Trip of the week: Santa Catalina, the island gem beloved by Marilyn Monroe

For decades, celebrities have enjoyed holidaying on the ‘ruggedly beautiful’ Californian isle

High Angle View Of Sea Against Sky Santa Catalina island
Santa Catalina, California: a ‘playground for all’
(Image credit: Laurence Hall/EyeEm/Getty Images)

It is only an hour by ferry from Long Beach, but the “ruggedly beautiful” island of Santa Catalina is a world apart from that traffic-choked megalopolis, says Jonathan Thompson in The Times.

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