Kids Vacations in Pismo Beach, California

Pismo Beach is one of California's finest kids vacation destinations. Romp & play-in-the-sand experiences include ample swings on the beach, pet friendly beaches, beach sand surreys and bikes, an old-fashioned pier, lots of hotels with outdoor swimming pools on the beach, arcades and foods that children love.

In addition, many of the adjacent beaches you can walk a short distance to allow horseback riding, bonfires any place you like and all terrain vehicle motorized cart rentals and riding in the Pismo sand dunes at Oceano.

Sure, Pismo represents old-fashioned California with its signature woody car that appears in advertisements and on phone books. Moms, dads, grandmas and grandpas can shop in the souvenir stores and buy the children toy woody cars, t-shirts, sand in a bottle, beach umbrellas, towels, ball caps, sun hats and swimsuits. "Classic California" is the essence of the best kids vacations.

Children become with toys and opt to play with the boxes they come in quite often. But when you take kids to the beach, they seem to be mesmerized with sand and sand toys, waves and all the things the beach lifestyle offers such as exercise and healthy sunshine.

We've taken warmly to Pismo Beach and know its never been a hidden gem or secret hideaway. The number of hotels and amount of people going there are a testament to its incredible popularity as a family vacation spot. When you wander around downtown Pismo Beach, just look at all the parents with kids and you'll see that it's doing quite well. If you need to pick a spot for a beach vacation with children, Pismo Beach gets our vote.