There is a lot of engaging scenery in your eyes!
Have you ever driven along the California coast from San Francisco to Los Angeles? If not, you should try, it is worth trying.
Driving along the California coast from San Francisco to Los Angeles is one of the most beautiful trips you can take. The scenery is engaging and there are lots of interesting places to visit along the way.
From San Francisco, get onto Freeway 1 south to Monterrey. From there, take the scenic Seventeen-Mile Drive and get ready for a view you will never forget – to your right the Pacific Ocean, and to your left the Del Monte Forest and the Santa Lucia Mountains.
Freeway 1 south from Carmel is quite narrow in some places, with lots of turns, no place for nervous drivers. But if you just take it nice and slow, you will find the spectacular view of ocean, sky and forest is worth a few anxious moments. A little further south along the coast you will come to one of the most interesting sights in all of California – San Simeon, sometimes called the Hearst Castle. San Simeon was built by newspaperman William Randolph Hearst in the 1920’s as his personal residence. It includes La Casa Grande, an enormous building with 130 rooms – three guest houses, a 104-foot swimming pool, a small airport, and more than fifty miles of private beaches.
Continuing south along the coast, take Route 101 through the beautiful town of Santa Barbara and then head on into Los Angeles, or simply “L.A.� as it’s called by most Americans. Of course, there are countless things to see and do in Los Angeles itself but, if you have time to take the ocean route south along the coast from San Francisco, getting there can truly be half the fun.