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Drive one of America’s most celebrated coastal roads at your own pace with a self-guided audio tour. Download the app, follow GPS-triggered stories for Bixby Bridge, McWay Falls, Pfeiffer Beach, and elephant seals, and pause wherever the coastline calls.
Drive one of America’s most celebrated coastal roads at your own pace with a self-guided audio tour. Download the app, follow GPS-triggered stories for Bixby Bridge, McWay Falls, Pfeiffer Beach, and elephant seals, and pause wherever the coastline calls.
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Operated by Adventures with Action · Big Sur, California
You pull onto Highway 1 where the road narrows and the ocean leans in close—salt spray and wind pushing at the hood while the cliffs drop away into blue. The audio guide cues a story about the Spanish explorers and then a local naturalist explains why the Santa Lucia range falls so steeply to the sea.
easy.
2–3 hours (drive time); allow more for stops).
Minimal fitness required—mostly driving and short walks to overlooks and beaches
No—buy one tour per car and everyone in the vehicle can listen together, which is more economical than per‑person tickets.
Closures occur from landslides and repairs (notably between Big Sur and Ragged Point); check Caltrans before departure and follow posted detours.
After downloading the Action Tour Guide app and the tour file, open the tour at the designated starting point—stories trigger automatically using GPS.
Yes; you must download the tour content while on Wi‑Fi or cellular first—after that, audio and offline maps work without signal.
The PCH and its bridges (Bixby Bridge opened in 1932) were built to connect remote coastal communities and enabled 20th‑century tourism and Hearst‑era developments like the San Simeon estates.
Landslides and coastal erosion make the route fragile—stay on designated pullouts, follow posted restrictions near wildlife, and carry out trash to protect marine reserves.
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