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Fisherman's Wharf is lined with seafood restaurants ranging from casual, open-air clam bars, to formal indoor dining with views of the bay. Along with Cannery Row , Fisherman's Wharf is one of the few areas in Monterey that sells souvenirs , so the restaurants are interspersed with gift shops, jewelry stores, art galleries, and candy shops.
Map of the Monterey Bay Area, depicting roads, urban areas, major rivers, and forested and grassy areas. Monterey Bay is a bay of the Pacific Ocean located on the coast of the U.S. state of California, south of the San Francisco Bay Area. San Francisco itself is further north along the coast, by about 75 miles (120 km), accessible via CA 1 and ...
Monterey Bay area in 1917. Colton Hall, [32] built in 1849 by Walter Colton, originally served as both a public school and a government meeting place. Monterey hosted California's first constitutional convention in 1849, which composed the documents necessary to apply to the United States for statehood. Today Colton Hall houses a small museum ...
MacAbee Beach and San Carlos Beach, which bookend Cannery Row [9] are both popular spots for kayak-launching; San Carlos Beach is one of Monterey Bay's most popular scuba-diving spots. [1] Front entrance of the Aquarium. The Monterey Bay Aquarium (opened in 1984) is located at the north end of Cannery Row, at the former site of the major Hovden ...
Monterey County (/ ˌ m ɒ n t ə ˈ r eɪ / ⓘ MON-tə-RAY), officially the County of Monterey, is a county located on the Pacific coast in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, its population was 439,035. [5] The county's largest city and county seat is Salinas. [6] Monterey County comprises the Salinas, California ...
The Monterey Bay Coastal Recreation Trail (or Monterey Bay Coastal Trail for short) is a trail that runs along the coast of the Monterey Bay.It stretches for 18 miles, between Castroville, California and Pacific Grove, California, and passes several tourist attractions along the way, including Cannery Row, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, and Fisherman's Wharf.
In 2009, Ricardo Diaz, food critic for The Californian described the restaurant as being like something out of a French film. [6] Zagat calls the restaurant "quaint" and "charming." [17] Gayot scores the restaurant 14 out of 20. [9] Many reviewers call the restaurant "intimate." [9] [11] [17] The restaurant averages a 4.5 on Yelp.
Monterey: California's only surviving presidio chapel and Monterey's only surviving 18th-century building, dating to 1794. [63] Also known as the Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo. 51: St. John's Chapel, Del Monte: St. John's Chapel, Del Monte: October 21, 2020 : 1490 Mark Thomas Dr.