Spanish for "the road to the king". Often refered to as
the
Royal Road or
King's Highway. A historic road
that runs from
San Francisco to
San Jose and most
likey further south. However, almost all traces of it
have been lost. It disappears
somewhere around
Lafayette St in
Santa Clara, just a
bit west of
San Jose.
The stretch of El Camino that runs from San Francisco
down near San Jose is anything but glamorous. It is
riddled with strip malls, nail salons, and 24 hour
liquor stores. The nice thing about El Camino is that
most consumer level businesses like to have their store
located on El Camino due to the high traffic on the street.
So, if you
need to find, say a new bed, all you need to do is drive
long enough on El Camino and you will eventually find a
mattress store. My theory is that if you can't find
it on El Camino, it probably doesn't exist.