Popular tennis tournament is underway at Indian Wells

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Written by Maria | 11 March 2010

If the sunshine and the warm weather were not good enough reasons to visit Southern California, a good sporting event such as Indian Wells is certainly an incentive to go. The Indian Wells WTA is on this week and is looking very promising with former champion Justine Henin still in the race for the title, but it is the battle in men tennis that is hot at the moment. With so much talent at the top the battle for the number 1 spot is open for the takings.Federer is the favourite -as ever - to win the title, but he should watch out for talented Novak Djokovich, Andy Murrey's skill on hard courts and Davydenko's top form, which has never abandoned him in the last couple of months. Indian Wells will mark the return of Rafael Nadal after yet more time out due to injury so we'll be in for high quality tennis from this true desert oasis situated at the bottom of the Santa Rosa Mountains.

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Trekking holidays in Wine Country

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Written by Maria | 22 February 2010


For someone who loves food, wine and active holidays the choice offered by Wine Country Trekking is a dream come true.  Five days of walking in the beautiful sceneries of Napa and Sonoma wine country between luxurious inns with a lot of wine tasting and good food in between. And with all that walking, there will be no feeling secretly guilty about savouring the delicious food this part of the Country has to offer.  A trekking and foodie holiday is the perfect combination, eat and drink and then walk it off. There is no better combination. The treks on offer are operated in the San Francisco Bay Area, which covers the most amazing sceneries. What's good about the Wine Country Treks is that they are self-guided so you won't be trekking in large groups but with your friend and family using the detailed guides included in the holiday.  Accommodation, breakfast, lunch and wine tastings are all included, whilst dinner has been purposely left out to give people the freedom to pick their own favourite restaurants.

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California Travel Guide

California situated on the west coast of the United States, washed by the Pacific Ocean has something to offer everyone, urban landscapes, sea, good weather, lively nightlife, big shopping malls, culture, sports and great natural spaces like the Yosemite National Park, Palm Springs and the Death Valley. Both urban and wild, California has the sea and the mountains at the door of its cities that benefit from wide open spaces and a good climate.

The variety and the size of the Golden State, make it impossible to visit all in one go, however long your holiday may be. To make the most of your trip it would be advisable to prepare a journey plan selecting the city or cities (according to the time at your disposal) you intend to see and the sites you intend to take in. To help with your search we have put together selected destinations inclusive of general information and the most interesting sites across various categories.

Due to the great attention that California and the rest of the United States attract from the media, particularly as the set to movies and TV programs, many of the locations are familiar not just by name but visually too, like Hollywood, Beverly Hills, Sunset Boulevard, Venice Beach, Santa Barbara and Malibu. The famous Golden Gate Bridge that dominates San Francisco Bay is a very well known site indeed. If we were to summarize California in an image we would certainly choose the deep blue sky and the all year round mild climate, which are the basic factors that contribute to the successful growth of this State which even during times of National recession has continued to prosper and develop. First the “gold fever”, then the development of the cinema industry and today the new technologies and the wine industry continue to boost the financial growth. Home to the Silicon Valley, the centre of the technological development and economic growth of the US can in fact be narrowed to the area between San Diego and San Francisco. California continues being the force behind the legendary American Dream and attracts millions of visitors every year.

On this website we have gathered some useful information on California’s history, culture and major events taking place there. Each individual destination comes with information about airports, transport, places of interest, museums complete with addresses and eating out tips. You can browse through our selection of pictures and even check out our maps which are fully interactive: you can search the place you need to find on the map and even have a close up satellite view. Try it now for an aerial view of the locations that interest you!