Coastal Traveler - Winter 2008 - (Page 54)

coastaltraveler Ocean Av 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 artists 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 same rugged beauty that inspired their art. Carmel has more than 100 art galleries, many with a strong focus on seascapes. In the one-of-a-kind boutiques along Ocean Avenue and Dolores Street, 54 coastaltraveler winter Oc ea n Av Carmel By Justin Nobel 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 dog-shaped 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. It can be experienced from the window during a car ride along mansion-speckled 17-Mile Drive, on the green at the world-famous 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 awe-inspiring as they were 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

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Coastal Traveler - Winter 2008 Contents Coastal Hotel Coastal Adventure Coastal Gambler Coastal Rider Coastal Skier Coastal Art Santa Barbara Pismop & Avila San Luis Obispo Big Sur Carmel Monterey Santa Cruz San Francisco Sausalito Mill Valley Stinson Beach Bolinas Olema Point Reyes Station San Geronimo Fairfax Iverness Marshall, Tomales Sebastopol Petaluma Sonoma Coast Redwood Coast Napa Map

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