Grab a kite, pack a picnic, and head to the sand dunes at Marina State Beach for a day of play. Also a great place to catch the sunset.
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Visit the bookstore and redwood-shaded lawns at the Henry Miller Memorial Library in Big Sur, honoring the writer who spent 18 years in the area.
Uncork the oenophile inside with a tasty trek along the burgeoning River Road Wine Trail, featuring seven award-winning wineries as of April 2005.
Watch a fascinating free film on California’s history at the Maritime Museum of Monterey, and then visit the historic Custom House to see where California commerce began. (Be sure to check out the California ‘bank notes’ that hides of the plentiful cattle roaming the
western lands) Visit several free museums including the Pacific Grove Museum of Natural History (where children can climb on "Sandy the Whale,” a life-sized bronze sculpture located outside the museum’s front doors), or the Pacific House Museum, featuring Monterey’s rich history as the capital of Spanish and Mexican California.
Bike, rollerblade or jog along the scenic Monterey Bay Recreation Trail, an 18-mile stretch of paved pathway that runs alongside Monterey Bay.
Follow in the footsteps of great John Steinbeck characters by visiting the Great tide pools along the Monterey Bay coastline.
Pick up a Monterey County Movie Map at the Visitor center and visit sites where such films as “Play Misty for Me,” “Basic Instinct,” “Turner & Hooch,” “National Velvet,” “From Here to Eternity” and more were filmed.
Walk into (cars are charged a fee, pedestrians are not) Pt. Lobos State Reserve and hike to the cove said to have inspired Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. Visit the Whaling Museum, count the number of wildflowers you see, or picnic nearby wave-crashing rocks.
Get a taste of what life was like in the early days of old Monterey on the Monterey Path of History tour, which visits more than 40 historic buildings and sites (Free self-guided and docent-led tours available). The Monterey Path of History encircles a downtown tree-lined area filled with shops, theaters, cafés, bars, and restaurants. The rich history of Monterey is illustrated in its adobes, mission bells, gardens and lighthouses. Walk to find landmarks like Custom House, Cooper-Molera Adobe, and The House of the Blue Gate. Alvarado Street closes Tuesdays for a framer’s market and crafts fair.
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