Coastal Traveler - Summer 2007 - (Page 53)

coastalcarmel Carmel In 1602, Spanish Friar Sebastian Vizcaino climbed a hill north of Big Sur and borrowed a biblical name for the wooded valley by the sea that lay before him: Carmel. Pioneers returned in the 18th century and by the dawn of the 20th the area had become a Bohemian retreat for arists including Ansel Adams, John Steinbeck, and Robinson Jeffers. While the cute cottages they inhabited cost a cute million these days, Carmel-by-theSea still offers the rugged beauty that inspired their art. By Justin Nobel Carmel has more than 100 art galleries, many with a strong focus on seascapes. In one-of-a-kind boutiques along Ocean Avenue and Dolores Street you’ll find clothing and jewelry to impress even the sauciest of urbanites. Before heading to Carmel Beach, pick up some reading material at Pilgrim’s Way, Carmel’s last independent book store. Sinclair Lewis, a Nobel-prize winning author who lived in Carmel, is a favorite as is Steinbeck. Sneak out the backdoor of Pilgrim’s into their “Secret Garden”, where you’ll find hand-crafted wind chimes and dogshaped Buddha statues decorating a series of walkways lined with fountains and bamboo. Shops and fine dining aside, the best of Carmel-by-the-Sea is the sea itself, which can be experienced from the window during a car ride along mansion-speckled 17-Mile Drive, on the green at the worldfamous Pebble Beach Golf Course, or from under the shade of one of the bushy Cypress trees that dot the steep bluffs of Carmel Beach. The beach’s white dunes and wind-sculpted trees are as aweinspiring as the day Friar Vizcaino first looked upon the valley. Where to Stay Cypress Inn Lincoln St & 7th Ave • 831.624.3871 Highlands Inn 120 Highland Dr • 831.620.1234 La Playa Camino Real at 8th Ave • 831.624.6476 or 800.582.8900 Where to Eat Flying Fish Carmel Plaza • 831.625.1962 Il Fornaio • Ocean Ave & Monte Verde St • 831.622.5100 Where to Shop Bittner Pens Ocean Ave & San Carlos • 931.626.8828 Heaven Children’s Clothes Ocean Ave & Lincoln Ave • 831.624.2441 Fourtane Estate Jewelers Pine Inn Courtyard, Ocean Ave & Lincoln Ave • 831.624.4684 Where to Play Pebble Beach Golf Course 1700 17 Mile Dr • 831.624.3811 summer coastaltraveler 53

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Coastal Contents Coastal Connoisseur Coastal Surfer Coastal Review Coastal Rider Coastal Map Coastal Maifesto Sausalito - Tiburon Mill Valley Muir Beach Stinson Beach Bolinas Olema San Geronimo - Nicasio Fairfax Inverness - Inverness Park Point Reyes Station Point Reyes Station and Dillon Beach Sebastopol Petaluma Sonoma Coast Healdsburg Mendocino - Redwood Coast Lake County Napa Santa Cruz Monterey Carmel-by-the-Sea Big Sur

Coastal Traveler - Summer 2007

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