Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Sights
Eagle and High Peak Mine
HISTORIC SITE
( 760-765-0036; end of C St; adult/child $10/5; 10am-2pm Mon-Fri, to 3pm Sat & Sun; )
Be regaled with tales of the hardscrabble life of the town's early pioneers during an hour-
long underground tour through these former gold mines.
Sleeping & Eating
Julian Gold Rush Hotel
B&B
(
760-765-0201, 800-734-5854;
www.julianhotel.com
; 2032 Main St; d incl breakfast $135-210;
)
At this 1897 antique-filled B&B, lace curtains, claw-foot tubs and other paraphernalia
painstakingly evoke a bygone era.
Orchard Hill Country Inn
B&B
( 760-765-1700;
www.orchardhill.com
;
2502 Washington St; incl breakfast r $195-250, cottage
$295-375; )
Turn back the clock at this romantic B&B where rooms are spread across a craftsman
lodge and a dozen cozy cottages, all furnished with impeccable taste. Each is decorated
differently but all feature a fireplace or patio; some also have Jacuzzi tubs.
Julian Pie Company
BAKERY
(
www.julianpie.com
; 2225 Main St; snacks & pies $3-15; 9am-5pm; )
This popular joint churns out apple cider, cinnamon-dusted cider donuts and classic apple-
filled pies and pastries.
ROUTE 66
Completed in 1926, iconic Route 66 connected Chicago and Los Angeles across the heart-
land of America. What novelist John Steinbeck called the 'Mother Road' came into its
own during the Depression, when thousands of migrants escaped the Dust Bowl by slog-
