Explore Paso Robles, California

Historic Downtown Lake San Antonio Farmers' Market Estrella WarBird Museum Mission San Luis Obispo Big Sur Beach Drive

With its small town charm, natural beauty and flourishing wine culture, Paso Robles is an eclectic city on California’s beautiful Central Coast. Whether you enjoy wine tasting in the Paso Robles wine country, visiting Hearst Castle on the North Coast, playing a round of golf, or exploring nearby beaches, we’re your home on Central Coast. Explore our vibrant downtown with boutiques, antique stores and eateries surrounding a historic city park. Enjoy local events with an array of cultural offerings including wine, music and harvest festivals. Visit the tasting rooms of 90 charming wineries in the Paso Robles region, sample award-winning wines and savor spectacular scenery. For fishing, swimming and boating, head to Lake Nacimiento or Lake San Antionio. Tee of at Paso Robles’ three championship golf courses set in tranquil settings.

Historic Downtown Paso Robles. Enjoy a day's stroll through the history and splendor of historic Paso Robles. Lined with quaint boutique, antique storefronts, gourmet restaurants, art galleries, and fascinating architecture, the main streets of downtown Paso Robles are just a mile from the hotel. Visit the Downtown Historic City Park, a graceful green-space that hosts entertainment events and concerts throughout the year.

Paso Robles Event Center. Located directly across the street from the Holiday Inn Express – The Event Center presents year-round events, shows, conventions, exhibitions and sports, including Central Coast Roller Derby, Mid-State Fall Home Show, and the granddaddy event of Paso Robles, The California Mid-State Fair for 12 days in July/August with a concert series featuring top-name entertainers, rides, shows, exhibits and great food. In addition during the year there cattle and horse shows, equestrian and livestock events and great family entertainment.

Lake Nacimiento. Lake Nacimiento is a water sports oasis just 20 minute drive west of the city. The pristine lake offers outdoor splendor and recreational opportunities, including excellent fishing, boating, water skiing, or sunbathing, as well as outstanding cliff side lodges, and a surrounding wilderness that make for a distinctive vacation site. For information, call 805-238-3256 or visit www.nacimientoresort.com.  [Top]

Lake San Antonio. Lake San Antonio is Monterey County’s premier freshwater recreation area. Located just 20 miles inland from California’s beautiful Central Coast, Lake San Antonio offers year-round recreational activities and active water sports, including fishing, hiking, swimming, boating, water-skiing, jet skiing, horseback riding, hiking, biking, picnicking and touring. Visit www.lakesanantonio.net.

The Ravine Waterpark. 2 miles from the Holiday Inn Express, Paso Robles is the hottest place to cool off on the Central Coast, The Ravine is a complete water adventure with wild slides and interactive fun. Hop on a tube and race down the 325 foot long flume slides - Viper and Anaconda. Drift lazily along Kickback Kreek. Enjoy the 175,000 gallon wave pool at Calypso Bay or Kiddie Cove, where little squirts ride the slides and stay cool. Climb five stories high and spin and plunge through Vertigo or drop straight down on Kamikaze. The Ravine also offers beach volleyball, concession stands and restaurants. Visit www.ravinewaterpark.com.

Paso Robles Hot Springs & Spa. Nestled in the Paso Robles Wine Country, River Oaks Hot Springs & Spa offers an elegant setting with therapeutic mineral tubs, spa treatments and a lakeside gazebo for events. River Oaks Hot Springs & Spa is an environment of unparalleled beauty and relaxation. Discover your balance and awareness with innovated Therapeutic Massages, Energy Healing and Skin Care. The beautiful rolling hills of Paso Robles are renowned for their thermal springs. During the Mission Period, the Fathers sought the healing powers of these springs. Visit www.riveroakshotsprings.com.  [Top]

Paso Robles Farmers' Market. Stop by Paso Robles City Park every Tuesday (10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m) and Saturday (8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.) to purchase goods from local farmers and producers who sell a variety of merchandise at the City of Paso Farmers' Market. Tempt your senses with displays of fresh produce and flowers and hand-made crafts.

Oceano Dunes SVRA. Oceano Dunes State Vehicular Recreation Area is a geologically unique sand dune complex that provides a playground for off-highway and ATV enthusiasts. One of several OHV areas in California, Oceano Dunes is the most extensive coastal dunes remaining in California. The SVRA also offers recreational activities such as swimming, surfing, surf fishing and hiking. Most of the sand that forms these impressive dunes has been deposited here by ocean currents, and shaped by the wind. Visit www.ohv.parks.ca.gov.

