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Family Vacation on Avila Beach

Story Published on August 26, 2008 ⋅  Email this Story ⋅  Print this Story ⋅ Post a comment ⋅

This Avila Beach vacation is on the beach of California in a generally cloudless locale is just what shore lovers want to make their beach time utterly complete. Assuredly, even a grand toy box that is California features small hamlets enclosing amazing surprises thus adding segments of glee to your California travels and Avila Beach is one such experience you should not miss.

The beach itself is almost one half mile long in length and is sheltered by the San Luis Bay by Point San Luis which is in-land and Fossil Point on the other side.

Due to its placement on the beach between Point San Luis and Fossil Point and because it faces a southerly direction, Avila beach enjoys the best climate on the central coast. This makes it the most warm of other beaches on this segment of the coast.

An Avila beach vacation would truly enchant you in this incomparable and beautiful town. There are many types of water sports open including of course surfing. You make want to do other things aside from laying on the beach all day in Avila Beach. Ponder options besides the typical surfing, sunning, and fishing routine. There is the Marine Institute to discover about the native marine life around Avila Beach. You can also see the Avila Wine Trail a congenial diversion from the beach.

Another wonderful thing to do is take a soak in one of a handful of resorts offering therapeutic mineral waters. Sycamore Mineral Springs Resort is one such establishment. This resort which is cradled in the ravine between Avila Beach and Highway 101 taps into the water in a nearby hill-side which has been bubbling forth hot, energizing waters ever since being discovered by oil men at the turn of the century. In case you want to lodge elsewhere, it is not necessary to be a guest at the Sycamore to enjoy a good soak. A dozen or more hot tubs adhere to a steep wood studded hillside and can be accessed by paths and steps. Tubs can be leased by visitors for less than fifty dollars for two for an hour.

Avila Beach is a small laid-back hamlet surrounded by sloping hills with the added attraction of restaurants on the pier. You can even lease a place to stay with local owners for your Avila beach vacation if a hotel doesn’t appeal to you.

The greater portion of the beach area is untouched but for a couple of blocks next to the beach that include a small residential area, some lodging, local stores and some newly built housing further away from the beach including a golf course.

Avila beach is a year-round weather paradise with day time temperatures ranging from the sixty’s in the winter and seventy’s during the summer.

Are you looking for an uncomplicated nice beach vacation with small town charm and history? I’ll wager the answer is yes and I am sure an Avila beach vacation is in the near future for you and your crew.

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