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City in California, United States
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Paso Robles, meaning "Oak Pass" or "Pass of the Oaks," is a historical resort town, known for its hot springs, located on the California's Central Coast about 30 miles (46 km) north of San Luis Obispo. Nearby cities include Templeton, San Miguel, and Atascadero. The city is surrounded by mountains, beaches, and deserts. Paso Robles' major industry is wine production, with vineyards throughout the surrounding area. It had a population of about 32,000 (2016).
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Known for its hot springs, this 115-year-old inn played host to notables like Ignace Paderewski, Jack Dempsey, President Theodore Roosevelt, Adela Rogers - St. John, Phoebe Apperson Hearst (the mother of William Randolph Hearst), actors Douglas Fairbanks, Boris Karloff, Bob Hope, and Clark Gable, and Major League Baseball teams during spring training.
Museum of local history, focused on California settlers. Surprising variety of exhibits with items of interest for non-locals too.
December: See restored Victorian houses spectacularly lit up with Christmas lights and decorations
A horse driving, training, and entertainment ranch.
Late July through early August, featuring top-billed country and classic rock artists
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There are a few golf courses in Paso, but one of the better ones is the Links Course (also known as the Links at Vista Del Hombre) off Highway 46 East near the airport. It is amazingly refreshing. The sky is big, the fairways are wide, the view is stimulating and the air is refreshing. Surrounded by vineyards and with a sprinkling of oak trees, the course is a welcome break from the hustle and bustle. Given the relative lack of hilliness, walking is an easy way to get around the course. Other golf courses include the Hunter Ranch course off of Highway 46 East and the Paso Robles Golf Club off of Niblick Road.
The Paso Robles appelation includes over 200 wineries, and is best known for its Zinfandels. The relatively flat land east of the city is home to many of the larger and better known wineries, including Eberle, Meridian, and Tobin James. The wineries in the scenic hills west of town tend to be smaller and relatively anonymous, with well-known Justin being a notable exception. The Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance provides updated information on most of the wineries. The Grapeline Paso Robles and Cloud Climbers Jeep Tours offers daily wine tasting tours from all area hotels.
Vina Robles is a family-owned winery with a Swiss lineage that produces estate wines.
A scion of the famed Tsurugi's in San Luis Obispo, this is traditional Japanese cuisine.
An excellent Thai restaurant.
Pub with decent Irish food, large selection of burgers; the shepherd's pie is awesome. Murphy's on tap. Inside and outside seating available.
Breakfast and lunch options.
at La Bellasera Hotel & Suites
Upscale American cuisine. Music on Thursday nights.
Excellent vegan sandwiches, vegan cheese and vegan meats. The sandwiches are extremely well made and the mock meat does not overpower the flavors. The mock meat, vegan cheese and sauce all come together very well.
Just Baked Cakes
Excellent baked goods with delicious macarons, cakes and lemon bars.
A family owned and operated hotel that has been in business for over 45 years. Most rooms include a reclining armchair, makeup mirror, flat-screen television with premium cable channels, a working desk, refrigerator, coffeemaker, microwave, and free high speed Internet.
Family owned & operated, at US 101 / SR 46, high-speed internet, microwaves, refrigerators, premium cable, Simmons Westbury mattresses, and linens.
A luxury boutique hotel that is also the home of the popular Enoteca Restaurant & Lounge. The hotel offers spa, concierge and evening turndown services, an exercise room, outdoor pool, whirlpool and meeting facilities for up to 150.
Boutique style hotel that includes complimentary full, hot buffet style breakfast every morning. Complimentary wine and gourmet cheese tasting each weekday evening. Business center, fitness center, heated pool and whirlpool, free wireless high-speed interent access, meeting and banquet facilities for up to 90 people, 100 rooms featuring 44 suites.
Although the hot springs no longer feed the spa - across the street is a sinkhole created by a magnitude 6.5 earthquake in 2003 that reactivated the dormant springs - and the hotel was rebuilt in 1942, the Paso Robles Inn nevertheless remains an icon of the city and still has a mineral spa.
Bed & Breakfast with 8 suite rooms and a fully private 2 bedroom suite. Rooms include views of the vineyard, bistro for guests only, spa service at Pacere Spa, and a gift shop.
See wine tasting in the Do section.
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By bus
Amtrak Thruway bus has connections lead to the Gold Runner train service via Hanford and bus connections to the Pacific Surfliner in San Luis Obispo.
By car
S. 101, which runs mostly along the coast between Los Angeles and Seattle, and CA 46, which runs from the coast west of Paso into the San Joaquin Valley.
By bus
Paso Express covers some parts of the city. Buses run every hour.
By bicycle
Getting around Paso Robles on a bicycle is easy. The downtown area, with most of the sights and restaurants, is compact. Take a ride down Vine Street and see the restored Victorian homes.
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