| Monterey, California, the oldest city in California, was | | | | restaurants, seafood, unique shops, whale watching, |
| founded in 1770. It has approximetly 30,000 residents, | | | | fishing, and bay cruises, theatre, and the sights and |
| an average high temperature 0f 65.3 degrees, an | | | | sounds of Monterey's past. Visit the Monterey Bay |
| average low temperature of 47.8 degrees, receives | | | | Aquarium with it's over 200 award-winning galleries |
| rain an average of 67 days a year and is on the | | | | and exhibits and it's approximately 550 different |
| Monterey Peninsula which has over 98 miles of | | | | species of marine life. Play golf at Pebble Beach Golf |
| coastline. | | | | Links which was ranked the No. 1 Public Course in |
| The beautiful city of Monterey is approximetly 115 miles | | | | America by Golf Digest in |
| south of San Francisco and 350 miles north of Los | | | | 2005. Take one of the numerous whale watching boat |
| Angeles. It can be reached by air, car, train, boat and | | | | cruises and watch Grey and Killer whales, dolohins, |
| bus. Just getting to Monterey is an experience in itself. | | | | turtles, porpoises, sea lions and more. Go sport fishing |
| For most of your trip you will have California's | | | | for Albacore, Cod, Flounder, Halibut, Salmon, Sea Bass, |
| gorgeous coastline on one side and beautiful forests | | | | and Sole. Visit one of the hundreds of art galleries on |
| and mountains on the other. In my opinion, the best | | | | the Peninsula. Stay at hotels like the Hyatt Regency |
| way to visit Monterey is by car. Just driving through | | | | Monterey Hotel with it's onsite 18-hole Del Monte Golf |
| the Monterey Peninsula, with all of it's beautiful scenery | | | | Course and it's heated outdoor swimming pools or the |
| and old Spanish architecture, can be an experience of | | | | Monterey Plaza Hotel & Spa which combines elegant |
| a lifetime. | | | | European architecture, wide-sweeping coastal views |
| Whether you enjoy, lying on the beach, swimming in | | | | and sophisticated style to create the perfect vantage |
| the ocean, surfing, sport or surf fishing, golfing, shopping, | | | | point by which to enjoy the gentle sounds of surf, the |
| visiting art galleries, antiquing, dining, sightseeing, whale | | | | fresh scent of sea air and the sight of sea otters at |
| watching, taking romantic walks along the beach or | | | | play. If all that is not enough for you, take a drive up |
| just relaxing in a luxury hotel, you can do it in Monterey | | | | the coast and in less than two enjoyable hours you |
| and you can do it without fighting heavy traffic, without | | | | can be in San Francisco, eating in Chinatown or |
| being crowded and without breaking the bank. | | | | enjoying the nightlife. |
| Discover Old Fisherman's Wharf with it's great | | | | |