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Central Coast

Central coast california
The Central Coast has some of the most glorious scenery in California, especially Highway 1 from Monterey to Morro Bay. Kids will want to run along sand beaches, scramble over smooth silvery driftwood, spend time being mesmerized by waves breaking on craggy rocks or look out to sea for otters, seals or gray whales. Here the Pacific Ocean is simply majestic.
Central Coast California Photo Album
  Santa Cruz
  Monterey
    Carmel-by-the-Sea
    Point Lobos
  Big Sur
  Cambria and San Simeon
  Cayucos
    Morro Bay
 

Pismo Beach

    Santa Barbara
   

Monarch Butterfly Sanctuaries Central Coast is home to the monarch butterfly western migration in winter. Three sanctuaries are in Santa Cruz, Monterey (Pacific Grove) and Pismo Beach.
Read our blog post:
Monarch butterflies have arrived

family hotels
Travel for Kids has so many fun things to do on the central coast, but you'll need a fun place to stay.

Here's our own Travel for Kids hand-picked list of family hotels for the central coast, all styles and price ranges, and near to places you'll want to explore:

Santa Cruz family hotels
Monterey family hotels
Carmel family hotels
Cambria & San Simeon family hotels
Santa Barbara family hotels
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