62 miles of California's most dramatic coastline, from Clint Eastwood's Carmel to the tidal waterfall at McWay Falls. Bixby Bridge was built with mules hauling cement down cliffs, Pfeiffer Beach glows purple with manganese garnet, and Orson Welles bought the Nepenthe overlook for $167.

Stops on This Tour (8)

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   Carmel-by-the-Sea (Start) Clint Eastwood was mayor here in 1986. 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
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   Point Lobos State Reserve Robert Louis Stevenson called it "the greatest meeting of land and water in the world. 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
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   Bixby Bridge Most photographed bridge in California. 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
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   Andrew Molera State Park The Big Sur River meets the Pacific here. 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
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   Pfeiffer Beach Purple sand from manganese garnet. 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
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   Nepenthe Restaurant Overlook Orson Welles and Rita Hayworth bought this land in 1944 for $167. 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
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   McWay Falls 80-foot waterfall drops directly onto a beach. 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app
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   Julia Pfeiffer Burns SP (South) End of the classic Big Sur stretch. 🔒 Hear the full story in the Nara app

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