Below is a sampling of places to stay, things to do and places to eat along the way. It is not meant to be exhaustive, and that is part of the pleasure of a road trip: stop here, skip that and linger where you like.
Glamping is having a moment. Luxury tented camps around the world are redefining what a tent can be. Forget the single-pole A-frames of yore; now is the era of chic, canvas-walled oases in stellar locations, from Africa to Costa Rica.
Northern California is generous with its beauty, but the romance here reveals itself in increments: fog fingers drifting down into a valley, the smell of salt and eucalyptus in the breeze, a long lunch that turns into dinner.