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San Simeon, California
San Simeon
(
ZIP Code
: 93452) is a settlement on the Pacific coast of
San Luis Obispo County, California
notable in two respects:
Its position along
Pacific Coast Highway
is almost precisely halfway between
Los Angeles
and
San Francisco
, each of those towns being roughly 230 mi (370 km) away.
A key feature of the area is a large, well-appointed, and very conspicuous hill-top mansion, known as
Hearst Castle
, built by
William Randolph Hearst
early in the 20th century, which for many years has been a very popular
tourist attraction
.
External Link
http://www.hearstcastle.org/