diego area, including the best clubs for swilling watered down tequila in Tijuana.
San Diego Architecture from Mission to Modern: Guide to the Buildings, Planning, People, and Spaces That Shape the Region By Dirk Sutro
San Diego Maps
MapEasy's Guidemap to San Diego
San Diego Specialty Guides
James Dean Died Here: The Location of America's Pop Culture Landmarks By Chris Epting Prepare to turn a road trip into a journey across the pop culture landscape and finally locate the exact place of events that made it into local newspapers as well as long-term cultural memory. From the already familiar yet suspicious Area 51 to the exact corner where one Hugh Grant propositioned a Hollywood hooker, this unusual United States cultural guide is filled with little known facts and obscure sights, offering an itinerary a map of America's pop culture hot spots. (Review by Shannon Ryan)
Tiki Road Trip: A Guide to Tiki Culture in North America By James Teitelbaum This book is dedicated to the faded but not forgotten cult of Tiki kitsch and follows the fad that began with an American fascination with the exotic and culminated in a drinking and dining experience known as "Polynesian Pop," complete with its own soundtrack and pop aesthetic. In this guide to the remaining U.S. and international tributes to Tiki, Teitelbaum unearths the source of the Tiki craze and preserves pop culture history by listing and rating the diaspora of Tiki bars, restaurants and sites, providing a glossary of Tiki terms and a list of classic drink recipes. (Review by Shannon Ryan)
