Pismo Beach

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• Pismo State Beach Monarch Butterfly GroveEach year thousands of beautiful butterflies migrate to stay in Pismo Beach. Between 2010-2014 an average of 25,000 butterflies spent the winter in the grove. Butterflies arrive in the winter months, starting in late October and ending in February. Docents are onsite to answer questions.

• Pismo BeachA fun place to go to the beach for all kinds of tourists. They offer beach bike rentals, surf board rentals, and atv rentals for the Pismo Beach dunes.

• Pismo Beach Clam FestivalDuring the 1950s Pismo Beach billed itself as the "clam capital of the world", with clams so abundant that they were harvested with plows on the beach. Over-harvesting led to a massive decline, but the town still celebrates its yearly clam festival every year in mid-October. The weekend festival includes live music, a clam dig, clam bake, parade, chowder cook-off, and other festivities.

• Splash Café

  phone: +1 805 773-4653
  address: 197 Pomeroy Ave
  Wildly famous clam chowder dive, with more awards to their name than Donald Trump has buildings. Burgers, chicken strips, and other assorted staples accompany the world-famous chowder. Perfect lunch spot. Get there early, or get in line.

• Hot Shots

  phone: +1 805-773-4542
  address: 250 Pomeroy Ave
  Large family friendly pool hall.

• Vines & Views Tours LLC

  phone: +1 805-709-2297
  A local tour company that provides scenic and wine tasting tours.

• Best Western Shelter Cove Lodge

  phone: +1 805 773-3511
  address: 2651 Price St

• Best Western Shore Cliff Lodge

  phone: +1 805 773-4671
  address: 2555 Price St

• Cottage Inn by the Sea

  address: 2351 Price St
  93449.

• Motel 6

  phone: +1 805 773-2665
  address: 860 4th St

• Oxford Suites Pismo Beach

  phone: +1 805 773-3773
  address: 651 Five Cities Dr

• Pismo Lighthouse Suites

  phone: +1 805-773-2411
  address: 2411 Price Street
  A family-friendly beachfront hotel, featuring an on-site spa.

• Quality Inn Monarch Shores

  phone: +1 805 773-1841
  address: 230 Five Cities Dr
  Amenities include high quality furnishings, heated swimming pool, complimentary wireless internet access, free deluxe Continental breakfast, microwaves, refrigerators, coffee makers, irons, hair dryers and satellite TV in every room. 100% non-smoking.

• SeaCrest Resort

  phone: +1 805-773-4608
  address: 2241 Price St

• SeaVenture Resort HotelThe SeaVenture offers upscale resort hotel amenities. There SeaVenture Restaurant is on site.

• Spyglass Inn

  address: 2705 Spyglass Dr
  93449. Features include heated pool and spa, banquet facilities and a conference room for meetings, the Spyglass Restaurant, a heated ocean view deck, free parking, and complimentary high-speed wireless Internet.

• Grover Beach, Oceano and Arroyo Grande to the south and south-east
• Avila Beach - Avila Beach is a small coastal community located seven miles northwest of Pismo Beach that offers a number of quaint inns, spas and resorts. Point San Luis, accessible via a scenic docent-led hike or by trolley, is home to a lighthouse that dates back to 1890 and is the only surviving Prairie Victorian on the West Coast. Visitors looking for relaxation can soak in nearby mineral hot springs or lounge on the sandy beach that gives the town its name.
• San Luis Obispo - 13 miles north of Pismo Beach and almost exactly half way between Los Angeles and San Francisco, this small college town and its neighboring communities boast extraordinary resources for hiking, mountain biking, sea kayaking, swimming and surfing, outstanding natural beauty, a carefully preserved and thriving 19th-century downtown centered around a meticulously restored 18th century mission, a small but thriving art gallery scene, and a large and growing collection of top-quality wineries.