If woolly sheep grazing on green fields by the beach doesn't convince you to stay here, maybe knowing that Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood restored this historic ranch will. Accommodations are shabby-chic, even a tad rustic.


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2. Carmel River State Beach

0.27 MILES

Migratory birds are attracted to this mile-long stretch of sand bordered by a lagoon formed by the Carmel River.

3. Tor House

0.56 MILES

Even if you’ve never heard of 20th-century poet Robinson Jeffers, a pilgrimage to this house built with his own hands offers fascinating insights into…

4. Carmel Beach City Park

0.68 MILES

Not always sunny, Carmel Beach is a gorgeous blanket of white sand, where pampered pups excitedly run off-leash. South of 10th Ave, bonfires crackle after…

5. Point Lobos State Natural Reserve

1.97 MILES

They bark, they laze and bathe and they’re fun to watch – sea lions are the stars in this state park some 4 miles south of Carmel, along with the…

6. Lone Cypress

2.9 MILES

Central California's most famous and photographed tree has been perched precariously on a seaward rock for possibly more than 250 years.

7. Old Monterey Jail

4.06 MILES

Featured in John Steinbeck’s novel Tortilla Flat, this small granite prison was built in 1856. Over a century of use, not one prisoner ever escaped.

8. Monterey Museum of Art – La Mirada

4.07 MILES

Southeast of downtown Monterey, MMA La Mirada is a silent-film star’s villa, a building whose humble adobe origins are exquisitely concealed. It is now…