San Francisco has lots of promise for a city break with teenagers – the iconic bridge, steep hills with exhilarating cable car rides, a world famous prison museum on an island, a hippie history, and cool neighbourhoods to explore. It isn’t hard to find cool things to do in...
Los Angeles feels so familiar, because you’ve seen it a hundred times in the movies. It is in effect a living movie set, which gives it the cool factor and often makes it a wish list destination for teenagers and adults alike. So, if you are visiting Los Angeles in its own right, or...
As a lover of road trips, driving the section of the Pacific Coast Highway from Los Angeles to San Francisco, or vice versa, was a priority on my travel wish list. Although a very well-travelled route, it is popular for a reason, and a real winner with adults and teenagers alike –...
After three days in Los Angeles with our teenagers, we were nicely acclimatised to our new time zone and excited to head off on the first section of our California road trip towards San Francisco. The first stretch promised palm-fringed beaches up to Malibu followed by more rural...
This section of your California road trip along the coast is a cracker! It offers the opportunity to drive on the beach across extensive sand dunes, look for sea otters in the kelp of Morro Bay, watch Elephant Seals cuddling and fighting on the beach, and experience one of the best...
If you stop in Big Sur on your California road trip along the coast, you will be able to enjoy getting outdoors into the wonderful tall Redwood trees, which feels very therapeutic. In fact, there’s a high chance that you’ll not want to leave Big Sur as it’s so pretty, but be...