California's San Francisco Bay Area is among the most scenic, cosmopolitan, and economically prosperous areas in the nation, and even the world. The Bay Area along the Pacific Coast from the north adjacent the Sacramento region to central California.

The Bay Area consists of nine counties that border either San Francisco Bay or San Pablo Bay: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma. The population of the Bay Area is close to eight million residents, making it the second largest metropolitan area west of the Mississippi. Famous cities of the Bay Area includes San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose, Berkeley, Santa Clara, Fremont, Sunnyvale, and Fairfield, just to name a few.

With a year-long mild climate, stunning sceneries of the Pacific Ocean, hills and mountains, and beautifully rugged coastline, the Bay Area is one of the premier locations in the nation. Beautiful parks such as Point Reyes National Seashore and Mount Diablo State Park are found in the Bay Area.

Other notable attractions synonymous with the Bay Area includes the Golden Gate Bridge, Silicon Valley, Fisherman's Wharf, Monterey Bay and Big Sur, Paramount's Great America, and the Napa and Sonoma Wine Valley.