dinosaurs of spanish town

A great spot to take the kids and snap photographs. Lots of interesting artifacts and novelties to look at (and buy)!

When driving down highway 92 to Half Moon Bay, one wonders have he dinosaurs taken over the coast? You see the Dinosaurs in their garden area, looking at you, deciding what their next step will be. Your kids will wonder how high are they? Yes, its worth stopping for a bit to take some pictures of these interesting metal dinosaursand then go into Spanishtown and take a look through the stores. I enjoyed this a lot.I liked the garden store packed with fountains and sculptures the most.

The absolute best (and largest) assortment of outdoor garden art, fountains, spheres and plant containers ever. If the gigantic metal dinosaurs, Buddhas, and giraffes didn't get your attention from the roadway you might need to get your glasses checked!

Spanishtown is a collection of small shops on Highway 92 just outside Half Moon Bay. They have a HUGE selection of backyard accoutrements—fountains, sprays, sculptures, benches, vases, stoves, urns, antique doors, etc. If this is what you are looking for and live in the San Francisco Bay Area, go there first!

The dinosaurs still attract you but what used to be a nice little area with several small shops now only has a couple of small shops and a large area with fountains, statues ect. for your yard. I really miss the old Spanish Town as some of my cooler "finds" were purchased there. I never used to pass it by. That isn't the case any longer.

It was interesting to see these giants. There were lots of them. We weren't sure if it was a local artist who built them or if they came from Mexico.

What a unique place. Will have to go back when I have space in my car and more $$$ in my pocket as some of the fountains are wonderful.

great for photos - where else can you see this many dinosaurs?

The fantastic iron sculptures catch your eyes, and there is the most amazing "wooly" mammoth but once you go into the shop area it is a bit of a disappoint. If I had kids with me, I would have wondered were are the small toy dinosaurs ?

Maybe I was expecting too much but the word "town" meant something bigger than a big farm house with multiple shops to me but this was exactly what it was. I'm not much of a knick knack shopper but if others are, they should drop by. There are shops with lamps,souvenirs, and of course lots of fountains and garden/yard theme items. My son did enjoy the metal dinosaurs but after 10 minutes he was ready to move on.

What a great area, lots of fun shops, and the dino are mega cool!!!

It was funny. We were driving around and saw this place by chance. Look a dinosaur we yelled out as we passed the side of a windy road. You don't see that everyday so we stopped by. WOW. There are many of them and then two giraffes. Funny. We took pictures of these creatures and then headed for the shops. There were many cute shops. One that was interesting sold porcelain dish ware from Nepal (i think) oh my they were beautiful! The artwork and time creating all of those pieces is just extraordinary! There is also jewelry, vases, well preserved creatures, and other amazing things. Come here and be wowed!

No idea this was an attraction! The dinos are great - love looking at them, but you definitely want to make sure you aren't going during peak tourist season, or you'll never get into or leave the parking lot! If you do go, take a walk through the rest of Spanishtown and Fabbri's statues.

Don't attempt to visit unless you're on that side of the road. Hwy 92 is one lane each way at that point, and if you try to turn left into the lot, you'll cause a wreck. When you're trying to leave, if you try to turn left to get back onto 92 heading towards HMB, you'll wait a long time. So, you have to be heading away from HMB and continuing on that way to make this a safe visit.

About 1 mile from Hwy 1 toward San Mateo on 92 is Spanishtown. Here there is a huge collection of garden scuptures and other pottery items. Look for the huge Metal sculptures of Dinosaurs by the road and turn in. Walk around and take wonderful pictures. Great for Kids.Roger