A week on the CA coast
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A week on the CA coast
Here's my planned itinerary for a family of 4 (includes parents, a 21-year old and an 18-yeard old) Trip is in July:
7/19 -- Fly into San Fran
7/19-7/21 -- Sightsee in San Fran
7/21-7/23 -- Stay in Monterey
7/23 p.m. -- Stay in Cambria at FogCatcher Inn
7/24 -- tour Hearst Castle; go to Santa Barbara
7/24 p.m. -- stay in Santa Barbara
7/25 -- Drive back to San Fran
7/25 - 7/26 -- Stay in San Fran
7/27 -- Leave from San Fran
Does this seem do-able at a reasonable pace? Not interested in rushing from place to place if I can help it. Thanks!
7/19 -- Fly into San Fran
7/19-7/21 -- Sightsee in San Fran
7/21-7/23 -- Stay in Monterey
7/23 p.m. -- Stay in Cambria at FogCatcher Inn
7/24 -- tour Hearst Castle; go to Santa Barbara
7/24 p.m. -- stay in Santa Barbara
7/25 -- Drive back to San Fran
7/25 - 7/26 -- Stay in San Fran
7/27 -- Leave from San Fran
Does this seem do-able at a reasonable pace? Not interested in rushing from place to place if I can help it. Thanks!
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Since you are coming back to SF anyway, spend 1 night at the beginning there so that you have the option of spending another night in Santa Barbara. Are you going back on the coastal route or up I-5?
Make a list of what you want to see in SF before you leave on 7/20.
Make a list of what you want to see in SF before you leave on 7/20.
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You aren't spending much time in each spot. Just depends on what you are doing at each place. Monterey, for example-Monterey Aquarium, Point Lobos, Shopping in Carmel, Driving Pebble Beach, maybe some kayaking or whale watching. Be hard to do all that in a day and that's just scratching the surface.
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I don't see any problem with the drive to Santa Barbara, but there is a lot in the San Francisco vicinity and between San Francisco and Santa Barbara that could be included in your itinerary, but isn't.
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>>7/19-7/21 -- Sightsee in San Fran
7/21-7/23 -- Stay in Monterey
7/23 p.m. -- Stay in Cambria at FogCatcher Inn
7/24 -- tour Hearst Castle; go to Santa Barbara
7/24 p.m. -- stay in Santa Barbara Santa Barbara > SF in two days is a LOT.
I'd just stick to SF, Monterey/Carmel/Big Sur, and Cambria/San Simeon/Pismo Beach.
7/21-7/23 -- Stay in Monterey
7/23 p.m. -- Stay in Cambria at FogCatcher Inn
7/24 -- tour Hearst Castle; go to Santa Barbara
7/24 p.m. -- stay in Santa Barbara Santa Barbara > SF in two days is a LOT.
I'd just stick to SF, Monterey/Carmel/Big Sur, and Cambria/San Simeon/Pismo Beach.
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There is nothing to do in San Simeon except go to the Hearst Castle.
Your children might like San Luis Obispo--it's a college town with the kinds of stuff college kids like (even in July).
You all might like Pismo Beach because it has an abundance of hotel rooms with ocean views and some of the hotels have big swimming pools.
Santa Barbara and Montecito are nice, but I'm not sure of their appeal for young people.
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Your children might like San Luis Obispo--it's a college town with the kinds of stuff college kids like (even in July).
You all might like Pismo Beach because it has an abundance of hotel rooms with ocean views and some of the hotels have big swimming pools.
Santa Barbara and Montecito are nice, but I'm not sure of their appeal for young people.
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