Books
to Help You Make the Most
of the Pacific Coast Highway
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
Cycling Guides
Bicycling the Pacific Coast
Two Wheels North: Bicycling the West Coast in 1909
Driving Guides
Backroads of the California Coast
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
Los Angeles and SoCal Restaurants: Zagat Guide 2011
Moon Handbooks’ Napa and Sonoma Guidebook
Northwest Wine Country: Wine's New Frontier
San Diego Restaurants: Zagat Guide
San Francisco Bay Area Restaurants: Zagat Guide 2011
Seattle Restaurants: Zagat Guide
General Guides
Culture Trails: 52 Perfect Weekends
A Journey into John Steinbeck's California
Lighthouses of the Pacific Coast
State, Regional, and USA Guides
California Coastal Access Guide
Coastal California (Lonely Planet)
Discover USA (Lonely Planet)
Frommer's Washington State Travel Guide
Hidden Pacific Northwest (Ulysses Guides)
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)
Recent Articles
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Brookings
Nov 27, 18 04:03 PM
Brookings is a small city in Oregon which stands on the Pacific Coast Highway at the southern end of the Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor, one of the most beautiful drives on the Oregon coast.
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Bandon
Nov 26, 18 03:33 PM
The small town of Bandon on the Oregon coast is big in what it can offer visitors, including some of the finest golf along the Pacific Coast Highway.
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Astoria in Oregon
Nov 23, 18 06:24 PM
The small port of Astoria in Oregon sits right on Highway 101, the Pacific Coast Highway, at the mouth of the Columbia River where the river flows into the Pacific Ocean.
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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.
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Our PCH Hotels Guide
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. In it we do mini-reviews of accommodations along the Highway, from Seattle to San Diego, through Washington, Oregon, and California.
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.
KINDLE EDITION
The 2018 edition of our Hotels Guide is available for the Kindle, with maps and photos in color, if you have a color reader. You can buy it in the US Kindle Store and in the UK Kindle Store and around the world.
PAPERBACK EDITION
If
you want a paperback edition of the 2016 guide with only black and white photos and black-and-white maps, it costs $6.99 at the US Amazon Book Store and £4.99 in the UK Amazon Store.
Recent Articles
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Brookings
Nov 27, 18 04:03 PM
Brookings is a small city in Oregon which stands on the Pacific Coast Highway at the southern end of the Samuel H. Boardman State Scenic Corridor, one of the most beautiful drives on the Oregon coast.
-
Bandon
Nov 26, 18 03:33 PM
The small town of Bandon on the Oregon coast is big in what it can offer visitors, including some of the finest golf along the Pacific Coast Highway.
-
Astoria in Oregon
Nov 23, 18 06:24 PM
The small port of Astoria in Oregon sits right on Highway 101, the Pacific Coast Highway, at the mouth of the Columbia River where the river flows into the Pacific Ocean.
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