Local Activities

The best websites to use for planning an extra day in the Monterey area are seemonterey.com or the Portola Hotel Destination Guide. Additionally the city of Monterey has created a website with information tailored to MSACL attendees.

Some highlights include:

• Monterey Recreation Trail (walk, run, bike trail adjacent to hotel)
• 17 mile Drive (Drive or Bike)
• Spanish Bay - Sunset with live Bagpiper in Pebble Beach
• Asilomar State Beach - Sunset
• 2 mile Path of History Walking tour (adjacent to hotel)
• 2 hour guided walking tour Fri-Sun 10am
• Fisherman's Wharf
• Cannery Row - includes A Taste of Monterey Wine Market and Bistro
• Monterey Bay Aquarium
• Lover's Point - at the end of the Monterey Recreation Trail
• Kayaking
• Sailing
• Golfing - 26 different courses
• Hike Point Lobos State Reserve
• Big Sur
• Carmel by the Sea - Hike down the Mission Trail, tour Carmel Mission Basillica, visit Carmel Beach, Wine Tasting (28 local rooms)
• Carmel Valley
• Refuge Day Spa
• Farmer's Market - Tuesday 4-7pm
• Wine Tasting
1. Folktale Winery
2. Wrath Winery - Carmel Plaza, downtown Carmel at the corner of Ocean Ave. and Mission St., ground floor.
3. Talbott Vinyards
4. Seabold Cellars
5. Joyce Wine Co.
• Road Trip
1. SFO to Big Sur
2. Other itineraries
• Especially for Kids:
1. MY Museum
2. Denis the menace park - walking distance from hotel