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Private rooms, holiday house, accommodations - 9flats.com. Copa D' Oro. Monterey Bed and Breakfast - Monterey California Bed and Breakfast Hotel - Old Monterey Inn Bed and Breakfast near Carmel, Big Sur, Pacific Grove California. Deetjens Big Sur Inn, Big Sur Lodging, Big Sur California. 23645282.jpg (2896×1936) Maps, Directions, and Transportation to Big Sur California. Big Sur Valley is located 26 miles South of Carmel on the central California coast, surrounded by Ventana Wilderness Area and the Los Padres National Forest.

The Big Sur Chamber of Commerce offers these directions as a starting point for your trip to Big Sur. We suggest that you consult your own maps to figure out the best route for you as there are several routes one can follow to get to Big Sur. The inclusion of the links below is not an endorsement, rather, we have consolidated them here so as to be more useful to you in making your travel plans. Public Transportation is available to and from Monterey on Monterey-Salinas Transit (MST).

Summer schedule resumes (Memorial Day to Labor Day). Winter schedule only offers transport on the weekends. Check their website for the the current schedule. The bus has bicycle racks and is wheel chair accessible, running as far South as Nepenthe Restaurant with several stops throughout the Big Sur valley. CLICK HEREfor a Route 22 schedule. McWay Falls. Skip to Main Content Off-Highway Vehicles | Historic Preservation | Boating and Waterways McWay Falls Related Pages Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park Home | Contact Us | Site Map | Customer Care and Privacy Policy Back to Top | Conditions of Use | Privacy Policy Copyright © 2013 State of California Messages received after regular business hours or during weekends and holidays will likely be responded to on the next business day.

Julia Pfeiffer Burns SP. Up-to-date closures and conditions. MORE > Cliff areas beyond the fenced boundaries, including the BEACH, SADDLE ROCK and MCWAY FALLS area are completely off limits. Trespassing into these closed areas is a serious offense, resulting in a citation and arrest. The areas are extremely hazardous. Failure to respect the boundaries has resulted in complex rescue operations and tragic loss of lives. Please stay on the trail and out of these closed areas.

This state park is named after Julia Pfeiffer Burns, a well respected pioneer woman in the Big Sur country. Weather CHECK CURRENT WEATHERThe weather can be changeable. LocationNear mile marker 35.8 on Highway 1, the park is 37 miles south of Carmel. Photograph courtesy of Sharon Pieniak. Stearns Wharf Merchants. Santa Barbara Tour and Travel Trade - Group Travel - Tours - Santa Barbara CVB.

Share This: Combining 100 miles of scalloped coastline, year-round temperate weather, the Santa Ynez Mountains and a myriad of garden vistas, Santa Barbara welcomes nature enthusiasts. Located on the only stretch of Pacific coastline from Alaska to Cape Horn that runs east-west, Santa Barbara is a natural haven for rare and exotic vegetation, no less than 53 verdant parks and 24,000 public trees, an incredible array of blooming exotic gardens, thousands of acres of manicured landscape, sprawling vineyards, and flowering fields.

Day One Morning Follow-up a beachside breakfast with a morning stroll through the "crown jewel" of Santa Barbara's city parks, Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens is a specially designed Sensory Garden that surrounds a large koi pond. Mid-day Just up the road from the mission, the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is a 78-acre "living museum" with great picnic spots to bring box lunches. Afternoon & Evening Stroll along State Street through palm-lined paseos. Day Two Morning. Channel Islands Kayaking Tours | Santa Barbara Adventure Company. Santa Barbara Adventure Company | Trips, Tours & Activities. Santa Barbara Hotels - Restaurants - Beaches - Wineries - California Vacation Information - Santa Barbara CVB.

Channel Islands National Park. Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Dumplings in Los Angeles area: Critic's Choice. Love dumplings? The soupy, Shanghai-style ones filled with juicy pork? Puck-shaped Beijing ones with beef? Pan-fried? Steamed? Boiled? — Linda Burum, Miles Clements, Betty Hallock and C. Afghan Express Be sure to order mantu. 15900 Crenshaw Blvd., No.

Beijing Restaurant All the dough is made fresh and by hand, shaped into dozens of subtle variations. 250 W. Ngu Binh This is a fantasyland for fetishists of subtle textures. 14072 Magnolia St., No. 107, Westminster, (714) 903-6000. Yu Garden The soup dumplings (xiao long bao) are pretty dreamy, but with skins a bit more substantial than the Din Tai Fung model. 107 E.

Mantee Chef Jonathan Darakjian's food is a somewhat lightened version of classic Lebanese dishes. 10962 Ventura Blvd., Studio City, (818) 761-6565. 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Food@latimes.com Copyright © 2014, Los Angeles Times.

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Big Sur: a few of our favourite things. Los Angeles to San Francisco on Highway One - Guide to Driving the California Coast. Distance: 270 miles (San Luis Obispo to San Francisco)Driving Time: All day or longer. Average speed: 30 to 40 miles per hour Between Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo, California Hwy 1 merges with US 101 or becomes an uninteresting side road. Most people take US Hwy 101 instead. This trip planner describes the drive from San Luis Obispo through Big Sur to San Francisco, the most popular part of California Hwy 1. If have a choice when driving between Los Angeles to San Francisco, start in LA to avoid afternoon traffic.

If you plan to make the trip in one day, driving this section of Highway 1 between San Luis Obispo and San Francisco, it will take 9 to 10 hours with no stops. Getting Started If you start from Los Angeles, you can take US Hwy 101 to San Luis Obispo or follow California Hwy 1 through Malibu to Ventura, then follow US Hwy 101 to San Luis Obispo. The 183-mile drive from I-405 at US Hwy 101 in Los Angeles to San Luis Obispo and takes 3 hours.