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Don't just take our word for what's good, as there are plenty of books to help you with your research into any Pacific Coast Highway trip, or any vacation anywhere along the way. There are several good guides that cover the entire route, for both drivers and cyclists, and you should pack at least one of these in your luggage.
There are also general guidebooks on the Pacific Coast, and on the individual states of California, Oregon and Washington. There are books about the wildlife, and the kinds of guides we most enjoy reading – restaurant guides.
Accommodation Guides
California Camping (Moon)
California Bed and Breakfast Inns
Camping
See under RV Parks and Campgrounds below
City Guides
San Francisco: 101 Free Things to Do in San Francisco (Kindle Guide)
San Francisco: Frommer's San Francisco Free and Dirt Cheap
San Francisco: Make My Day (Lonely Planet)
San Francisco: Your Insider's Guide to San Francisco
Seattle: Frommer's Guide to Seattle 2009
Los Angeles: Soul of Los Angeles
Cycling Guides
Bicycling the Pacific Coast
Downhills Don't Come Free: One Man's Bike Ride from Alaska to Mexico
Two Wheels North: Bicycling the West Coast in 1909
Driving Guides
Backroads of the California Coast
The Best Coast: A Road Trip Atlas
Pacific Coast Highway Road Trip (Moon Handbooks)
Pacific Coast Highway Road Trip Guide
Pacific Coast Highway Road Trips (Lonely Planet)
Road Trip USA: Pacific Coast Highway
Our recommended guide for
driving the Pacific coast is
Pacific Coast Highway Road Trip
(Moon Handbooks)
Food, Drink, and Restaurant Guides
Good Beer Guide to the West Coast USA
Moon Handbooks’ Napa and Sonoma Guidebook
Northwest Wine Country: Wine's New Frontier
General Guides
Culture Trails: 52 Perfect Weekends
A Journey into John Steinbeck's California
Lighthouses of the Pacific Coast
The Pacific Coast Highway in California (Images of America)
State, Regional, and USA Guides
California Coastal Access Guide
Coastal California (Lonely Planet)
Frommer's Washington State Travel Guide
Los Angeles, San Diego and Southern California (Lonely Planet)
Michelin Green Guide: California
Michelin Green Guide: USA West
Moon Handbooks: Santa Barbara and the Central Coast
Moon Spotlight Guide to the Olympic Peninsula
RV Parks and Campgrounds Guides
California Camping (Moon)
West Coast RV Camping (Moon Outdoors series)
You might like these
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Pacific Coast Highway Road Trips: Lonely Planet Guidebook Review
Review of the Pacific Coast Highway Road Trips book from Lonely Planet, which includes a California Driving Guide, by the Pacific Coast Highway Travel website.
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Gardens Of the Pacific Coast Highway
Plant lovers can visit hundreds of gardens along or near the Pacific Coast Highway,ranging from lush gardens in the Pacific North-West to southern California.
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Pacific Coast Highway in California
The Pacific Coast Highway in California book shows in historic photos the building of the Pacific Coast Highway from its earliest beginnings in 1911.
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Vintage Hollywood
Vintage Hollywood in Los Angeles is an extract from the Lonely Planets book Culture Trails.
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Perfect Day in San Francisco
The Perfect Day in San Francisco is what's promised by the new guidebook from Lonely Planet in their Make My Day series, but does it deliver?
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The Best Coast Book Review
The Best Coast is a west coast travel guide, sub-titled A Road Trip Atlas it doesn't use photos but instead has hundreds of beautiful illustrations.
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Your Insider's Guide to San Francisco
Pacific Coast Highway Travel's book review of Insider's Guide to San Francisco guidebook by Jill Loeffler, publisher of the San Francisco Tourism Tips website.
Recent Articles
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Best California Beach Hotels
Jun 23, 21 05:26 AM
Here is Pacific Coast Highway Travel’s pick of the best California beach hotels including beach hotels in Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, and Malibu.
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Frightened terns abandon 3,000 eggs after drone illegally crashes on beach
Jun 05, 21 03:27 AM
About 3,000 elegant tern eggs were abandoned at a southern California nesting island after a drone crashed and scared off the birds, a newspaper reported Friday.
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The Longest Trail
Jun 02, 21 03:59 AM
In 1972, California voters mandated the creation of a coastal trail from Oregon all the way to Mexico, but it still isn’t complete.
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The Best PCH Guide
We've read lots of guides to the Pacific Coast, and easily the best one is the Moon Handbook. You can read our review here, or buy it through the Amazon link below.
Recent Articles
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Best California Beach Hotels
Jun 23, 21 05:26 AM
Here is Pacific Coast Highway Travel’s pick of the best California beach hotels including beach hotels in Santa Monica, Santa Barbara, and Malibu.
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Frightened terns abandon 3,000 eggs after drone illegally crashes on beach
Jun 05, 21 03:27 AM
About 3,000 elegant tern eggs were abandoned at a southern California nesting island after a drone crashed and scared off the birds, a newspaper reported Friday.
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The Longest Trail
Jun 02, 21 03:59 AM
In 1972, California voters mandated the creation of a coastal trail from Oregon all the way to Mexico, but it still isn’t complete.
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