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1 San Diego
Begin at the bottom of
the state map, where
the pretty peninsular
beach town of Coronado
is connected to the San
Diego mainland by the
white-sand beaches
of the Silver Strand.
If you’ve seen Marilyn
Monroe cavort in
Some Like It Hot, you’ll
recognize the Hotel Del
Coronado, which has
hosted US presidents,
celebrities and royalty,
including the Prince
of Wales who gave up
his throne to marry
a Coronado divorcée.
Wander the turreted
palace’s labyrinthine
corridors, then quaff
tropical cocktails at
ocean-view Babcock &
Story Bar.
Be thrilled by driving
over the 2.1-mile-long
Coronado Bay Bridge.
Detour inland to Balboa
Park (for our self-guided
walking tour, see p292).
Head west, then south
to Point Loma’s Cabrillo
National Monument
(www.nps.gov/cabr; per car
$5; h9am-5pm, last entry
4:30pm; c) for captivating
Pacific Coast
1 Highways
Make.your.escape.from.California’s.tangled,.traffic-
jammed.freeways.and.cruise.in.the.slow.lane..Once.
you.get.rolling,.it’ll.be.almost.painful.to.leave.the.
ocean.behind.for.too.long..Officially,.only.the.short,.
sun-loving.stretch.of.Hwy.1.through.Orange.and.Los.
Angeles.Counties.can.legally.call.itself.Pacific.Coast.
Highway.(PCH)..But.never.mind.those.technicalities,.
because.equally.bewitching.ribbons.of.Hwy.1.and.
Hwy. 101 .await.all.along.this.route.