Visitors to the northwest corner of California tend to have one thing on their minds—the majestic coast redwoods. The trees don’t disappoint: reaching heights of more than 100 metres, living for well over 1,000 years (and occasionally twice that long), they’re a vivid reminder that humans are just one part of a much larger ecosystem.
For years San Jose has played second fiddle to its more celebrated cousin just up the highway, but in truth this city of nearly 1 million people has a lot to offer vacationers. The city has nationally recognized attractions, including art and science museums, and its own ballet and repertory companies. It’s also a city of great diversity, for no ethnic group holds the majority here. Residents speak a total of 46 languages, and alongside machines vending the San Jose Mercury News, you’ll find Nuevo Mundo and the Chinese World Journal. The city is also one of the safest in the country, with the lowest crime rate for any city over 500,000 people.
Museums are those buildings which show the preserved culture of a place ad San Francisco museums are nonetheless very same. The reason for so much beauty history to dwell in a place is because of the good museums.
Hestan Vineyards is a picturesque, 127-acre ranch located on Napa Valley’s eastern slopes at the base of Okell Hill. The vineyard is named for owners Stanley and Helen Cheng, whose passion for fine wines and love for Napa Valley’s beauty and charm led them to purchase the property in 1996.
An icon of American criminal culture and history, Alcatraz (‘The Rock’) was perhaps America’s best-known prison from 1934 to 1963, when it housed such notorious criminals as Al Capone, Robert ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly and Robert ‘The Birdman’ Stroud (who looked nothing like Burt Lancaster in the 1962 movie, and was not allowed to keep birds there, as he had at Leavenworth, Kansas).
The United States has some wonderfull skiing destinations, with world class facilities, top end hoels and resorts and nightlife, below we give you 10 skiing destinations for you to explore.
Yosemite National Park is one of the most visited parks in the U.S.A. It is here where Ansel Adams shot his most famous photographs after he fell in love with the awe inspiring landscape, the steep cliffs and the magnificent waterfalls.
The Hotel Adagio offers 171 of the largest, most comfortable and stylish guestrooms of all hotels in downtown San Francisco. Beautiful Spanish colonial revival architecture outside mixed with an upscale, contemporary design within, creates a unique arrival experience, accentuated by one of the city’s hottest craft cocktail bars, The Mortimer.
