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The Walk » Head west on Jefferson St, then

turn left onto Pacific St. Ahead on your right is

Colton Hall, where California’s first constitutional

convention took place in 1849, nearby the old jail.

Further down on your left is the art museum.

Monterey Museum of Art

Downtown’s MMA Pacific Street (%831-

372-5477; http://www.montereyart.org; 559 Pacific St;

adult/child $10/free; h11am-5pm Wed-Sat, 1-4pm

Sun) is small, but particularly strong in

California contemporary art and modern

landscape painters and photographers,

including famous names such as Ansel

Adams and Edward Weston.

The Walk » Retrace your steps up Pacific St,

turning right onto Jefferson St back to the Cooper-

Molera Adobe at Munras Ave. Follow Pearl St one

block east, the turn right onto Houston St.

Stevenson House

Writer Robert Louis Stevenson came to

Monterey in 1879 to court his wife-to-

be, Fanny Osbourne. Stevenson House

(530 Houston St; admission free; h1-4pm every

Sat & 4th Sun of the month), then called the

French Hotel, was where he stayed while

reputedly devising the novel Treasure

Island. The restored interior is filled

with memorabilia, including from the

writer’s later years in Polynesia.

The Walk » Continue down Houston St, then

zigzag southeast by turning left on Webster St,

right on Abrego St and finally left on Church St.

Royal Presidio Chapel

Today known as San Carlos Cathedral,

graceful Royal Presidio Chapel (%831-

373-2628; http://www.sancarloscathedral.net; 500

Church St; admission by donation; hcall for

hr) is California’s oldest continuously

functioning church. As Monterey

expanded under Mexican rule in the

1820s, older buildings were destroyed,

leaving behind this national landmark

as the strongest reminder of the

defeated Spanish colonial presence.

The Walk » Head north up Figueroa St for eight

blocks back to the foot of Municipal Wharf II.