<p>I can’t help you with the transportation part, but, if you do go down Highway 1, consider staying at one of the Youth Hostel Lighthouses</p>
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<p>Someone on CC recently recommended it to me…and the setting was absolutely magnificent…on a cliff right above the water. One of them is just north of Half Moon Bay…less than an hour along HWY 1 from SF airport.</p>
<p>Also…you can apparently get to one of the lighthouses using public transport! (Don’t know about going further south, though…)</p>
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