4 Star Hotels in Monterey
Visit Monterey in style and stay in one of the city's high-end hotels. Monterey has a wide range of luxurious places to stay, where you can expect to find plush and spacious rooms, as well as high levels of customer service. There are several four-star hotels on Monterey’s Cannery Row, offering sea views and easy access to top attractions such as Monterey Bay Aquarium.
Take a Highway One Road Trip from Monterey
Fancy a road trip during your stay in Monterey? Hire a convertible to cruise along one of the most popular stretches of California's Highway One route. The 250-mile drive from Monterey to Santa Barbara features rugged coastline, attractive seaside towns, vineyards and redwood forests. Stop off at vineyards to taste fine wines, and check out the scenic town of Carmel-by-the-Sea where you can sunbathe on the white-sand beach, and stroll around the art galleries and independent shops. If you're short on time, spend a day driving along the spectacular 17-Mile Drive, which is part of the exclusive 5,300-acre Pebble Beach resort.
Things to See from Your 4 Star Monterey Hotel
Monterey County is one of California's major wine-producing regions. Visit wine tasting rooms in Cannery Row, Carmel Valley and Carmel-by-the-Sea to try stellar local wines, including Chardonnay, Pinot Noirs, Syrah and much more. Scenic golf courses can be found across the Monterey Peninsula and they cater for golfers of all abilities. Top courses are mostly clustered around Pebble Beach, Carmel-by-the-Sea and Salinas.
Food fans will find Monterey is chock-full of upscale restaurants. The city is most famous for its fabulous seafood restaurants, many of which are in the Fisherman's Wharf area. Here, you can feast on calamari, clam chowder and fried sanddabs, a local speciality. From Fisherman's Wharf, it's also possible to arrange whale-watching and deep-sea fishing excursions.
The huge Monterey Bay Aquarium on Cannery Row is one of Monterey's most famous attractions thanks to its wealth of marine life, including green sea turtles, hammerhead sharks, sea otters and exotic sunfish. Break for lunch at the aquarium's fine dining restaurant, where you can enjoy seasonal dishes while soaking up ocean views.
