Cool San Luis Obispo County Links
Avila Beach
One of California’s Best Kept Secrets
Santa Maria
Casual Elegance at the Gateway to Wine Country
Wine Links - Click Here for a Bumper Crop
 Hearst Castle
The Official Site of the Hearst Castle Preservation Foundation. Buy tour tickets, take a Virtual Tour, learn about Castle History & Exhibits, and more.
Friends of Hearst Castle
More about the Castle and fundraising activities put on by this non-profit group - like their annual autumn dinner at the castle.
Friends of the Elephant Seal
The Official site of the award-winning group of local Central Coast volunteers shepherding the Elephant Seals of San Simeon and the people who love to look at them.
Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary
It stretches offshore, from Marin County (just north of San Francisco) all the way south just past Cambria, San Simeon and Castle Country. And it’s a (sea) jungle out there. Find out about the oodles of wildlife living in it.
California State Parks
The Official guide to the Golden State’s pristine parks. Find out more about Elephant Seals, San Simeon State Park, and other Central Coast park places.
Morro Bay Natural History Museum
Bones, dinosaurs, sea critters, a kids’ cinema and more, located at Morro Bay State Park, across from the golf course on Morro State Park Road.
SLO (San Luis Obispo) Sites
Fun Stuff
San Luis Obispo Children’s Museum
A wonderful place choc-full of stuff for pre-schoolers and primary graders, and parents too.
 Mustang Water Slides
East of Arroyo Grande at Lopez Lake Park. Two slides for adults, teens and bigger kids plus pony slides and a play area for the little ones.
The Great American Melodrama
Munch on peanuts and throw the shells on the floor before you have dinner and watch a vintage Vaudeville-style melodrama play. Booing of villains and cheering of heroes encouraged. Great family fun, year-round in Oceano, just three miles south of Pismo Beach.
California Mid-State Fair
Racing pigs, rodeo, horse shows, working dog shows, quilting, art, photography, exhibitions, Carnival, and big name concerts in the arena (Bonnie Raitt. Bob Dylan. The Wallflowers. LeeAnn Rimes. Clint Black.) The Annual Mid-State Fair begins in July. Check out lineups, buy tickets and get info on-line.
Dining
Margie’s Diner
Turkey. Stuffing. Mashed Potatoes. Gravy. Meatloaf. Burgers. Fries. Homemade pies. Margie’s is real food, for real people, served by real people - Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (one right next door to the San Luis Obispo Rose Garden Inn, and one just a hop, skip and jump away from the Pismo Beach Rose Garden Inn).
Hobee’s
Never Fear: the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary isn’t the only good thing that starts out up in the Bay Area and stretches south to the Central Coast. You can find Hobee’s in SLO too - the southernmost outpost of this Bay Area restaurant chain. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner with a hearty California twist (Think Orange Spice Tea and turkey and avocado sandwiches). Word: get the coffee cake.
F.McLintock’s
Bring your appetite for steak, ribs and chicken done right. Kids welcome (there’s even a treasure chest for them to rifle through after dinner).
Café Roma
Did you leave the kids at home in quest for romance? Try Café Roma for the Italian high cuisine experience plus atmosphere. Locals rave about Roma; everyone raves about Roma.
SLO Brewing Company
The first microbrewery in San Luis Obispo makes a big variety of ales & stouts on-site, but also has a restaurant and nifty upstairs dining room with a view to tree-lined Garden Street that welcomes families and children for lunch and dinner. Entertainment at evening is aimed at the music-and-beer loving crowd.
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Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo
A Performing Arts Center. Two Art Galleries. Plus a rodeo, school dairy, and annual tractor pull. Cal Poly is a place of many attractions, as well as consistently ranked at the top of the heap of public universities in the U.S.A.
Cal Poly Arts
The artistic branch of Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo, this non-profit arts organization brings a ton of performers to San Luis Obispo annually, usually for shows at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center. Check out their latest entertainment lineup online.
Cal Poly Performing Arts Center
 A brand new beautiful 1,300-seat concert hall on the Cal Poly campus that hosts comedians like Bill Cosby, performances like CATS and Stomp, performers like Faith Hill, David Crosby and more. Buy tickets and checkout performance schedules online.
Civic Ballet of San Luis Obispo
Periodic performances throughout the year, plus a great, kid-friendly “Nutcracker” every December at the Cal Poly Performing Arts Center.
Mission San Luis Obispo
Learn more about the history of Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa, the heart of San Luis Obispo, at this educational site hosted by the state school system.
San Luis Obispo International Film Festival
A series of vintage movies, documentaries, workshops, and fun film-related events held in late October.
San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival
A series of summertime concerts performed by professional musicians from around the globe in a variety of great settings - plus Opera. Held in July.
San Luis Obispo Symphony
Hometown musicians do classical, and do it well.
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