Guidebook for Carmel-by-the-Sea

Nadereh
Guidebook for Carmel-by-the-Sea

Shopping

Five minutes from our house. Jeffrey's Restaurant: breakfast, brunch, lunch Carmel Coffee Roasting Co. coffee shop Iolis Pizza; eat in, take out, delivery Athena Cafe: Mediterranean cuisine; eat in, take out Valley Maid Launderette Mid-Valley Cleaners: dry cleaning Safeway grocery store UPS Chase Bank ATM
Mid Valley Center
Five minutes from our house. Jeffrey's Restaurant: breakfast, brunch, lunch Carmel Coffee Roasting Co. coffee shop Iolis Pizza; eat in, take out, delivery Athena Cafe: Mediterranean cuisine; eat in, take out Valley Maid Launderette Mid-Valley Cleaners: dry cleaning Safeway grocery store UPS Chase Bank ATM
Just south of the entry to Carmel Valley Road from Highway 1. Shopping center with an eclectic assortment of stores (including a Safeway) and a good Carmel Valley Coffee Roasting Co coffee shop.
12 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
The Crossroads Carmel
243 Crossroads Blvd
12 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Just south of the entry to Carmel Valley Road from Highway 1. Shopping center with an eclectic assortment of stores (including a Safeway) and a good Carmel Valley Coffee Roasting Co coffee shop.
Stupendous selection of cheeses from all over the world; super knowledgable staff, very helpful, will give you numerous samples to taste; also a great selection of wines.
19 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
The Cheese Shop
Junipero Street
19 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Stupendous selection of cheeses from all over the world; super knowledgable staff, very helpful, will give you numerous samples to taste; also a great selection of wines.
Stylish, upscale women's clothing, expensive but worth it! Lovely staff.
Paloosh
Ocean Avenue
Stylish, upscale women's clothing, expensive but worth it! Lovely staff.
Gorgeous women's clothing, also bedding and all sorts of pretty stuff for home and kitchen; gifts; beautifully spacious, outstandingly imaginative decor.
Anthropologie
Ocean Avenue
Gorgeous women's clothing, also bedding and all sorts of pretty stuff for home and kitchen; gifts; beautifully spacious, outstandingly imaginative decor.
Biggest shopping mall in the area, with around 75 stores.
80 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Del Monte Shopping Center
1410 Del Monte Center
80 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Biggest shopping mall in the area, with around 75 stores.

Drinks & Nightlife

Carmel Valley Village. Delicious wines, rustic western-style tasting room, sweet staff, and games of petanque or bocce ball (Cowgirl has balls) on two courts (pitches?) among the vines . . . Ask us to give you cards for free tastings.
26 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Cowgirl Winery
4 Pilot Rd
26 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Carmel Valley Village. Delicious wines, rustic western-style tasting room, sweet staff, and games of petanque or bocce ball (Cowgirl has balls) on two courts (pitches?) among the vines . . . Ask us to give you cards for free tastings.
Oysters. Wine. Wonderful.
17 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
A.W. Shucks Cocktail & Oyster Bar
San Carlos Street
17 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Oysters. Wine. Wonderful.
7th, between San Carlos and Dolores. Tasting room for the Silvestri family's fine local wines. We haven't tried the crisp, full-bodied Pinot Blanc, but it's recommended by guests who have. Alan Silvestri is a composer who has scored tons of Hollywood movies.
Silvestri Vineyards
Dolores Street
7th, between San Carlos and Dolores. Tasting room for the Silvestri family's fine local wines. We haven't tried the crisp, full-bodied Pinot Blanc, but it's recommended by guests who have. Alan Silvestri is a composer who has scored tons of Hollywood movies.

