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and restoration work began carefully restored historic sites
in 1924, following the original and attend the famous annual
plans. It now functions as a jazz festival in September.
Catholic church. Its beautiful In the center of town, a
altar, with a Gothic arch and cluster of old buildings form
ornate decoration, is the only the Monterey State Historic
one of its kind among the Park. The stately Colton Hall
21 missions in California. The was where the California State
reconstructed living quarters Constitution was first signed in
evoke 18th-century mission life. 1849. It now houses a museum
commemorating the event.
R Carmel Mission A short distance to the north,
3080 Rio Rd, Carmel. Tel (831) Larkin House was built in 1837
624-1271. Open 9:30am–5pm by an East Coast merchant,
The beautiful Gothic arch of the main altar, Mon–Sat, 10:30am–5pm Sun. Thomas Larkin. Its architectural
Carmel Mission Closed Thanksgiving, Dec 25. & style, with two stories of adobe
7 = brick, wooden porticoes, and
i Carmel symmetry of plan and elevation,
has become representative of
* 24,000. @ Monterey-Salinas o Monterey
Transit (MST), (831) 899-2555. the Monterey style. Farther east,
n San Carlos between 5th & 6th, * 35,000. ~ @ Tyler, Pearl & Stevenson House is where
(800) 550-4333. _ Carmel Bach Munras Sts, (831) 899-2555. n 150 Robert Louis Stevenson lived
Festival, Monterey (Sep–Mar). Olivier St, (888) 221-1010. _ Mon- in 1879. It is now a museum.
∑ carmelcalifornia.org terey Blues Festival (Jun); Monterey The Royal Presidio Chapel on
Jazz Festival (Sep); Laguna Seca Races Church Street was built in
This wealthy resort, with its (May–Oct). ∑ montereyinfo.org 1794 and is the town’s oldest
art galleries and shops, has building. To the north are the
one of the area’s most The navigator Sebastián Old Whaling Station, where
spectacular beaches. Among Vizcaíno landed here in 1602 mementos of the whaling
the town’s many cultural and named the bay after industry are displayed, and the
events is a Bach Festival. his patron, the Count of Custom House, preserved as it
A short drive from town is the Monterrey. But it was not until was in the 1830s and 1840s.
Carmel Mission, founded in the Spanish captain Close by, Fisherman’s
1770 by the father of California’s Gaspar de Portolá and Wharf, once the
mission chain, Junípero Serra. Father Serra arrived center of the fishing
The most important of the in 1770, establishing and whaling
21 missions, it served as the a church and industries, is now
administrative center for the presidio, that Street sign in well known for its
state’s northern missions. Father Monterey grew into a Cannery Row seafood restaurants.
Serra, who lived here until his pueblo. It served as the Cannery Row, a six-block
death in 1784, is buried at the Spanish Colonial capital of harborfront street celebrated
foot of the altar. The sarcopha- California until the Gold Rush by John Steinbeck in his ribald
gus, one of the finest in the US, of 1849, when it lost its status novels Cannery Row and Sweet
depicts Father Serra recumbent to San Francisco. Monterey still Thursday, was once the site
in death, surrounded by three retains its unique character as a of more than 20 fish-packing
mourning priests. Carmel fishing port and market town. plants that processed fresh
Mission was abandoned in 1834, Today, visitors come to tour its sardines. The canneries thrived
in the early 20th century. In
The 17-Mile Drive 1945 the sardines disappeared,
and the canneries were
The Monterey Peninsula has a spectacular coastline, best explored via abandoned. The buildings that
a toll road, the 17-Mile Drive. The road offers superb views of crashing remain house a collection of
surf, coastal flora, and the Del Monte Forest. The drive begins at electic restaurants and shops.
Spanish Bay, a popular picnicking area at the edge of Pacific Grove. One notable building, at No.
Sights include the Carmel Mission; the striking Tor House, built in rock 800, is the old laboratory of
by the poet Robinson Jeffers; Lone Cypress, perhaps the most- “Doc” Ricketts, noted marine
photographed tree in the world; biologist, beer drinker, and
and Spyglass Hill, a golf course
named after a site in Robert Louis Steinbeck’s best friend. It is
Stevenson’s novel Treasure Island. now a private club.
Among the other attractions are The Monterey Bay Aquarium,
the exclusive country clubs and at the end of Cannery Row, is
championship golf courses. the largest in the US. More
Spanish Bay, Pacific Grove than 570 species and 350,000
specimens portray Monterey
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp710–12 and pp713–15

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