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Pebble
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CanneryRow
Monterey
Pacific
Grove
17 -Mile
Drive
Carmel-by-the-Sea
PointLobos
StateNatural
Reserve
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1 Monterey
Working-class Monterey
is all about the sea. Start
exploring by taking
our walking tour (see
p176) of Old Monterey,
downtown’s historic
quarter, which preserves
California’s Mexican and
Spanish Colonial roots.
It’s just inland from the
salt-sprayed Municipal
Wharf II, overlooking
Monterey Bay National
Marine Sanctuary, which
protects kelp forests,
seals, sea lions, dolphins
and whales.
Less than 2 miles
northwest of downtown
via Lighthouse Ave,
Cannery Row was the
hectic, smelly epicenter
of the sardine-canning
industry, Monterey’s
lifeblood till the 1950s, as
immortalized by novelist
John Steinbeck. Today the
ecoconscious Monterey
Bay Aquarium (%831-648-
4800, tickets 866-963-9645;
http://www.montereybayaquarium.
org; 886 Cannery Row; adult/
child $33/20; h10am-5pm
or 6pm daily, extended
summer hr; Wc) puts
aquatic creatures on
educational display, from
touch-tolerant sea stars
and slimy sea slugs to
animated sea otters.
Walking south along
Cannery Row, take a few
steps up Bruce Ariss Way
to peek into the one-
room shacks of former
cannery workers. Further
south along Cannery
Row, stop at Steinbeck
Plaza (cnr Cannery Row &
Prescott Ave) to soak up bay
views and snap a photo
of yourself with a bronze
bust of the famous writer.
54 p175
The Drive » From Cannery
Row, Ocean View Blvd slowly
traces the bayfront coastline for
2.5 miles west to Point Pinos,
TRIP HIGHLIGHT
Around
Monterey &
Carmel
Tourist-choked.Cannery.Row.isn’t.actually.the.star.
attraction.on.the.Monterey.Peninsula..Much.more.
memorable.are.ocean.panoramas.caught.from.
roadside.pull-offs.on.the.edge.of.the.bay,.on.the.
hiking.trails.of.Point.Lobos.or.from.the.open-air.
decks.of.a.winter.whale-watching.boat..Historical.
roots.show.all.along.this.drive,.from.well-preserved.
Spanish.Colonial.adobe.buildings.in.downtown.
Monterey.to.Carmel’s.jewel-box.Catholic.mission.
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