villa il paradisino to-die-for views, and the palatial dwellings. The Spreckels Mansion, a limestone palace in the Beaux

to-die-for views, and the palatial dwellings. The Spreckels Mansion, a limestone palace in the Beaux-Arts tradition, on Washington and Octavia streets, is the brightest gem of the lot, now owned by novelist villa il paradisino Danielle Steele (see p53). d Map E2

Marin County Headlands To visit these raw, wild hills with aston ishingly beautiful views is to enter another world; yet it s only half an hour s drive away, by way of the Golden Gate Bridge. The scale of the rolling villa il paradisino terrain is immense, and the