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Places Along
the Pacific Coast Highway

Sunset over Point of Arches in Washington

The places along the Pacific Coast Highway range from remote beaches and pretty little towns to the big city vacation destinations of Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles and San Diego. You might want to choose one of these airports as your gateway to make a fly-drive holiday along the west coast, taking in as much of Washington, Oregon and California as time allows.

For the basic information about driving the highway,
take a look at our main driving page.

But if the thought of the big city breaks your heart, and you want to avoid the city traffic and busy places, don't worry. There are lots of beautiful small towns where you can make overnight stays. You could spend every night of your west coast vacation watching the sun set in the Pacific Ocean, and drive quickly by the big cities without stopping.

If you want to get an idea of what to expect from the Oregon coast, take a look at the great images on the
Photograph Oregon website.
Here are links to further sources of information for some of the main stops along the way, in alphabetical order with Washington first, then Oregon, and finally California. In some places the Chamber of Commerce has the best links to tourist information.

WASHINGTON

Aberdeen:
City of Aberdeen Official Website

Forks:
Forks Chamber of Commerce

Hoquiam:
City of Hoquiam Official Website

Ilwaco:
City of Ilwaco Official Website

Long Beach:
Long Beach Peninsula Visitors Bureau

Olympic National Park
Pacific Coast Highway Travel Page

Port Angeles:
Pacific Coast Highway Travel Page

Port Townsend City Guide

Seattle:
Pacific Coast Highway Travel Page

Sequim:
Destination Sequim with free travel planner

Westport:
City of Westport Official Website

OREGON

Astoria:
Astoria and Warrenton Chamber of Commerce

Bandon:
Bandon Chamber of Commerce

Brookings:
City of Brookings Official Website

Cannon Beach:
Cannon Beach Chamber and Information Center

Coos Bay/North Bend/Charleston:
Oregon's Adventure Coast

Depoe Bay:
Depoe Bay Chamber of Commerce

Florence:
Helpful Visitor Information Website

Gold Beach:
City of Gold Beach Official Website

Lincoln City:
Lincoln City Official Website

Newport:
Newport Official City Website

Pacific City:
Pacific City Chamber of Commerce

Port Orford:
Useful Visitor Information Website

Reedsport/Winchester Bay:
Chamber of Commerce

Seaside:
Seaside Visitors' Bureau

Tillamook:
Pacific Coast Highway Travel Page

CALIFORNIA

Big Sur:
Big Sur Chamber of Commerce

Bodega Bay:
Bodega Bay Area Website

Cambria:
Pacific Coast Highway Travel Page

Carlsbad:
Carlsbad Convention and Visitors Bureau

Carmel-by-the-Sea:
Pacific Coast Highway Travel Page

Coronado:
City of Coronado Official Website

Crescent City:
City of Crescent City Official Website

Dana Point:
Pacific Coast Highway Travel Page

Del Mar:
Official City of Del Mar Visitors Website

Eureka:
City of Eureka Official Website

Fort Bragg:
Official Fort Bragg City Website

Half Moon Bay:
City of Half Moon Bay Official Website

Huntington Beach:
Official Surf City USA Visitor Website

Laguna Beach:
Laguna Beach Visitors Bureau

La Jolla:
Pacific Coast Highway Travel Page

Long Beach:
Long Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau

Los Angeles:
Los Angeles Convention and Visitors Bureau

Mendocino:
Local and Very Thorough Website

Monterey:
Pacific Coast Highway Travel Page

Morro Bay:
Morro Bay Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center

Newport Beach:
Newport Beach Conference and Visitors Bureau

Pacific Grove:
Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce

Pismo Beach:
Pismo Beach Chamber of Commerce

San Clemente:
Unofficial but Detailed Visitor Information Website

San Diego:
Pacific Coast Highway Travel Page

San Francisco:
Pacific Coast Highway Travel Page

San Luis Obispo:
Pacific Coast Highway Travel Page

San Simeon:
San Simeon Chamber of Commerce

Santa Barbara:
Pacific Coast Highway Travel Page

Santa Cruz:
Pacific Coast Highway Travel Page

Santa Monica:
Pacific Coast Highway Travel Page

Ventura:
Pacific Coast Highway Travel Page

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PCH Hotels Guide

Pacific Coast Highway Hotels Guide 2011

To help you in choosing your Pacific Coast Highway hotel, guesthouse, inn, bed-and-breakfast, resort, motel or other accommodations, we've prepared our Pacific Coast Highway Hotels Guide ebook. In it we do mini-reviews of accommodations along the Highway, from Seattle to San Diego, through Washington, Oregon, and California.

For the 2011 edition we added new hotels, including a special 50-hotel section covering California’s wine country of Napa, Sonoma, and Paso Robles - by far the most popular diversion from the PCH drive. In all there are over 200 hotels listed, complete with 8 pages of color maps showing the towns where our recommended hotels can be found. There are both alphabetical and geographical indexes, helping you plan your journey.

We also include color photos of all the hotels that are our Personal Favorites. Here's the link to
read more about our ebook guide to Pacific Coast Highway hotels

Or you can buy it here for $2.99:

KINDLE EDITION
The Hotels Guide is also available but without the maps and color photos in the US Kindle Store for $4.99 and in the UK Kindle Store at a price based on the US price.

NOOK EDITION
The guide is also available at Barnes and Noble for the Nook.

PAPERBACK EDITION
If you want a printed edition without color photos and with only black and white maps, it costs $8.99 at the Amazon US store.

PCH Hotels Guide app

We've also published our PCH Hotels Guide as an app in the Apple Store.
You can buy it here and
read about it here.