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First-time visitor guide
Everything to know before your first trip to Monterey.
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Best time to visit
Season by season — weather, crowds and costs.
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A relaxed two-day plan you can actually follow.
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Moving to Monterey
A practical relocation guide for new residents.
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Cannery Row
Steinbeck's historic sardine-canning row, now shops and the aquarium.
Discover →Old Fisherman's Wharf
A working pier of seafood restaurants and whale-watching boats.
Discover →Pacific Grove
A quiet Victorian seaside town known for its butterfly sanctuary.
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Carmel-by-the-Sea
A storybook coastal village of cottages, galleries and white-sand beach.
Discover →Pebble Beach
World-famous golf courses along the dramatic 17-Mile Drive.
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Monterey State Historic Park
Adobe buildings preserving California's Spanish and Mexican-era history.
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