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Avila Pier, off downtown’s

sparkling new waterfront

promenade. Two miles

further west, the coastal

road dead-ends at Port

San Luis. The barking

of sea lions echoes as

you stroll leisurely past

seafood markets and

shacks to the end of

creaky weather-worn

Harford Pier, where you

while away time gazing

out over the choppy

waters. If you’d like to

visit 1890 Point San Luis

Lighthouse (%trolley

tours 805-540-5771, hiking

tours 805-541-8735; http://www.

sanluislighthouse.org; adult/

child $5/free, trolley tour

$20; hguided hikes 9am

Wed & Sat, trolley tours noon,

1pm & 2pm Sat), guided

tour reservations are

required.

Back uphill near Hwy

101, you can pick your

own fruit and feed the

goats at Avila Valley

Barn (http://avilavalleybarn.

com; 560 Avila Beach Dr;

h10am-6:30pm mid-Mar–late

Dec; c) farmstand, or do

some stargazing from a

private redwood hot tub

at Sycamore Mineral

Springs (%805-595-7302;

http://www.sycamoresprings.com;

1215 Avila Beach Dr; per hr per

person $13.50-17.50; h8am-

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