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PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAYS ROAD TRIPS This edition written and researched by Andrew Bender, Sara Benson, Alison Bing, Celeste Brash, Nate Cavalieri, Adam Skolnick 000-contents-title-pg-tr-pch1.indd0-contents-title-pg-tr-pch1.indd 1 115/01/20155/01/2015 22:10:51:10:51 PPMM HOW TO USE THIS BOOK Symbols In This Book Reviews Top Tips Food & In the Destinations section: K Drink All reviews are ordered in our authors’ Link preference, starting with their most Your Trips Outdoors preferred option. Additionally: Tips from Sights are arranged in the geographic Essential Locals Photo order that we suggest you visit them and, within this order, by author preference. Trip Walking Detour Tour Eating and Sleeping reviews are ordered by price range (budget, midrange, top end) and, History & within these ranges, by author preference. Culture 5 Eating Family 4 Sleeping Map Legend Routes Trips Routes Trips Sights Sleeping Trip Route Trip 1 4 1 Numbers Trip Detour Beaches Eating Linked Trip r 5 Linked Trip #9 Trip Stop Walk Route 2 Walking Tour 2 Activities 6 Drinking Tollway 2 Walking tour Freeway Trip Detour C Courses 3 Entertainment place-Primary Secondary Highway Route Markers T Tours 7 Shopping Tertiary [Ù97 US National Hwy Lane [Ù US National Hwy Festivals Information Unsealed Road VÓU5 US Interstate Hwy z & Events 8 & Transport Plaza/Mall dk44 California State Hwy Steps holderHydrography Tunnel River/Creek Pedestrian River/Creek Overpass Intermittent River These symbols and abbreviations give Walk Track/Path Swamp/Mangrove vital information for each listing: Canal Boundaries Water International mapDry/Salt/ % Telephone # Pet-friendly State/Province State/Province Intermittent Lake number g Cliff Glacier Bus h Opening hours Population Areas f Ferry Population Areas p Parking Capital (National) Beach j Tram Capital Cemetery n Nonsmoking (State/Province) (Christian) d Train (State/Province) (Christian) a Air-conditioning City/Large Town Cemetery (Other) apt apartments Town/Village Park i Internet access d double rooms Forest Transport Forest W Wi-fi access Reservation dm dorm beds Airport Reservation s Swimming pool Cable Car/ Urban Area q quad rooms Funicular Funicular Sportsground v Vegetarian selec- r rooms Parking tion s single rooms Train/Railway E English-language Tram menu ste suites Underground c Family-friendly tr triple rooms Train Station tw twin rooms 000-contents-title-pg-tr-pch1.indd0-contents-title-pg-tr-pch1.indd 2 115/01/20155/01/2015 22:10:55:10:55 PPMM CONTENTS Fort Bragg ...................................... 68 PPLANLAN YYOUROUR TTRIPRIP Eureka ............................................ 69 Trinidad ...........................................70 Patrick’s Point State Park ............71 Welcome to Pacifi c Coast Highways ......................................... 5 Humboldt Lagoons State Park ....72 Pacifi c Coast Highways Map .......... 6 Central Coast ..................................74 Pacifi c Coast Highways Santa Cruz ......................................74 Highlights ......................................... 8 Monterey ........................................ 77 San Francisco City Guide...............10 San Luis Obispo ............................ 80 Los Angeles City Guide ..................11 Santa Barbara County ................... 82 Need to Know ..................................12 Santa Barbara ............................... 82 Santa Barbara Wine Country ...... 86 Los Olivos ....................................... 88 RROADOAD TTRIPSRIPS Solvang ........................................... 89 Los Angeles .................................... 90 Pacifi c Coast Disneyland & Orange County ....... 98 1 Highways 7–10 Days 17 Disneyland ..................................... 98 Northern Orange County Beaches .............101 2 Redwood Coast 5 Days 29 Laguna Beach ..............................102 Big 3 Sur 2 Days 37 Newport Beach ............................103 Disneyland & Orange Huntington Beach .......................104 4 County Beaches 2 Days 43 San Diego ......................................106 DDESTINATIONSESTINATIONS CCALIFORNIAALIFORNIA DDRIVINGRIVING San Francisco ............................... 54 GGUIDEUIDE .............................. 111414 Northern Coast & Redwoods ........ 66 Mendocino ..................................... 