Parks & Nature

Gorgeous. Five minutes from our house. Free parking, free entry. 4,500 acres of awesomeness. All kinds of trails (from easy strolls to heavy-duty hikes) and views. Helpful visitors' center.
133 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Garland Ranch Regional Park
700 W Carmel Valley Rd
133 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Gorgeous. Five minutes from our house. Free parking, free entry. 4,500 acres of awesomeness. All kinds of trails (from easy strolls to heavy-duty hikes) and views. Helpful visitors' center.
Walks. Views. Peace. Quiet. The natural beauty of this famous meeting of land and sea will have you reaching for your superlatives. It's, well, superlative.
309 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Point Lobos State Natural Reserve
62 CA-1
309 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Walks. Views. Peace. Quiet. The natural beauty of this famous meeting of land and sea will have you reaching for your superlatives. It's, well, superlative.
A super hike, and quite challenging, the Canyon and Rocky Ridge trail loop includes redwoods, an awesome ocean view, and steep gradients. No cell phone reception (so nostalgic!).
7 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Soberanes Canyon Trail
Soberanes Canyon Trail
7 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
A super hike, and quite challenging, the Canyon and Rocky Ridge trail loop includes redwoods, an awesome ocean view, and steep gradients. No cell phone reception (so nostalgic!).
8 square miles of Big Sur beauty. Beaches, meadows, trails.
40 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Andrew Molera State Park
45500 CA-1
40 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
8 square miles of Big Sur beauty. Beaches, meadows, trails.
A thousand rugged acres. 8 Miles of hiking trails through redwoods, meadows, oaks, and chaparral. Wonderful variety of flora and fauna.
20 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Campamento Pfeiffer Big Sur
California 1
20 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
A thousand rugged acres. 8 Miles of hiking trails through redwoods, meadows, oaks, and chaparral. Wonderful variety of flora and fauna.
Nearly 4000 acres of natural Pacific coast beauty, including the famed McWay Falls, which drop 80 feet clear from the top of a cliff to the ocean's edge.
35 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Parque Estatal Julia Pfeiffer Burns
52801 CA-1
35 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Nearly 4000 acres of natural Pacific coast beauty, including the famed McWay Falls, which drop 80 feet clear from the top of a cliff to the ocean's edge.
Gorgeous white and sometimes red-streaked sand, magnificent rock outcrops; $10 to park there now.
23 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Pfeiffer Beach
23 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Gorgeous white and sometimes red-streaked sand, magnificent rock outcrops; $10 to park there now.

Sightseeing

Big. Yessiree. Ventana and also Nepenthe restaurants have spectacular ocean views. (Browse the shop at Nepenthe.) A stupendously beautiful coastline. Also art galleries and Henry Miller Library, etc.
332 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Big Sur
332 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Big. Yessiree. Ventana and also Nepenthe restaurants have spectacular ocean views. (Browse the shop at Nepenthe.) A stupendously beautiful coastline. Also art galleries and Henry Miller Library, etc.

Entertainment & Activities

Off Carmel Valley Road. Mixed (women and men) relaxation spa ten minutes from us. Super peaceful, restorative, and energizing. Hot and cold plunge. Massage. Etc.
65 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Refuge
27300 Rancho San Carlos Rd
65 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Off Carmel Valley Road. Mixed (women and men) relaxation spa ten minutes from us. Super peaceful, restorative, and energizing. Hot and cold plunge. Massage. Etc.
Well, you know, fish and jellies and birds and otters etc. And sometimes sharks, until they start eating the other critters in the tank. Then they're evicted for being too sharky.
668 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Monterey Bay Aquarium
886 Cannery Row
668 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Well, you know, fish and jellies and birds and otters etc. And sometimes sharks, until they start eating the other critters in the tank. Then they're evicted for being too sharky.
Upscale resort located in the valley directly below our house. Super convenient for golf, breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks. Tables inside and out; bar. Menus online.
22 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Carmel Valley Ranch
1 Old Ranch Rd
22 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Upscale resort located in the valley directly below our house. Super convenient for golf, breakfast, lunch, dinner, drinks. Tables inside and out; bar. Menus online.
World-famous track in a gloriously scenic location. A mecca for fans of car racing, motorcycle racing, and even bicycle racing.
63 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca
1021 Monterey Salinas Hwy
63 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
World-famous track in a gloriously scenic location. A mecca for fans of car racing, motorcycle racing, and even bicycle racing.
Small multi-screen movie theatre, shows indie movies as well as mainstream.
19 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Osio Theater
350 Alvarado St
19 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Small multi-screen movie theatre, shows indie movies as well as mainstream.

