half moon bay for all senses

Half Moon Bay is a perfect destination to score both the beaches and do some shopping on nice furnishings and cute accessories while enjoying the sea breeze. When the youngest of the family get to stop on the way in the Lemos farm and enjoy some frozen yogurt everyone’s happy.

Half Moon Bay is a picturesque town with many little shops offering furniture, interior decor and good food. And it is just a pleasure to walk down the main street on a sunny day and admire the old world atmosphere.

Cottage Industries offers beautiful handcrafted furniture and there is a good change you spot some fabulous cars too

 

Half Moon Bay Wine & Cheese offers some great wine holders and Adobe has some quirky pieces such as this bench made of old bean burlap (hessian)

Gunha’s Country Grocery & Emporium is a great place for food and browsing vintage-styled items like these scooters

 

Even the sings in this place are so cute. Great little discoveries can me made in Half Moon Bay Electric, The Posh Moon, The Paper Chase, Gourmet Appliance, Quail Run and Pescadero II

 

Castellammare Home Accents and Q offer yet more beautiful and more traditional furnishings and accessories

 

 

Half Moon Bay Feed & Fuel Co. might offer you some more unusual choices

 

Jungle Traders offers a huge selection of woodcraft, especially from Africa. Courtyard Gallery mixes more traditional pieces with contemporary ones

 

Toque Blanche has a great selection of kitchenware and is conveniently located next to a lovely bakery

 

Half Moon Bay Offers a great selection of little food places as well as hotels and guest houses to stay in – not to forget the seaside hotels such as the luxurious Ritz Carlton offering both sea views and golf.

Views from the Half Moon Bay Main Street

 

Just outside the city there is the Lemos Farm offering kids pony and train rides and other fun.

There are also many organic farm shops, nurseries, garden sculpture places such as Sun Studio and other little places like Spanish Town for various home goods and giant metal dinosaurs (!). The part the kids will love the most after the beach

 

Half Moon Bay is famous for the long sandy beach ideal for kids to run and plan and collect little seashells

Kids will unleash their creative minds and build little artwork all over the place

Half Moon Bay Ritz Carlton right on the beach would be a lovely place to stay in and enjoy the scenery after a day of golfing and shopping