The Pacific Coast Highway: One of the world's great road trips

Take the clifftop route from San Francisco to San Diego and soak in the Californian sunshine

It goes by many names – California State Route 1, the Cabrillo Highway, even El Camino Real. But most who follow the long and often winding road along the westernmost fringe of the United States know it best as the Pacific Coast Highway.

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