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Marin County Headlands To visit these raw, wild hills with aston ishingly beautiful views is to enter another world; yet it s only half an hour s drive away, by way of the Golden Gate Bridge. The scale of the rolling terrain is immense, and the

La Honda & Old La Honda Roads Behind Stanford University (see p125) is the quiet town of Portola Valley. From here, these picturesque switchback roads ascend to meet Skyline puerto morelas Drive. They are very narrow in places, and you can t go more than 10 mph (16 kmph), but the timeless beauty of the Bay Area forests makes it worthwhile.

California law makes smoking in any enclosed public place illegal and that includes bars. Smelling cigarette smoke or even seeing someone smoking here is so rare as to be almost nonexistent. If you must light up, there are back patios at some clubs where smoking is allowed, and some hotels offer smoking rooms.