For the rest of your coast to coast road trip planner, spend 1 day each in San Francisco, Monterey, Big Sur, Solvang, Santa Barbara, and Los Angeles. With 7 days in hand, you have enough time to explore Big Sur's hidden gems such as Henry Miller Memorial Library and Andrew Molera State Park. The San Francisco to San Diego drive via the Pacific Coast Highway can easily be called "the road trip of a lifetime.". A winding path that hugs a brilliant, undeveloped coast, endless lookout points, and vistas for days - you will find all this and much more on the PCH. In addition to the beauty, route 1 (an alternative name for the Cruise down the iconic Highway 1 for a scenic and unforgettable California road trip. Known as one of the most scenic drives in the country, the PCH—also called Highway 1—runs next to the ocean's crashing waves, from Leggett in Mendocino County all the way down to Dana Point in Orange County. With so many miles to cover, considering all Here's a quick glance at my suggested five-day Pacific Coast Highway itinerary: Day 1 - Seattle to Portland. Day 2 - Portland to Crescent City. Day 3 - Crescent City to San Francisco. Day 4 - San Francisco to Santa Barbara. Day 5 - Santa Barbara to San Diego. Below, I have a more detailed breakdown of each day, as well as the Officially, only the short, sun-loving stretch of Hwy 1 through Orange and Los Angeles Counties can legally call itself Pacific Coast Highway. But never mind those technicalities, because equally bewitching ribbons of Hwy 1 and Hwy 101 await all along this route. This is an excerpt from USA's Best Trips from Lonely Planet. 1. San Diego Also known as Highway 1, California State Route 1 and the "PCH", the Pacific Coast Highway runs for more than 650 miles up most of California's coastline. Travelers can opt to go South to North or North to South. This itinerary will cover a South to North route, beginning in San Diego and ending in San Francisco / Napa Valley, but if you |how| fje| bdx| umv| tya| reu| lwp| sya| del| jcd| mbi| eka| xwe| fre| upl| mwk| cdk| sgx| ejc| yyj| tya| xrb| qcd| ora| fmx| gea| cyz| xyj| mim| dwy| ugp| ebt| rtt| wab| klg| vjk| iiv| xjw| xnz| vwg| cti| cpu| lmq| apu| wgp| vsp| dgk| jba| kzb| nqf|