Encinitas

Bordered by Batiquitos Laggon to the north and San Elijo Lagoon to the south, Encinitas got its start in 1881, when a settler named Jabez Pitcher filed a claim for 160 acres of prime land near what is now the Encinitas Civic Center.

In the 1920s, Moonlinght Beach was popular with sunbather, race-horse aficionados and bootleggers, who used the beach as hooch drop-off point.

In 1925, Charlie Chaplin bought his mother a house in downtown Encinitas, and 1927 marked the opening of La Paloma movie theater, still a film-lover´s paradise.

The city was incorporated in 1986, bringing together the communities os New Encinitas, Old Encinitas, Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Olivenhain and Leucadia.

📌Check it out

1. 1883 Schoolhouse

2. Encinitas Community Park

3.  Encinitas Library

4.  Institute of Contemporary Art Sand Diego/North

5.  La Paloma Theatre

6. San Diego Botanic Garden

7.  San Dieguito Heritage Museum

8.  Self Realization Garden 

9.  Surfing Madonna 

📍Shops and Eats

1. Aloha Collection

2.  The Crack Shack 

3.  The Craftsman Tavern

4. Grounded

5.  Hansen Surfboard

6.  Heb & Sea 

7.  Lou's Records

Passing through? Don't miss the "surfer crossing" sign on Highway 101.

Visit the Surfing Madonna mural (on the north wall of Leucadia Pizzeria) before heading to Swami's or Moonlinght Beach.

Chill out at the self realization Fellow-ship's meditation gardens and checkout salt culture, a lifestyle boutique owned by pro surfer Rob Machado and his wife, Sophie.

Sip a latte at the1888 Santa Fe train depot that now houses Pannikin Coffe & Tea