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Discover the best top things to do in Wine Coast Country California, United States including Friends of the Elephant Seal Visitor Center and Gift Shop, Alapay Cellars, Artifacts Gallery, Cambria Nursery and Florist, Amphora Gallery, Sebastian General Store, Red Moose Cookie Company, Brown Butter Cookie Company, Fermentations Wine Tasting, Ephraim Pottery West Gallery.
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1. Friends of the Elephant Seal Visitor Center and Gift Shop
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 3,096 reviews
The Elephant Seal Viewing area and the Friends of the Elephant Seal Visitor Center and Gift Shop (250 San Simeon Ave, Suite 3B, San Simeon, CA) are two separate locations. They are 7.2 miles apart. Please plan to visit both while you are in the area. Directions to both locations: https://elephantseal.org/locations/ The Friends of the Elephant Seal docents (guides) provide education for visitors to the Elephant Seal Viewing area at Piedras Blancas, every morning and afternoon, 365 days a year. Long boardwalks provide wonderful, up-close viewing opportunities. Look for docents in the blue jackets! Viewing Area is located 4 miles north of the Hearst Castle. Find us here: Put these coordinates into any map program: 35° 39' 48" N, 121° 15' 28" W Or use this link for the accurate location of the viewing area: https://goo.gl/maps/fzfACKBqNgcwurjf9
Reviewed By timohteee - Delaware, United States
My wife and I actually drove passed this stop and turned around to go back because we noticed a large group of people. We are glad we decided to turn around! When we got there around 6PM, there were a couple dozen elephant seals basking in the sun on the beach. Every now and then, you’ll catch one get up and stretch or another scooting across the sand to a new spot. It was surprisingly amazing to see these gentle giants in their natural habitat and was definitely a highlight for us both on our trip.
2. Alapay Cellars
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 57 reviews
Reviewed By oceanready - Las Vegas, United States
I am a wine club member here. They ALWAYS have award winning wines in their offering. Beautiful and fun tasting room with friendly people helping you enjoy and learn about their wines. LOVE IT!
3. Artifacts Gallery
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 36 reviews
Artifacts Gallery represents the country's leading artists, both in sculpture and paintings. We have a unique blend of art, sculptures, gifts, jewelry, glass, and garden decor. We also have a custom frame shop for all of your framing needs. Established in 1993, Artifacts Gallery is a large, fine art gallery owned by Thad Markham, in business at this same address for over twenty years. We are located in the historic coastal community of Cambria, California, midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. This small village (population 6,500) on the unspoiled Central Coast is nestled in the Monterey Pine forest along spectacular Highway 1. We're serious about art, but that doesn't mean art is always a serious business! Our gallery is a welcoming space with art consultants who treat everyone like a new friend. Our well-informed, friendly staff has one mission: to help you find the art you love that will make your home a beautiful expression of your personality.
Reviewed By jfd - Scottsdale, United States
this place has unique art from a variety of artists. very unusual, some whimsical, some Goddards at reasonable prices. Really excellent and worth a stop.
4. Cambria Nursery and Florist
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 143 reviews
Cambria's premiere nursery, florist and gift shop. Find everything from garden basics, indoor and outdoor plants, professional florist services and charming home decor and gifts here!
Reviewed By SMGrandma - Santa Maria, United States
This is a great place to visit. The plants and flowers always look healthy and vibrant. There are little areas to explore, including a lovely gift shop. Their location is divided nicely into various areas...succulents, blooming plants, garden accessories. It is a fantastic place to visit in December when Cambria is having their annual Christmas Market. The employees are very helpful.
5. Amphora Gallery
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 15 reviews
Reviewed By anniemh2o - Washington DC, United States
We stopped in to just look around, but then noticed the jewelry and stayed much longer than anticipated. The silver chains is what really interested us and the owner was super accommodating. We ended up going back the next day to buy more. There is much more than jewelry to this gallery; I recommend stopping in.
6. Sebastian General Store
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 112 reviews
Sebastian's in Old San Simeon Village, across Highway 1 from the entrance to Hearst Castle, is a well-known casual eatery. Serving up the very best Heart Ranch burgers, salads and sandwiches - guests from all over can enjoy a bite to eat on the deck with an ocean view or inside the cafe with historic photographs of the Hearst Ranch and Castle. Our historic building has been a general store in the village since 1873 when Leopold Frankl opened one to sell supplies to whalers, miners, dairy farmers and those who transported products in or out by ship.
Reviewed By StephanieR892
Excellent food and wine! We had amazing burgers made with Hearst Ranch beef and shared a bottle of wine. Friendly and casual!
7. Red Moose Cookie Company
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 72 reviews
Reviewed By 916clairef - Taunton, United Kingdom
Great little cookie shop set in a trading estate. Cookies made on the shop floor and there’s a few to choose from!
8. Brown Butter Cookie Company
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 104 reviews
Reviewed By jonr105 - San Luis Obispo, United States
This place is about cookies — unique and delicious cookies that, as the name implies, feature butter and brown sugar as their primary ingredients, along with sea salt that sets up a great sweet and salty taste combo. Our family loves them. Their signature cookies come in a variety of flavors — including almond, cocoa, espresso, and vanilla. A special flavor is added several times a year — on this visit it was bourbon (very good!). In addition they sell very good traditional cookies, such as chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, lemon, snickerdoodles, and peanut butter. The cookies aren’t inexpensive. But there are two things that mitigate the cost — first, they are flavor intensive, so just one cookie, slowly enjoyed, is a great snack; and, second, they are very generous in their offering of free samples, so you know exactly what you’re getting, even if it’s just the free tastes and you can buy one cookie or as many as you want, in whatever combination of flavors you’d like. Prepackaged combinations are available — these make great gifts for family and friends. A small gift rack offers some other branded merchandise, such as t-shirts. The staff are more than friendly. There is no reason not to go in here and at least enjoy a couple of the free samples. We will return.
9. Fermentations Wine Tasting
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 67 reviews
Reviewed By abmagfab - Damascus, United States
Decided to stop by before dinner for a wine tasting of local wines. The shop is really cute with lots of fun accessories. The tasting itself was very reasonable (1$ per tasting), with lots of great local wines to try. The woman serving us (Sherry) was super friendly and very informative, and while we hadn’t intended to buy more than a bottle, thanks to her great information and company we left with 6 bottles! Looking forward to drinking them with friends over the next few days.
10. Ephraim Pottery West Gallery
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 31 reviews
Ephraim Pottery strives to be the modern incarnation of the traditional artisan guild. Though our roots are in the American Arts & Crafts revival we work together as artists to create timeless artwork that is classically inspired by our natural surroundings yet thoroughly modern. The Cambria gallery is a dream come true for our Wisconsin based studio. Come see our work in person!
Reviewed By snooksinKC - Palm Springs, United States
We love Mission style anything, and this pottery shop has some of the most beautiful pottery we have every seen! Wish we could afford to buy a whole houseful of it!
