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crutch
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493 posts since 22/11/12

24 Jul 2016 21:15
Anyone got any tips for a California road trip? Got 16 days, flying in to San Francisco and home from San Diego end of August/early September. Looking to see SF, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, highway 1 and hope to get some surfing in too, thinking the beach towns in Socal…. Any recommendations very much appreciated Ubercool
Ulster_Blue
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5625 posts since 16/7/06

25 Jul 2016 08:09
Going on this tirp on 1st September.

My route is

San Fran (3 nights)

Mariposa (1 night)

Santa Cruz (1 night)

Carmel (1 night)

Santa Barbara (2 nights)

Santa Moncia/LA (3 nights)

San Diego (3 nights)

Found accommodation very expensive and opted for airbnb quite a bit.
hate
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1577 posts since 4/1/12

25 Jul 2016 08:28
eazypz wrote: Yea going with the bird, just don't want to be restricted to a resort or a particular area.
you can get a cheap scooter for rent or just take a tuk-tuk.
Patong is dirty af but there is the most going on. with mrs I would stay somewhere more quiet tbh.
Dee
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12200 posts since 22/11/07

27 Jul 2016 17:39
any recommendations for places in Ibiza with a little one?

crutch
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493 posts since 22/11/12

31 Jul 2016 19:42
@ulster, sorry just saw this, yeah we've been looking airbnb too. Exchange rate isn't helping
much Sad
leemac74
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1045 posts since 30/4/08

posted 31 Jul 2016 20:43, edited 31 Jul 2016 20:43
Ulster_Blue wrote: Going on this tirp on 1st September.

My route is

San Fran (3 nights)

Mariposa (1 night)

Santa Cruz (1 night)

Carmel (1 night)

Santa Barbara (2 nights)

Santa Moncia/LA (3 nights)

San Diego (3 nights)

Found accommodation very expensive and opted for airbnb quite a bit.

Great trip!

Unless your unchangeable maybe sacrifice one of the stops in between frisco and la, Yosemitie is so nice I'd stay as long as you can in mariposa, it's not that far from Yosemitie park but once you reach the park it takes around 45 mins to one hour to actually drive down the road network. So your round trip / daily commute is around 2.5 hours.
crutch
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493 posts since 22/11/12

31 Jul 2016 21:52
Any area recommends for San Diego?
Anto
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4111 posts since 19/1/12

31 Jul 2016 22:20
I stayed downtown and found it very practical, but I liked a lot Coronado, although a bit posh, and Ocean Beach,very laid back village vibe with surf shops, cafe, etc…good if you want to surf too
crutch
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493 posts since 22/11/12

1 Aug 2016 06:23
Cool thanks, did you go to Encinitas/Cardiff?
Anto
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4111 posts since 19/1/12

1 Aug 2016 07:12
No, I went to La Jolla and Point Loma around San Diego.

Stopped in Huntington Beach\Newport Beach on the way down from LA. I found both quite disappointing personally
crutch
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493 posts since 22/11/12

1 Aug 2016 08:42
Yeah we thought we might pass Huntingdon, seems like it might be a bit of a circus?
joe6886
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956 posts since 16/11/08

1 Aug 2016 09:25
We stayed in the gaslamp quarter in San Diego, would defo recommend. Plenty of bars and restaurants to keep you busy, ocean beach is worth a visit even if it's just to sit on the beach for the day and have a wander round.
sydneyking
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5227 posts since 26/9/09

1 Aug 2016 09:48
Dee wrote: any recommendations for places in Ibiza with a little one?

Santa eulalia, been a few years since i last went mind.
Homer
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23926 posts since 8/5/03

1 Aug 2016 14:55
Where to go in Spain that's going to warm in early October has nice hotels that you can walk out to stuff?

Owlix
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2086 posts since 16/10/08

1 Aug 2016 15:01
On a similar note, where is hot first week of October? I've not got a huge budget so somewhere Europe/cheap would be great.
seenmy
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6670 posts since 17/6/06

1 Aug 2016 15:10
http://www.lagranjaibiza.com/farmhouse/#thefarmhouse
although I'm not sure its kids friendly dee
crutch
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493 posts since 22/11/12

1 Aug 2016 15:12
Head as far south as you can!
I went to Lisbon last October - long weekend and had one day of rain (pretty heavy but everyone said that was really rare) the rest of the time was mid/high 20's and sunshine. Nice city too and beaches in easy access.
MoB
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37389 posts since 31/8/04

1 Aug 2016 15:12
seenmy wrote: http://www.lagranjaibiza.com/farmhouse/#thefarmhouse
although I'm not sure its kids friendly dee

Anto
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4111 posts since 19/1/12

1 Aug 2016 15:20
crutch wrote: Yeah we thought we might pass Huntingdon, seems like it might be a bit of a circus?

Found them pretty average, standard Cali coastal cities in a certain sense…Huntington maybe better because of the surf thing (shops, cafes, younger crowd etc…).
Wouldn't personally spend a day there, but a few hours won't kill you
Anto
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4111 posts since 19/1/12

1 Aug 2016 15:20
Homer wrote: Where to go in Spain that's going to warm in early October has nice hotels that you can walk out to stuff?

Sevilla, or Andalucia in general