Charles Paddock Zoo. Located in Paso Robles, Charles Paddock Zoo offers an awareness of biodiversity in Nature, presenting animals and their habitats from around the world. This accredited zoo exhibits over 100 animals in naturalistic habitats on 5 park-like acres within beautiful Atascadero Lake Park. The Zoo is a high quality, family recreation destination on the California Central Coast. http://www.charlespaddockzoo.org/index.html  [Top]

Estrella WarBird Museum. Located at Paso Robles Municipal Airport, Estrella Warbirds Museum presents a living, entertaining, and educational museum dedicated to the preservation and collection of military aircraft, artifacts and memorabilia, including early aircraft, retired fighter jets, modern missiles, the earliest pilot's licenses issued by the FFA, airplanes that made aviation history, and restored vintage aircraft. Far from being a dusty storehouse, the Museum has 200 members who rub elbows and enjoy the camaraderie at monthly dinner meetings. Hours: Friday through Monday. Visit http://www.ewarbirds.org/index.html

Barney Schwartz Park. Surrounded by oak dotted hills, Barney Schwartz Park is capable of holding large-scale tournaments for baseball, softball and soccer, features a one million gallon lake, several group picnic areas, grassy areas, two concession stands and two terrific playgrounds. Visit http://www.prcity.com/government/departments/recreation/facilities/bsp.asp

Mission San Miguel Arcangel. Founded in 1797 for Saint Michael the Arcangel, Mission San Miguel is the 16th mission in California’s 21 mission chain. Immaculately preserved and never repainted, the inside of the mission features colorful original pictures created and painted by Indian artisans under the direction of Esteban Munras. Still a parish church, the Mission has been designated a National Historic Landmark, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and named one of “America's Eleven Most Endangered Places.” Visit http://www.missionsanmiguel.org/index.html  [Top]

Mission San Luis Obispo De Tolosa. Located in charming downtown San Luis Obispo, this is the 5th Mission of 21 in California. Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa was founded 1772 on the Central Coast of California between Santa Barbara and Monterey. Named after Saint Louis of Anjou, the bishop of Toulouse, the Mission is unusual in design in that its combination of belfry and vestibule is found nowhere else among the California missions, and is the only "L"-shaped mission church among all the California missions. Visit http://www.missionsanluisobispo.org/.

Hearst Castle. A renowned Central Coast landmark, the captivating hilltop retreat of William Randolph Hearst is one of the world’s greatest estates and a California Historical Monument. Located on top of a hillside of the Santa Lucia Mountains in San Simeon, Hearst Castle offers tours of the estate’s 165 rooms, European artwork, architectural magnificence, ornate swimming pools, beautiful gardens and walkways, and exceptional artifacts that offer a glimpse into the lifestyle of America's leading publishing tycoon. Call (800) 444-4445 or visit www.hearstcastle.org.

National Geographic Theater. Take your appreciation of Hearst Castle even further by viewing the National Geographic Theater's film "Hearst Castle - Building the Dream." Showing on their larger-than-life iWERKS theater screen, this documentary takes you into the history and construction of Hearst Castle like you've never seen. The National Geographic Theater is located in the Hearst Castle Visitor Center.  [Top]

Big Sur. From gorgeous beaches to mountains to stately redwoods, Big Sur is one of Geographic Traveler’s “50 Places of a Lifetime” and the perfect place to find spiritual serenity. Hike tree-lined valleys, climb high ridges above the coastline, and gaze into millions of acres of wilderness in the Los Padres National Forest. You’ll find gorgeous hiking and horseback riding trails through wildflowers to the beach at Andrew Molera State Park. The turn-out at Bixby Bridge, one of the highest single-span arch bridges in the world, affords awesome photo ops.

Los Padres National Forest. Los Padres National Forest encompasses 1.75 million acres in the coastal mountains of Central California. Stretching 220 miles from the Big Sur Coast to western Los Angeles County, the Forest offers beautiful streams, rivers and beaches for recreational activities. Explore miles of hiking, mountain biking, and horseback riding trails in the Forest’s 10 wildernesses areas.  [Top]

Moonstone Beach Drive. A beautiful drive along the northern coast of Cambria, along Highway 1, Moonstone Beach Drive offers cliffs, beaches, birds, sea lions and other wildlife which can be seen while driving.


Morro Bay. Located near the Big Sur Coast, Morro Bay is a charming fishing village famous for Morro Rock, a protected Pelegrine Falcon Sanctuary which rises hundreds of feet from the sea. Morro Bay is a coastal oasis with miles of pristine beach, kayaking, sailing, hiking, rock climbing, bird watching, deep sea fishing, surfing, biking, horseback riding and coastal golf at the Morro Bay Golf Course. Visit Morro Bay’s numerous art galleries - presenting the paintings, sculpture, jewelry, and photographs of local artists - theatres, symphony, museums, restaurants and downtown shopping.  [Top]