The Green Cottage is a vintage beach house that sits at the water’s edge at the southern end of Morro Bay on California’s Central Coast. It is a romantic vacation rental for two, beautifully refurbished and filled with art, antiques and hand-made quilts. It offers comfort, privacy, solitude and views that go on forever.

It is the perfect hideaway at the end of a small peninsula tucked away in a quiet residential area of Los Osos. Our part of California is off the beaten path and we like it that way. We live our lives a little slower than the rest of the world. That gives us time to see more of what there is to see and to experience more of the things that are authentic and meaningful — all far, far away from fast-paced big-city lives.

Life is short. Get away.

Enjoy a glass of award-winning wine as you sit quietly on the deck overlooking the shimmering waters of Morro Bay. Watch the shorebirds feed along the water’s edge while the sun slips silently into blazing colors on the horizon.

Everyone needs time, space and quiet to refresh and recharge, a place to get away from an increasingly high-wired, hyper-connected world. Escape the noise and chaos of the busy world. Here. Stay at the Green Cottage, and disconnect! It can be a digital detox or some quiet time with someone special to explore all that is around you and all that is within you. It can be an opportunity to reset the way you experience time and remind you of the wonders of nature — right outside your door. It can be a time for action and adventure in an undiscovered coastal paradise or one of quiet solitude for reflection and renewal.

On the roads less traveled.

We are halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, in San Luis Obispo County, between iconic Highway 1 and Highway 101. Our little town is tucked away between two state parks, a national estuary, greenbelts, private ranch lands and the waters of Morro Bay.

Our area has a year-round Mediterranean climate and MAJESTIC natural scenery;

• 100 miles of accessible beaches;
• a marine sanctuary;
• 13 state parks; soaring peaks and cavernous tide pools;
• an elephant seal rookery;
• a sea otter raft (group) in nearby Morro Bay;
• a famous castle, and a not-so-famous one;
• two lighthouses;
• five historic piers;
• a celebrated wine country with more than 300 wineries spread among two major wine grape-growing regions;
• old saloons;
• Cal Poly University;
• historic sites;
• a pygmy forest;
• low-key,  friendly communities, each with distinctive charms;
• 25 golf courses;
• the last of the old California funky beach towns;
• the world’s only cow-bear named “Udderly Osos;”
• great farm-fresh-to-table restaurants;
• a seaside fishing village;
• a monarch butterfly preserve;
• over 200 bird species;
• hundreds of hiking and biking trails;
• unique art galleries;

and best of all, lots and lots of wide open, uncrowded spaces for you to explore.

The quiet awaits. Visit soon.