66 3 000-contents-title-pg-tr-pch1.indd0-contents-title-pg-tr-pch1.indd 3 115/01/20155/01/2015 22:10:56:10:56 PPMM Bixby Bridge (p39 ), Big Sur 4 001-front-matter-tr-pch1.indd1-front-matter-tr-pch1.indd 4 223/01/20153/01/2015 99:45:26:45:26 AAMM JAMES BLANK / GETTY IMAGES © WELCOME TO PPACIFICACIFIC CCOASTOAST HHIGHWAYSIGHWAYS Starry-eyed newbies head to the Golden State to fi nd fame and fortune, but you can do better. Come for the landscapes, stay for the farm-fresh and global fusion food, and glimpse the future in the making on America’s creative coast. The trips in this book will take you along the breezy, wildlife-rich Pacifi c coast highways, from the towering redwoods of Northern California, the open roads of Big Sur, through to the famed Southern Californian beaches of Orange and San Diego Counties. Take time out to explore the vineyards of Santa Barbara County, the chilled out beach cities of Monterey and Santa Cruz, and the big city lights of San Francisco and Los Angeles. From backcountry lanes to beachside highways, we’ve got something for you. 5 001-front-matter-tr-pch1.indd1-front-matter-tr-pch1.indd 5 223/01/20153/01/2015 99:46:00:46:00 AAMM 001-front-matter-tr-pch1.indd 6 1 - f r o n t - m OREGON a t t e r - ]# t Medford r - p c h 1 . i n d Crescent d #] er Goose iv City R Modoc Kla th Lake PPACIFICACIFIC CCOASTOAST 6 ma Humboldt Klamath National Lagoon National Forest State Park 4 Forest #\ HHIGHWAYSIGHWAYS Weed R #\ Mt Shasta r Alturas 44 Patrick's Point e (14,179ft) v State Park Redwood i National R #\ Trinidad t Park Shasta i 4 P National Arcata #\ Trinity Alps 44 Forest Eureka \# Wilderness Winnemucca \# Six Rivers Shasta National Lake Lassen Forest ]# National Redding Forest 4 Shasta-Trinity 4 Lassen Volcanic Susanville National National Park #\ Forest NEVADADA Red Bluff \# Plumas #\ Leggett National Forest S \# Chico a Mendocino c Northern Redwood Coast Fort Bragg \# r National a #\ Reno 2 m Nevada Be awed by Northern Mendocino #\ Forest South e City Truckee California’s giant redwood n #\ Yuba River #÷ #\ t State Park trees. #\ o 5 DAYS Ely ^# R Lake Carson City i Clear v Tahoe e Lake r #\ Coloma #\ South Lake Tahoe Calistoga St #\ Placerville \# Davis S Helena Sacramento i \# \# ^# e r Inyo r Santa Rosa ]# a #\ Yountville #\ National #\ Volcano N #\ \# Sutter Creek #\ e Forest Napa: \# v 223/01/2015 9:46:01 AM Jackson a Sonoma d 3 Pacific Coast Highways Point Reyes : : Locke a / 0 National 1 San Rafael 1 The ultimate coastal road trip \# \# #\ Yosemite / Seashore Stockton Columbia 2 #\ #\ National takes in beaches, redwood 0 Angels \#Berkeley Sonora Park Mono 1 ]# ]# 5 San Francisco Camp Lake forests and more. 7–10 DAYS Oakland S 9 a : Palo n #\ R 4 White Mountain 6 J \#Alto a Mammoth (14,246ft) : 0 o q 1 \# San Jose u Lakes \# A in Bishop M R n R Santa Cruz iv Sierra Kings u #\ in Bishop R n 001-front-matter-tr-pch1.indd 7 R 1 iv Sierra - Santa Cruz e Kings f #\ r r National o Canyon n Forest National Beatty t #\ - m Park a #\ Stovepipe Wells t t Fresno e Monterey #\ K Village r Pinnacles \# - i t n R Mt Whitney r National g Furnace - s \# p B Monument R (14,505ft) Creek c ig i h v S er Sequoia #\ Death Valley 1 u National Park . r Panamint National Park i Vent n ana R Las Vegas #\ d Wilderness Springs d Sequoia Telescope National Peak 7 Forest (11,049ft) Paso #\ Tecopa \# Robles er Riv ern #\ San Luis K ARIZONA Morro Bay #\ \# Obispo Bakersfield Baker #\ \# Pismo Beach #\ Mojave Kingman #\ National Mojave Preserve Goffs Barstow #\ #\ Los #\ Olivos Needles Lompoc\# \# Mojave #\#\ Lake Buellton Solvang Desert Big Sur #\ #\ Havasu Victorville Amboy \# 3 Stunning ocean vistas beckon #\ City Santa along this stretch of highway. Barbara Pasadena 2 DAYS #] #\ Malibu #] San Bernardino \# #\ Los Angeles Joshua Tree Channel Islands Santa Monica National Park Long Beach #] Anaheim #\ #] #\ Seal Beach Palm #\ Indio Blythe #\ #\ Huntington Beach #\ Newport Beach Springs \# Laguna Beach #\ P A C I F I C Catalina San Clemente Anza-Borrego Salton Island #\ O C E A N San Nicolas Oceanside Desert State Sea Island Park Cleveland #\ National La Jolla Forest San Clemente ]# ]# Yuma Island San Diego ^# ]# Tijuana Mexicali 223/01/2015 9:46:05 AM Disneyland & Orange 3 / 0 4 County Beaches 1 / 2 Meet Mickey Mouse, then surf 0 0100km M E X I C O 1 e# 050miles the ‘OC’ Coast. 5 2–4 DAYS 9 : 4 6 : 0 5 A M SYLVAIN GRANDADAM / GETTY IMAGES © IMAGES GETTY / GRANDADAM SYLVAIN PPACIFICPACIFICACIFIC COASTCCOSTOAST HIGHWAYSHIGHWAYS HIGHLIGHTS 001-front-matter-tr-pch1.indd1-front-matter-tr-pch1.indd 8 223/01/20153/01/2015 99:46:06:46:06 AAMM BRAD WENNER / GETTY IMAGES © IMAGES GETTY / WENNER BRAD Golden Gate Bridge (left) © IMAGES GETTY / SCANLON SEAN Get another perspective on this world-famous, 20th- century engineering feat by driving across it. See it on Trip 1 Redwood Coast (above) Nothing compares to the awe you’ll feel while walking underneath these ancient trees. See it on Trips 1 2 SoCal Beaches (right) Enjoy your ultimate beach vacation on the warm sands of Orange and San Diego Counties. See them on Trips 1 4 9 001-front-matter-tr-pch1.indd1-front-matter-tr-pch1.indd 9 223/01/20153/01/2015 99:46:07:46:07 AAMM MATTHEW CROWLEY / LONELY PLANET IMAGES © IMAGES PLANET LONELY / CROWLEY