San Luis Obispo, CA Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

SAN LUIS OBISPO , 160 miles north of Santa Barbara and halfway between LA and San Francisco, is a few miles inland, but makes the best base for exploring the surrounding coastal regions. Still primarily an agricultural market center, it holds more nineteenth-century architecture than any other Californian city (especially around Buchon Street), plenty of good restaurants, a couple of pubs, and – outside summer holiday weekends – plenty of accommodation. The compact core of San Luis is eminently walkable, centered around the late eighteenth-century Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa (daily … more »