奇诺

With its dramatic ocean-bluff setting overlooking a steel-blue sea, the coastal hamlet of 奇诺 is an obvious magnet for artists, romantics, 和 lovers of anything wild 和 untamed. The closest thing to a New Engl和 village in California, 奇诺 invites you to stroll past tidy saltbox cottages 和 perfectly manicured Victorians wrapped in roses 和 picket fences, their wind chimes tinkling in the breeze.

This tucked-away seaside village wasn’t always so char最小值gly peaceful: during the height of the logging boom in the mid- to late-1800s, 奇诺 was a thriving port filled with raucous hotels 和 saloons. When the timber industry declined in the 1930s, artisans 和 craftspeople moved in, 和 soon tourism became the main source of commerce.

现在，奢华的B&b:我喜欢1882年的 MacCallum房子 山顶 约书亚格林德尔旅馆 welcome you to curl up by the fire. The town’s walkable streets contain 更多的 than a dozen top-notch eateries. 咖啡馆博若莱红葡萄酒 和 延龄草咖啡馆 serve local, line-caught seafood, organically grown produce, 和 free-range meat. Boutiques 和 galleries lure window-shoppers inside with one-of-a-kind artwork 和 gifts. 浏览 Sallie Mac for Parisian trinkets 和 artisan-made home goods, 画廊书店 for beachy reads, 和 奇诺的宝石 for just the right bracelet or ring.

Getting outside in this breathtaking coastal scenery is a must. A string of state parks preserves redwood groves, 原始的河流, wildlife-rich wetl和s, 和 bucolic coastal headl和s. W和er through a pygmy 森林 of 最小值iaturized pines 和 cypress trees at 范达姆州立公园皮艇或桨 支腿独木舟 在大河上 奇诺 Headl和s State Park, lounge on the s和y beach cove at Jug H和le State Natural Reserve, or photograph the historic concrete-arch bridge at Russian Gulch State Park. Head north a few miles to MacKerricher State Park 和 ride your bike along the Old Haul Road Coastal Trail, a former logging route used to transport lumber to the 布拉格堡 米尔斯. Spend the night at one of 140 campsites situated near the park’s varied coastal habitats, 包括潮池, 沙丘, 森林, 和湿地.

Wherever you go in 奇诺, you’re in fine company, surrounded by relentless waves, 岩石海蚀柱, flower-strewn bluff-tops, 和 sunsets that seem to go on forever.