Arts & Culture

Carmel-by-the-Sea. Lovely outside setting, log fires, excellent theater productions. Take blankets and wine :)
11 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Forest Theater, Carmel
11 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Carmel-by-the-Sea. Lovely outside setting, log fires, excellent theater productions. Take blankets and wine :)
Carmel-by-the-Sea. Beautiful vaulted concert auditorium with good acoustics. Music, dance, one-person shows; quite good Monterey Symphony; annual Bach Festival; famous names sometimes perform.
42 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Sunset Center
San Carlos Street
42 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Carmel-by-the-Sea. Beautiful vaulted concert auditorium with good acoustics. Music, dance, one-person shows; quite good Monterey Symphony; annual Bach Festival; famous names sometimes perform.

Food Scene

Carmel near the Mission. Evening drinks and dinner, inside or out. Sunday brunch. Picturesque view includes sheep and sometimes also Clint Eastwood (owner of the sheep and the restaurant). Piano bar. No reservations. For a table, check in with the hostess at the door and she'll give you a pager to call you when a table becomes available.
59 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Mission Ranch Restaurant
26270 Dolores St
59 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Carmel near the Mission. Evening drinks and dinner, inside or out. Sunday brunch. Picturesque view includes sheep and sometimes also Clint Eastwood (owner of the sheep and the restaurant). Piano bar. No reservations. For a table, check in with the hostess at the door and she'll give you a pager to call you when a table becomes available.
Carmel-by-the-Sea. Mediterranean cuisine; always packed and lively. Syrian owner and cook tend to serenade the customers. Loudly. Calls itself Carmel's #1 restaurant. Hubris much? Open 11 am to 11 pm, which is really late for Carmel. Menu online.
67 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Dametra Cafe
Lincoln Street
67 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Carmel-by-the-Sea. Mediterranean cuisine; always packed and lively. Syrian owner and cook tend to serenade the customers. Loudly. Calls itself Carmel's #1 restaurant. Hubris much? Open 11 am to 11 pm, which is really late for Carmel. Menu online.
Carmel-by-the-Sea. Excellent cuisine, wines, staff, and ambience. Harsh acoustic, so it can get noisy when busy. We prefer the larger, lighter seating area to the left of the door a you go in, so that's something you might want to consider when you book. Reservations are essential. Menu online. Convenient for the Sunset Center.
59 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
La Bicyclette Restaurant
7th Avenue
59 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Carmel-by-the-Sea. Excellent cuisine, wines, staff, and ambience. Harsh acoustic, so it can get noisy when busy. We prefer the larger, lighter seating area to the left of the door a you go in, so that's something you might want to consider when you book. Reservations are essential. Menu online. Convenient for the Sunset Center.
Carmel-by-the-Sea. Popular and romantic; always good food, wine and service. Excellent somellier last time we went there. Menu online.
46 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Casanova
5th Avenue
46 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Carmel-by-the-Sea. Popular and romantic; always good food, wine and service. Excellent somellier last time we went there. Menu online.
Carmel Valley Village. All fresh ingredients, mostly local, done in fresh and interestingly creative ways. They say the steak tartare has a cult following. Kool-Aid to go with? Menu online.
6 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Lokal
13762 Center St
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Carmel Valley Village. All fresh ingredients, mostly local, done in fresh and interestingly creative ways. They say the steak tartare has a cult following. Kool-Aid to go with? Menu online.
Carmel Valley Village, super for dinner, inside or on the patio (with heat lamps, natch). Always busy because it's always so damned good. Wise to book. Menu online.
72 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Café Rustica
10 Del Fino Pl
72 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Carmel Valley Village, super for dinner, inside or on the patio (with heat lamps, natch). Always busy because it's always so damned good. Wise to book. Menu online.
