California's Best Trips 2 - Full PDF eBook

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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.
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