All points on a
Google map.
Friday- 5:00 pm -7:00 pm Welcome reception in my room at the Days Inn Downtown Monterey, 850 Abrego, (831) 649-6332. Nibbles and drinks.
- 7:30 pm: Dinner at il vecchio 110 Central Ave, Pacific Grove, (831) 324-4282.
- Coffee, dessert, drinks on Alvarado Street.
Saturday- Breakfast on your own, or meet me 8 am at the Old Monterey Cafe, 489 Alvarado St, Monterey, (831) 646-1021.
- Arrive 9:45 am for 10 am Tor House tour (75-min) $10 pp cash or check. Carmel Point at 26304 Ocean View Avenue, Carmel (831) 624-1840 or (831) 624-1813.
- Meet 11:30 am Carmel Crossroads Shopping Center. Point Lobos State Reserve. This is a drive-in/through park just south of Carmel with hiking trails and lookout points for all levels of ability. Admission: $10 per car. Please bring your own lunch.
For those not going to Point Lobos, suggestions for a day in Carmel:
- 12 noon Lunch in Carmel, Terry's Lounge at the Cypress Inn <--- Doris Day's place! Reservation is currently for 6 people and can be adjusted accordingly.
- Carmel Walks 2-hour guided tour of the town's secret pathways, hidden courtyards, gardens, and enchanting storybook cottages. Buy tickets online. 10 am or 2 pm, $25 pp.
- Carmel Wine Walk, a self-guided tour of 14 tasting rooms. Optional $65 Passport, which can be shared, provides 9 one flight tasting tickets. More than one ticket cannot be used in a tasting room per day.
- Carmel art galleries self-guided tour.
- Walk or drive to Carmel Beach at the end of Ocean Avenue.
- Carmel Mission, officially Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo, self-guided gallery and museums tour. Admission $6.50, $4 seniors. Mass schedule.
+
- 7:00 pm Dinner at Epsilon, a Greek restaurant Downtown Monterey. 422 Tyler St, #831-655-8108. Reservation is for 18 people.
- Coffee, dessert, drinks on Alvarado Street.
Sunday- Breakfast on your own, or join me 8:00 am at Lou Lou's Griddle in the Middle.
- 10:00 am sharp: Meet at Pacific House Museum, Custom House Plaza (the long white adobe building behind the Portola Plaza Hotel) for 10:30 am ranger-led Monterey State Historic Parks public walking tour. We will visit Pacific House Museum, Custom House, First Brick House, First Theater (exterior only as the building is under renovation), Casa Del Oro (exterior), the Memory Garden and Casa Sobranes. Estimated tour length is 60 mins, covers about 1 mile in total, and is FREE the last Sunday of the month.
- 12:00 noon: Lunch at Fandango 223 17th St, Downtown Pacific Grove, (831) 372-3456. Reservation is for 14 people.
- After lunch, we'll go to the Monarch Sanctuary to see if the butterflies have arrived! Drive west to Ocean View Blvd and over to Cannery Row.
- 3:30 pm: For those who are still around, a 1-hour surrey bike ride along the coast to Lover's Point and back.
- 4:30 pm: The C restaurant + bar, Intercontinental The Clement hotel, Cannery Row. Afternoon farewell Happy Hour drink(s) on the outdoor patio if weather permits.
Golfers
Mendobrew (post #72)
centxwx
Aquarium
dinoscool3
Last edited by boxo; Oct 22, 2014 at 11:08 pm