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California, the Pacific Coast Highway
Road trip · 8 days · by car

California, the Pacific Coast Highway

From San Francisco to Los Angeles on Highway 1: Monterey, Big Sur, Santa Barbara.

8 days5 stops
Apr-Jun, Sep-Octbest time to visit
€14.90the full itinerary, for the whole group
Compose this road trip

The route, stop by stop

  1. 1San Francisco · 3 nights
    The Golden Gate, Alcatraz and the cable cars
  2. 2Monterey · 1 night
    The aquarium, 17-Mile Drive and Carmel
  3. 3Big Sur · 1 night
    Bixby Bridge, McWay Falls, the elephant seals at San Simeon
  4. 4Santa Barbara · 1 night
    The mission, State Street and the pier
  5. 5Los Angeles · 2 nights
    Malibu, Santa Monica, Griffith Observatory

When to go

Best months: April, May, June, September and October.

My road trip hour by hour, with the evening hotel

Photo: Lightandtruth, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.