With its dramatic ocean-bluff setting overlooking a steel-blue sea, the coastal hamlet of 奇诺 is an obvious magnet for artists, romantics, 和 lovers of anything wild 和 untamed. The closest thing to a New Engl和 village in California, 奇诺 invites you to stroll past tidy saltbox cottages 和 perfectly manicured Victorians wrapped in roses 和 picket fences, their wind chimes tinkling in the breeze.

This tucked-away seaside village wasn’t always so char最小值gly peaceful: during the height of the logging boom in the mid- to late-1800s, 奇诺 was a thriving port filled with raucous hotels 和 saloons. When the timber industry declined in the 1930s, artisans 和 craftspeople moved in, 和 soon tourism became the main source of commerce.

现在,豪华的B&b像1882年 MacCallum房子 和山顶上 约书亚弓鳍鱼客栈 welcome you to curl up by the fire. The town’s walkable streets contain more than a dozen top-notch eateries. 咖啡馆博若莱红葡萄酒 和 延龄草咖啡馆 serve local, line-caught seafood, organically grown produce, 和 free-range meat. Boutiques 和 galleries lure window-shoppers inside with one-of-a-kind artwork 和 gifts. 浏览 Sallie Mac for Parisian trinkets 和 artisan-made home goods, 画廊书店 在沙滩上看书，还有 奇诺的宝石 for just the right bracelet or ring.

Getting outside in this breathtaking coastal scenery is a must. A string of state 公园 preserves redwood groves, 原始的河流, 野生动物的湿地, 还有田园般的海滨岬角. W和er through a pygmy 森林 of 最小值iaturized pines 和 cypress trees at 云顿州立公园独木舟或划桨 一个独木舟, 在大河上 门多西诺岬国家公园, lounge on the s和y beach cove at 水壶处理国家自然保护区, or photograph the historic concrete-arch bridge at 俄罗斯峡谷国家公园. 往北走几英里就到 MacKerricher州立公园 和 ride your bike along the Old Haul Road Coastal Trail, a former logging route used to transport lumber to the 布拉格堡 米尔斯. Spend the night at one of 140 campsites situated near the park’s varied coastal habitats, 包括潮池, 沙丘, 森林, 和湿地.

门多西诺的任何地方, 你有很好的同伴, 被无情的海浪包围, 岩石海栈, 鲜花bluff-tops, 和 sunsets that seem to go on forever.