![]() For those wanting something tougher, a legit 5-mile hike into Soberanes Canyon starts on the east side of the road, and a longer coastal walk at Soberanes Point begins just a bit farther south.īixby Bridge Don’t stop here! You don’t need to fight for parking to snap a pic of the famous span-just lean out your window! It ain’t easy to get a great shot, anyway, unless you have a drone. The Garrapata State Park Bluff Trail is an easy looping stroll on the cliffs, providing another chance to see otters and sea lions. Garrapata State Park Ten minutes south of Point Lobos is another opportunity to stretch your legs. (Want more Carmel time? Check out Maria’s weeklong Airbnb stay or Emily’s Parent Escape weekend.) You don’t need to look hard to find sea lions, seals, and shorebirds lazing in the sun, but keep an eye on the kelp bobbing in the water: The biggest clumps are likely otters. Head to Weston Beach at low tide to explore the rocky pools or park in the southern corner to walk the Bird Island Trail. The coves will glow emerald green in fog or sparkle cobalt in clear skies. Point Lobos You can’t lose on the trails here-they’re all family-friendly flat and gorgeous. Monterey Bay farmstands Pack a few days’ worth of breakfast and lunch fixin’s for weekend picnics, but also plan to stop at one of the roadside farm stands in Watsonville or Castroville to bulk up on fresh produce and snacks. So we’re celebrating Highway 1’s reopening by sharing our three-day itinerary of easy hikes that will show off the famed coastline’s diverse grandeur and please the littles, the grandparents, and everyone in between. In the past year alone, Big Sur has survived not only its normal tourist onslaught, but a pandemic shutdown, a devastating wildfire, and a highway washout, as well. In our vintage roadside motel room, the road noise would probably have been deafening even if they didn’t happen to be paving Highway 1 right outside the front door.īut to two Covid captives, it was paradise. I’d twisted her arm into running away with me, from pandemic lockdown to Big Sur Village. The greens even impressed my ocean-obsessed teen. What I had forgotten was the greens-the coves of Point Lobos, the pools of the Big Sur River, and the redwoods, cypress, oaks, sycamores, willows, and-yes-poison oak-that define and divide California’s legendary wilderness. Heading for my first stay in Big Sur in years, I remembered all its fabulous blues.
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