Carmel Valley Village, corner of Carmel Valley Road and Pilot Road. Fresh ingredients, herbs from their own gardens. Yummy breads and pizzas made in their own ovens. Meat, fish, super pear salad, good wines, and desserts. Menu online.
54 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Corkscrew Cafe
55 W Carmel Valley Rd
54 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Carmel Valley Village, corner of Carmel Valley Road and Pilot Road. Fresh ingredients, herbs from their own gardens. Yummy breads and pizzas made in their own ovens. Meat, fish, super pear salad, good wines, and desserts. Menu online.
Carmel Valley Village. Old-school, totally non-corporate, seems to have come together organically rather than being constructed from prefabricated Starbucks-type components. Great nibbles baked daily.
20 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Wild Goose Cafe
18 E Carmel Valley Rd
20 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Carmel Valley Village. Old-school, totally non-corporate, seems to have come together organically rather than being constructed from prefabricated Starbucks-type components. Great nibbles baked daily.
Five minutes from our house. Best breakfasts and wait staff in the universe. Have your breakfast or lunch on the patio or indoors. Menu online. Closed on Mondays.
31 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Jeffrey's Grill & Catering
112 Mid Vly Ctr
31 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Five minutes from our house. Best breakfasts and wait staff in the universe. Have your breakfast or lunch on the patio or indoors. Menu online. Closed on Mondays.
Excellent menu (main meals and small bites), cocktail bar tended by award-winning bar staff, superb wait staff, central location. Menus online.
22 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Montrio Bistro
414 Calle Principal
22 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Excellent menu (main meals and small bites), cocktail bar tended by award-winning bar staff, superb wait staff, central location. Menus online.
Spacious, airy; recently remodeled and updated; wide choice of coffees, teas, cold drinks, alcoholic beverages, sandwiches, croissants, paninis, pastries, etc.; large patio; convenient location. Wifi.
9 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
East Village Coffee Lounge
498 Washington St
9 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Spacious, airy; recently remodeled and updated; wide choice of coffees, teas, cold drinks, alcoholic beverages, sandwiches, croissants, paninis, pastries, etc.; large patio; convenient location. Wifi.
Casual, with good breakfasts and Italian food, small sidewalk seating area, pleasant ambiance, central location on Monterey's main street. Original Caffe Trieste still in San Francisco. Menu online.
8 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Caffe Trieste
409 Alvarado St
8 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Casual, with good breakfasts and Italian food, small sidewalk seating area, pleasant ambiance, central location on Monterey's main street. Original Caffe Trieste still in San Francisco. Menu online.
Upscale dining, cocktail bar, very popular; patio with fire pits; young demographic. Housed in one of Monterey's oldest and most historic buildings. Menu online.
27 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Restaurant 1833
500 Hartnell St
27 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Upscale dining, cocktail bar, very popular; patio with fire pits; young demographic. Housed in one of Monterey's oldest and most historic buildings. Menu online.
Super seafood! Menu online.
16 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Flying Fish Grill
7th Avenue
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Super seafood! Menu online.
Heavenly sushi :) . Menu online.
19 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Sushi Heaven
Dolores Street
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Heavenly sushi :) . Menu online.
Fabulous fresh fish; always super busy; reserve for a table or wait in line for a place to eat at the bar. Warning: we once reserved a table for 6:30 and had to stand in line until nearly 7:45, while the hostess periodically assured us the table would be ready "soon". Easy parking in the lot right outside. Menu online.
60 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Monterey's Fish House
2114 Del Monte Ave
