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Four Cool Accommodation Options In Carmel-By-The-Sea
- By James Raia
- Published 06/6/2008
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Carmel is among the country's most popular small-city destinations. Quaint restaurants, art galleries, boutique shops, unique homes and famous golf courses are all backdropped by the Pacific Ocean. As such, Carmel has a steady influx of constant visitors who often fill the city’s nearly 1,000 guest rooms, particularly during popular global sporting events, festivals and conferences.
Hotel Pacific: Stylish Monterey Retreat Offers Low-Key Luxury
- By Julie Foster
- Published 12/18/2007
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Hotel Pacific is Monterey’s only all-suite hotel Four Diamond hotel. It offers guests lush private courtyards, stylish common areas, bubbling fountains, manicured gardens, complimentary breakfast and afternoon tea. Massage and body care therapies are available Each room is outfitted with European featherbeds, a fireplace, refrigerator and an honor bar with goodies. There’s plenty of space to lounge in your room if you just want to relax while planning your next adventure. Each room has two small seating areas plus a workspace with internet hookup if you just can't disconnect.
My traveling companion and I arrived just in time for the complimentary afternoon tea. Offered each day from 4-6 p.m., the light snack is served in the comfy second-story salon. After our road trip from Sacramento the yummy fresh fruit, cheese and crackers plus either hot or iced tea, was a welcome repast.
Carmel Lodge: Renovated, Convenient, Good Value Accommodations
- By James Raia
- Published 10/29/2007
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Carmel is among the country's most popular small-city destinations. Quaint restaurants, art galleries, boutique shops, unique homes, international conferences and famous golf courses are all backdropped by the Pacific Ocean. As a result, the city by the sea has a steady influx of global visitors. More than 900 rooms are available in 60-plus locations within a mile radius of the city's center. So, while a visit to Carmel is a good choice for myriad reasons, it does present a dilemma: Where's the best place to stay? Logical choices, of course, vary depending on your reason for visiting the Monterey Peninsula — business to budget travel, a romantic getaway to golf. Carmel is not an inexpensive destination, but one location that provides covers a good cross-section of accommodations needs is Carmel Lodge.
Tally Ho Inn: English Charm, Modern Styling In Downtown Carmel
- By James Raia
- Published 09/29/2007
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Visiting Carmel-By-The-Sea for the first time or as a frequented destination affords a good dose of sensory overload. Art galleries, restaurants, unique homes and businesses and myriad recreation choices are all canvassed by the Pacific Ocean.And there's the problem. Like other popular Monterey Peninsula cities, with so much to see and do while visiting Carmel, where's the best place to stay?
It's not an easy choice, particularly considering that within a one-mile radius of downtown Carmel, there are more than 60 accommodation options that combined feature more than 1,000 rooms.
The unassuming Tally Ho Inn is among the most convenient, well-appointed, historic and quaint options.
Martine Inn: Old & New Elegance In Pacfic Grove
- By James Raia
- Published 05/26/2007
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With the Pacific Ocean as an omnipresent backdrop, the Martine Inn and its more than 100-year-old legacy provide an ideal location to experience the old and new of the Monterey Peninsula.The historic bed & breakfast, built in 1899, offers guests 24 rooms all respectful to the Victorian stylings of yesteryear. Turn of the 19th century antiques dominate the furnishings — push-button light switches, to claw foot tubs, brass fixtures to marbled sinks.
Located on Oceanview Blvd. in Pacific Grove, the Martine Inn is owned by Don Martine, who with the assistance of his parents, purchased in 1972 what was previously called the Parke Estate.
Since 1901, the estate was the family home to Laura and James Parke of the Parke Davis Pharmaceutical Company and various family members. With Laura and James Parke in poor health, the compound, which included the main house, carriage house and two additional buildings, was sold in 1942.
Thirty years later, the Martine Inn was acquired by its current namesake who began its renovation in 1984.
Olympia Lodge In Pacific Grove Offers Quiet, Rustic Charm
- By James Raia
- Published 05/2/2007
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Nearly hidden
among often flowering shrubbery, there's an old mural blanketing a
small section of the recreation trail in Pacific Grove, Calif. The
mural details the history of the quaint city and it features the
enduring motto: "Carmel-by-the-Sea, Monterey-by-the-Smell and Pacific
Grove-by-God." The slogan isn't fair, of course. It dates to
bygone times on the Monterey Peninsula. What is relevant about the
saying today is that the area's three primary communities have vastly
different "personalities." Specialty restaurants to varying
accommodations, the three primary peninsula locales are extraordinarily
close geographic neighbors, yet they're surprisingly different. on a recent trip, I spent
three nights at the renovated Olympia Lodge and rediscovered the
serenity of the city and its wondrous small-town appeal.
Tradewinds Inn: Hidden, Quiet Paradise In Carmel
- By James Raia
- Published 05/2/2007
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Ocean Ave. is Carmel's main artery, and many of the accommodations are located among or within a few blocks of the epicenter's diverse collection of shops and restaurants. Through the years, Carmel establishments located off-the-beaten path, like Tradewinds Inn, have enticed a loyal following by offering a simple but important formula: quality rooms and service, plentiful parking and serenity.