California's legendary coastal highway — 380 miles of sea cliffs, redwood groves, and Pacific sunsets. One of the most beautiful drives on Earth, threading between mountains and ocean along Highway 1.

Stationen dieser Tour (15)

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   Golden Gate Bridge — Vista Point The journey begins at the most photographed bridge in the world. The 1937 Art Deco masterpiece spans 1.7 miles of the Golden Gate strait.
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   Devil's Slide — Pacifica The coastal cliffs south of San Francisco plunge into the Pacific. The old highway clung to these unstable cliffs before the Tom Lantos Tunnels opened in 2013.
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   Half Moon Bay Pumpkin capital of the world and home to Mavericks, where 60-foot waves draw the world's bravest surfers each winter.
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   Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk California's oldest surviving amusement park. The 1924 Giant Dipper wooden roller coaster is a National Historic Landmark.
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   Monterey — Cannery Row John Steinbeck's literary landscape transformed from sardine-packing plants to waterfront restaurants and the world-class Monterey Bay Aquarium.
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   17-Mile Drive — Lone Cypress The iconic wind-sculpted Monterey cypress has clung to its granite outcrop above the Pacific for over 250 years.
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   Big Sur — Bixby Creek Bridge The most photographed bridge in California arcs 260 feet above a canyon where the Santa Lucia Mountains meet the sea.
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   McWay Falls — Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park An 80-foot waterfall drops directly onto a pristine beach — one of only two tidefall waterfalls on the California coast.
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   Elephant Seal Rookery — Piedras Blancas Thousands of elephant seals haul out on this beach year-round. During breeding season, two-ton males battle for dominance just yards from the highway.
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    Hearst Castle — San Simeon William Randolph Hearst's 165-room hilltop palace inspired Citizen Kane. The Neptune Pool alone contains 345,000 gallons of water.
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    Morro Bay — Morro Rock A 576-foot volcanic plug rises from the harbor — the last of the Nine Sisters, a chain of ancient volcanic peaks.
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    Pismo Beach Famous for its clam chowder and the Monarch butterfly grove where tens of thousands cluster in the eucalyptus trees each winter.
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    Santa Barbara — Stearns Wharf Die "amerikanische Riviera" — rote Ziegeldächer und weiße Stuckfassaden vor den Santa Ynez Mountains und dem glitzernden Pazifik.
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    Ventura — San Buenaventura Mission Die letzte Mission, die Pater Serra vor seinem Tod 1784 gründete. Die Kanalinseln des Nationalparks liegen vor der Küste, an klaren Tagen sichtbar.
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    Santa Monica Pier Das Riesenrad des Pacific Park markiert das Ende der Küstenreise. Auch die Route 66 endet hier — zwei von Amerikas ikonischsten Routen teilen sich diesen Endpunkt.

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