60 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Fabulous fresh fish; always super busy; reserve for a table or wait in line for a place to eat at the bar. Warning: we once reserved a table for 6:30 and had to stand in line until nearly 7:45, while the hostess periodically assured us the table would be ready "soon". Easy parking in the lot right outside. Menu online.
Very popular restaurant and bar, young demographic, always busy, excellent dinner menu and wines. Menu online.
13 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Lallapalooza
474 Alvarado St
13 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Very popular restaurant and bar, young demographic, always busy, excellent dinner menu and wines. Menu online.
Unpretentious French country-style restaurant, French-owned, great cuisine, very attentive and professional wait staff. Reserve a window table and people-watch while you eat! Menu online.
Le St Tropez
Dolores Street
Unpretentious French country-style restaurant, French-owned, great cuisine, very attentive and professional wait staff. Reserve a window table and people-watch while you eat! Menu online.
Fabulous Tuscan cuisine, great chef (the owner); menu changes daily according to the day's fresh ingredients; excellent wine list; garden dining in back. Menu online.
15 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
La Balena
Junipero Street
15 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Fabulous Tuscan cuisine, great chef (the owner); menu changes daily according to the day's fresh ingredients; excellent wine list; garden dining in back. Menu online.
Superduper pizzas to eat in or take out; also appetizers, soups, salads, pasta, sandwiches, desserts; wine and coffee; bar. Easy parking right outside. Menus online
6 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Allegro Pizzeria
3770 The Barnyard
6 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Superduper pizzas to eat in or take out; also appetizers, soups, salads, pasta, sandwiches, desserts; wine and coffee; bar. Easy parking right outside. Menus online
Near the ocean. Smoothies, juices, coffee, wine, ice cream, paninis, salads, sandwiches (crabcake is yum), pizzas, wraps, etc… Sat & Sun lunch BBQ. Sit outside. Paid parking (only 24 mins for free).
8 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
The Wharf Marketplace
269 Figueroa St
8 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Near the ocean. Smoothies, juices, coffee, wine, ice cream, paninis, salads, sandwiches (crabcake is yum), pizzas, wraps, etc… Sat & Sun lunch BBQ. Sit outside. Paid parking (only 24 mins for free).
South side of Ocean Avenue between Lincoln and Monte Verde. Small, intimate, enclosed, hidden away in the courtyard behind Cottage of Sweets. Family-run restaurant that serves excellent and authentic Italian cuisine which owners Giuseppe and Salvatore Panzuto, from Naples, describe as 'Italian comfort food'. They don't take reservations but the wait is usually short.
8 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Il Tegamino
8 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
South side of Ocean Avenue between Lincoln and Monte Verde. Small, intimate, enclosed, hidden away in the courtyard behind Cottage of Sweets. Family-run restaurant that serves excellent and authentic Italian cuisine which owners Giuseppe and Salvatore Panzuto, from Naples, describe as 'Italian comfort food'. They don't take reservations but the wait is usually short.
Small Mediterranean restaurant conveniently located five minutes from our house. We like the tiger prawn kebabs in particular, and the grilled salmon. Very quiet, never super busy, no need to make a reservation. Eat in or take out. They stop serving dinner at about 8:45 pm. Menu online.
Athena Café
315 Mid Vly Ctr
Small Mediterranean restaurant conveniently located five minutes from our house. We like the tiger prawn kebabs in particular, and the grilled salmon. Very quiet, never super busy, no need to make a reservation. Eat in or take out. They stop serving dinner at about 8:45 pm. Menu online.
Convenient non-corporate coffee shop five minutes from our house in the Mid Valley Center. Good selection of coffees, teas, and other drinks; also snacks. Wifi.
24 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Carmel Valley Coffee Roasting
246 Crossroads Blvd
24 personas del lugar lo recomiendan
Convenient non-corporate coffee shop five minutes from our house in the Mid Valley Center. Good selection of coffees, teas, and other drinks; also snacks. Wifi.