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