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Festivals & Events
Concerts in the Plaza
MUSIC, FOOD
Every Friday night from early June through early September, downtown's Mission Plaza
rocks out with local bands and food vendors.
Savor the Central Coast
FOOD, WINE
Behind-the-scenes farm, aquaculture and ranch tours, wine-tasting competitions and
celebrity chefs' dinners in late September or early October.
Sleeping
Motels cluster off Hwy 101, especially off Monterey St northeast of downtown and around
Santa Rosa St (Hwy 1).
HI Hostel Obispo
HOSTEL
from $60, all with shared bath; check-in 4:30-10pm; )
On a tree-lined street near the train station, this solar-empowered, avocado-colored hostel
inhabits a converted Victorian, which gives it a bit of a B&B feel. Amenities include a kit-
chen, bike rentals (from $10 per day) and complimentary sourdough pancakes and coffee
for breakfast. BYOT (bring your own towel).
Peach Tree Inn
MOTEL
breakfast $89-140; office 7am-11pm; )
The folksy, nothing-fancy motel rooms here are inviting, especially those right by the
creek or with rocking chairs on wooden porches overlooking grassy lawns, eucalyptus
trees and rose gardens. Continental breakfast features homemade breads.