SOUTH CALIFORNIA DESTINATION

Southern California: Stars, shopping, beaches, and golf

Southern California is perhaps America's most glamorous and culturally influential vacation destination. The area's Hollywood holds, snazzy shops and behemoth beaches attract millions of stargazers, shop-aholics and beach bums each year.

But if staking out Jack Nicholson's house or dropping a grand on a designer wallet on Rodeo Drive isn't your idea of fun, you will find the region's embarrassing amount of resort and daily fee golf to be an attractive alternative.

Putting tee to ground in "So Cal," as it is known to the locals, can be a mind-blowing experience.

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Southern California's roads are well traveled by golfers

Life on the road from San Diego to today's wine country of the Temecula Valley, was thought to be somewhat harrowing back in the 1880s in a stage coach bouncing on the ruts of Old Stage Road. Today's journey on I-15 takes one near Poway, and a whole world of golf options.

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Southern California Transportation

Los Angeles International and San Diego International serve each of the area's largest metro areas. John Wayne International Airport also serves Orange County. LAX and John Wayne Airports are both a two hour drive from Palm Springs. From Los Angeles, Amtrak and Greyhound will both take passengers to Palm Springs during most months of the year.

By car, Los Angeles and San Diego are easy to reach. Interstate Highway 5 runs north and south through every major metro area in California, Los Angeles and San Diego included. From Phoenix, I-10 runs through Palm Springs to Los Angeles. San Diego is a few hours from Los Angeles, but can also be reached from the East via I-8. This Interstate runs along the Mexico border through Arizona.