Moab is a tiny Utah town, where dipping green valleys and great red rocks piercing the wide blue sky. While you’re sipping coffee on the Main Street, you will surrounded safely by the Wild Canyonlands National Park and the surrealism of Arches National Park.

Even if you look at a thousand of images of the Arch (like those ones), but nothing gives you for the real deal. At the park take the mile-and-a-half hike up and hit the landscape just beforethe  sun goes down.

Hmmm it’s not California, but when you’re hungry enough swing by La Hacienda a townie favourite, for a tasty pair of fried fish tacos. Then at the Moab Adventure Center you can drive a Tomcar, haah, an off-road vehicle developed by the Israeli Army.

Like most small towns, Moab has main street with pretty cute character. Start your walk with an iced coffee ($180) and a fish slice of quiche. For a good lesson on local topography, check out the area at the Museum of Moab. In the 70’s Moab has been known as the mountainbiking capital of the world.  The town of Moab is 235-miles southeast of Salt Lake City.