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California costal trip up highway 1

A 6 day trip, travelling to San Diego, Santa Monica, Santa Cruz, …
Up and down California's coast is the strikingly beautiful … More  
Up and down California's coast is the strikingly beautiful Highway 1. Take it all the way from San Diego to Napa!
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Unscheduled - San Diego

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San Diego, CA, United States
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This world-famous establishment is clearly no ordinary zoo. Walk or ride a double-decker bus throughout this expansi …
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San Diego Zoo
2920 Zoo Dr
San Diego, CA 92101-1646
United States
+1 619 231 1515
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The world-renowned San Diego Zoo is only one part of this magnificent 1,200-acre city park that was built for the 19 …
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Balboa Park
1549 El Prado
San Diego, CA 92101-1619
United States
+1 619 239 0512
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History, food and fun are all within easy walking distance of the Old Town. Father Serra established the first missi …
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Old Town
2383 San Diego Ave
San Diego, CA 92110-2835
United States
+1 619 291 4903
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This mission is an artifact of North American history. California's first church, it was founded in 1769 by Father J …
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Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala
10818 San Diego Mission Rd
San Diego, CA 92108-2429
United States
+1 619 283 7319
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Unscheduled - Santa Monica

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Santa Monica, CA, United States
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Unscheduled - Santa Cruz

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Santa Cruz, CA, United States
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Unscheduled - Huntington Beach

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Huntington Beach, CA, United States
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Huntington Beach does indeed live up to its "Surf City" title as the most surfed beach in the west. Appropriately en …
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411 Olive Ave
Huntington Beach, CA 92648-5166
United States
+1 714 960 3483
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Unscheduled - Long Beach

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Long Beach, CA, United States
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Located on five acres of waterfront property in downtown Long Beach, the Aquarium of the Pacific opened in June 1998 …
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100 Aquarium Way
Long Beach, CA 90802-8126
United States
+1 562 590 3100
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One of the great 20th-century luxury liners, this vessel has been the centerpiece of Long Beach Harbor since 1967. L …
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1126 Queens Hwy
Long Beach, CA 90802-6331
United States
+1 562 435 3511
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Unscheduled - San Francisco

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San Francisco, CA, United States
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An engineering masterpiece, this bridge, built in 1937, towers with sturdy grace over the Golden Gate. Stretching ov …
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Golden Gate Bridge
Lincoln Blvd
San Francisco, CA 94129
United States
+1 415 921 5858
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No longer a prison for some of America's most dangerous offenders, Alcatraz is part of the National Park Service and …
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Alcatraz Island
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
San Francisco, CA 94123
United States
+1 415 705 5555
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In the late 1800s, a Scotsman named John McLaren transformed more than 1000 acres (405 hectares) of sand dunes into …
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Golden Gate Park
Stanyan St
San Francisco, CA 94117
United States
+1 415 581 2559
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Fisherman's Wharf remains one of San Francisco's most popular tourist destinations. The Wharf consists of a long, co …
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The Embarcadero
San Francisco, CA 94133
United States
+1 415 391 2000
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This impressive neo-Gothic structure crowning Nob Hill was built on the site of the Crocker Mansion after the 1906 e …
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Grace Cathedral
1100 California St
San Francisco, CA 94108-2206
United States
+1 415 749 6300
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Opened in 1995, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art houses a permanent collection of over 15,000 works, including …
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San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)
151 3rd St
San Francisco, CA 94103-3107
United States
+1 415 357 4000
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This picturesque stretch of Lombard Street has eight angles along a single block. They twist at very acute angles, m …
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Lombard Street
Lombard St & Hyde St
San Francisco, CA 94109
United States
+1 415 391 2000
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Unscheduled - Carmel

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Carmel, CA, United States
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Unscheduled - Carmel-by-The-Sea

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You will find a wide variety here of unusual crafts from all over the Americas: iron bookends from Haiti, wooden mas …
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It's Cactus
Mission St
Carmel-by-The-Sea, CA 93923
United States
+1 831 626 4213
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Unscheduled - Monterey

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This is one of the best designed aquariums going. A unique feature is the two-story tank, home to a kelp forest in w …
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Monterey Bay Aquarium
886 Cannery Row
Monterey, CA 93940-1023
United States
+1 831 648 4800
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I love driving up and down the Coast of California. From San Diego to San Francisco, Highway 1 is an amazing adventure in and of itself. We usually like to camp along the way or stay with friends, making the drive even more fun. It's always best to take your time so that when you decide to stop for a few hours to sit on the beach you can feel free to. If you've got access to a surfboard and/or a motorcycle the trip can be even more adventerous.
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Hi Susan,
My name is Susen, curiously enough. My 14 yr old Son is going to go from Seattle down the coast w/his Dad the month of July so I found this review to be very helpful and timely. I would be interested in getting any ideas from you about any other spots along the way on their journey. We are divorced so I won't be going but I feel your imput-being there and done that would help us create a great trip! Please feel free to e-mail me directly with info-I would really appreciate it!
Susen
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My wife and i took highway #1 from L.A. to San Fransico. you will not be dissapointed.It is very beautiful , the pacific on your left and the high mountains on you right. We took alot of pictures.It takes longer to reach San Fransico , but worth the drive. Plenty of curves.
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I'm orginally from California, my favorite is Monterey. Fisherman's Wharf,Cannery Row, stop by Sly McFly's on Cannery Row. Cypress trees are beautiful! Pacfic Ocean breath taking! Beautiful weather! Oh!, I getting homesick. Live in Texas, Gulf is nothing like the West Coast.
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HiI am driving up to Monterey and the map quest gave me directions from my house to go up the 5 fwy. But I am interested in going up the hwy1. Can anyone tell me how i can get directions
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