California Tourism - Travel to California
California is on the west coast of the USA. Its terrain and climate varies greatly.
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Regions in California
- Southern California -- Warm, crowded, home to the Los Angeles-San Diego megalopolis
- The Inland Empire -- California's forgotten back yard
- The Desert -- Palm trees, blazing sun, resorts
- The Central Coast -- Fertile and cool, remarkably comfortable
- Monterey Bay -- Sophisticated yet remote, with historical Spanish buildings
- The Sierra Nevada -- California's own alpine and skiing region
- Gold Country -- Historical foothills to the Sierras
- Lake Tahoe -- Water sports in summer, skiing in winter, gambling year-round
- The San Joaquin Valley -- Breadbasket of California
- The Bay Area -- Kooky, off-beat, high-tech
- The Sacramento Valley -- Sacto and north
- Shasta Cascades -- North central
- The North Coast -- redwood trees, ruggest coast
Get into California
In many places, notably Southern California, there are inspections to ensure that some fruits and vegetables from Mexico do not cross north into a region where they may come into contact with the farms in the Central Valley. Often, travellers are subject to border inspection and asked if they have been on a farm or are carrying organic matter with them. These measures are likely to be increasingly stringent as extreme biosecurity problems arise from travel-carried fruit and vegetables, imported plants and animals, or even from packing material that may carry bioinvader species.
Cities in California
These are some of the major cities of California.
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