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  • This garden island, attached by a causeway to Tiburon, is one of the most exclusive residential areas in the Bay. It’s worth a visit to take in the palatial homes and their sumptuous settings.

  • The most picturesque way to make the approach to the tiny community of La Honda and the Skyline Boulevard (seeLa Honda & Old La Honda Roads) is Old La Honda Road.

  • These outpost towns still retain some frontier atmosphere, although they are now communities for the movers and shakers of Silicon Valley.

  • This wild and windswept peninsula is a huge haven for wildlife, including a herd of tule elk, birds, and wildflowers. The area is also home to cattle and dairy ranches. You can watch migrating whales offshore from December to mid-March.

  • San Gregorio, protected by cliffs, is the Bay Area’s oldest nudist beach. Pescadero, in addition to having a state beach with wonderful tidepools, is also a lovely town that looks like something out of the Old West, complete with a whitewashed wooden church. The thriving farming community produces asparagus and pumpkins.

  • This sprawling town is an integral part of Silicon Valley enterprises and has popular attractions.

  • Located in the heart of Marin County, this town has a charming historic center loaded with good restaurants and shops. When the street market takes over the main drag every Thursday evening, it’s transformed into an impromptu pleasure fair.

  • This area offers some of the Bay’s best swimming. Santa Cruz also features the famous Boardwalk, a vintage amusement park.

  • The eccentric 19th-century home of the rifle heiress, Sarah Winchester, took 38 years to build and includes stairways leading to nowhere and windows set into floors.

  • This bucolic residential area is home to many of the Bay Area’s first families, who built fabulous mansions here in the late 19th century.

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