Southern California is the land of Disney and Hollywood, Venice Beach and Joshua Tree National Park. Of course Los Angeles encompasses a huge area, being in the top 20 economies of the world. Mobil Travel Guide provides driving itineraries, along with attractions, restaurants, and lodgings for all interests and budgets within this large and diverse part of the country. You'll find out where to see prestigous golf tournaments, where to catch the best surf waves, where to learn about Ronald Reagan's legacy, and where to explore some of the oldests missions. There's a comprehensive section devoted to San Diego as well, from its famous pandas at the San Diego Zoo to its Padres at Qualcomm Stadium. There's much more to Southern California than simply sun and surf, and Mobil Travel Guide fills you in on all the details you'll need to plan a successful vacation. You'll also find chapters on some of America's Byways(TM): Arroyo Seco Historic Parkway-Route 110, Big Sur Coast Highway-Route 1, Death Valley Scenic Bwyay, and San Luis Obispo North Coast Byway-Route 1.
The Regional Travel Planner: Southern California covers cities and towns in the southern half of California. It also includes Side Trips to Grand Canyon National Park, AZ, both the North Rim and the South Rim; Lake Havasu City, AZ; Phoenix, AZ; Big Sur, CA; Carmel, CA; Carmel Valley, CA; Monterey, CA; Pacific Grove, CA; Salinas, CA; Yosemite National Park, CA; and Las Vegas, NV.
The Mobil Travel Guide Regional Travel Planner series (17 titles) gives you a driver's-eye view of trips throughout the United States and Canada. Pick up essential facts, fun trivia, must-do events, and driving details in the introduction to each stateor province, then flip through the book to find annually updated attractions, hotels, and restaurants that fit your itinerary and your budget. Organized alphabetically by state/province, or by city when applicable, the guides make it easy to find just what you need.

The Mobil Travel Guide star ratings are a 45-year-old consumer advocacy concept originally developed following the introduction of the interstate highway system. The goal of the Guide is not to identify and rate every property in the country, but to recommend only the best in each category, ones that we would send our customers to. We look at the stars from a consumer's point of view, rating lodgings and restaurants across North America from the perspective of the "average traveler."The Guides feature new enhanced descriptions for 2004. Listings include lodgings, restaurants, attractions, and events in established travel destinations, as well as cities and towns on the way to established travel destinations. Our new easy-to-use format makes the Guides even more indispensable to travelers. Each regional guide is organized alphabetically by state, with introductory information about the state followed by city listings in alphabetical order. For each city, the guide lists sites and attractions, lodgings, and then restaurants. One of the features that sets the Mobil Travel Guide apart from its competitors is its proprietary Mobil star rating system. Forty-five plus years of publishing experience and the oldest non-biased rating system in North America make the Mobil Travel Guide series a must-have for travelers wanting up-to-date ratings of hotels and restaurants.