40 km northeast of Santa Barbara is a picturesque town of Solvang, built in Scandinavian style, with windmills, bakeries, gas streetlights and picturesque buildings. 12 km northwest of Santa Barbara is an extensive railway museum with a huge model railway and a significant collection of objects and old photographs depicting the contribution of "Road south coast" in the state of prosperity. A little further (about 19 km from the city) begins territory of national historical park Chamash whose cave complexes abundantly decorated with rock carvings of Indians, and even higher in the mountains are the land National Forest Los Padres - 700 thousand hectares of the coastal mountain range and the lowlands.

 

In the southern part of the Pacific coast is the second largest city of California - San Diego. Growing up around the first Catholic mission in the region, the city has long been in the "shadow" of Los Angeles, but the Second World War, during which the US Navy has chosen San Diego his home base, he gave a powerful impetus to the development.

 

In Encinitas (35 km north of San Diego) is to see the golden domes of the Hindu commune and botanical gardens in Oceanside (50 km north of San Diego) - the famous "royal mission" San Luis Rey Francia (1798- 1811 -. one of the biggest Catholic missions in the country), and 80 km east of San Diego stretches of land state park Kuyyamaka Rancho (85 sq km), famous for delicious variety of its landscapes, wildlife and peak Kuyyamaka (. 1950 m), from the top of which is a beautiful view.

 

City and County of San Francisco lies in the central part of the Pacific coast of California, at the northern tip of the peninsula of the same name, bounding from the sea as the eponymous bay. This is perhaps the most beautiful and certainly - the most liberal US city that has its own face and their own style, not least determined by the picturesque local scenery and frequent fog, closing half the town. Ocean coast around San Francisco can not be considered the ideal place for beach holidays - here is quite strong surf and complex movements, even a luxury beach Ocean Beach more used to running and sports leisure activities on the beach. However, within the Golden Gate Park, you can find plenty of good places for swimming and active pastime, and to Baker Beach area (east of the Golden Gate) can be quite safe to swim and relax all summer.