Encinitas
Surf-town main street; five beaches and a gold-domed garden.
12Encinitas is the North County surf town that still acts like one — a mile of Coast Highway 101 running past a single-screen theater from 1928, a Cardiff donut case worth the Sunday line, and the gold lotus domes of a meditation garden with the best free ocean view in the county. Park once, walk the 101, and end at the Swami’s overlook — the tide chart runs this town.
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Moonlight is the county's easiest fully equipped beach day.
Swami's combines a substantial protected reef with one of Encinitas's defining bluff views.
Hamilton Children's Garden and Seeds of Wonder give children room to climb, build, dig, and notice plants instead of trailing adults through a decorative collection.