Highway 1 is California's most iconic route, hugging the coastline and showing off some of the best that the state has to offer. Some of the best stops along Highway 1 are right here in the Bay Area! Ranging from just north of San Francisco down to Monterey and Big Sur, here you'll find some of the best of California's coast. You can head north to south or vice-versa, and the beauty of road trips is that you can spend as much or as little time in each place as you like. Whatever you do, there's no bad way to explore California's coastline.