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| Monterey | ||
| State | California | |
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| Residents | 27.810 (2010) | |
| height | 8 m | |
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Monterey is a city on Monterey Bay, it is about 100 km south of San Francisco in the American State California.
background
The coastal city of Monterey impresses with its beautiful location by the sea. A number of historical buildings (Monterey State Historic Park) attest to the time as the capital of the province of California. When sardines were caught in the waters off the city, Cannery Row was an industrial street with fish factories. John Steinbeck continued with his novel The sardine road a monument to the people of that time. Today Cannery Row is practically a shopping mall. Fish is still there, in one of the largest marine aquariums in the United States.
getting there
By plane
By train
AMTRAK's Coast Starlight operates once a day from Seattle above Oakland to los Angeles and keeps in Salinas. AMTRAK offers a bus shuttle (a good half an hour drive) to Monterey, which goes to several hotels in the city.
By bus
In the street
Monterey is on State Highway 1, which is comparatively well developed here. The city is also 40 km from Highway 101, which connects San Francisco with Los Angeles in a north-south direction. If the journey is the goal, the drive on the old, winding coastal road Highway 1 from north or south makes up for it with fantastic impressions. Otherwise the 101 is the faster alternative.
By boat
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- Cannery Row
activities
shop
kitchen
nightlife
accommodation
Monterey has plenty of chain hotels, mostly along Murnas Avenue and Cannery Row.
health
Practical advice
trips
- 17-mile drive, private toll road along the Monterey Peninsula with views of the coast, golf courses and one or the other celebrity or their house
- Alternative for free: Pacific Grove Drive, also along the peninsula coast and only without golf courses and celebrities
literature
Web links
http://www.monterey.org/ (en) - Monterey Official Website
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