California Official Visitor's Guide 2009 - (Page 34) enjoy » getaway » monterey Bay in more than two decades, InterContinental’s The Clement Monterey, a luxurious 208-room facility with architecture evocative of the waterfront canning buildings of yore. Its C Restaurant offers sophisticated indoor and outdoor ocean-view dining as well as more casual “C Food to Go.” Other new dining options include family-friendly Willy’s Smokehouse Bar & Grill on Cannery Row and the revamped menu at the Pelican Tavern, an alwaysCLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT Trails to packed happy hour tide pools edging spot in nearby Monterey Bay; hints of fishing history on Pacific Grove. Cannery Row; fun In and around at Monterey Bay Aquarium; perfect Monterey are oysters at Portola enticements to Restaurant. keep you going for days on end. Want big-screen entertainment? The Edgewater Packing Company building’s got an IMAX theater with both 3-D and 2-D giant screens and a whopping 12,000 watts of digital sound. Nearby Scheid Vineyards samples and sells new releases and reserve blends in its new Tasting Room. And Rip Squeak and Friends Gallery’s latest location draws kids and art collectors with its world-renowned works. Monterey itself has what’s deemed the best collection of preserved historic buildings west of Williamsburg, Virginia— living up to its self-billing as “one of the most historic cities in the western United States.” The self-guided Path of History tour visits more than 40 such structures and is by far the most interesting way to see the adobe buildings where the Spanish, Mexican, and Anglo pioneers lived, worked, and traded. Today, the coastal area Steinbeck made famous presents a wide array of entertainment, dining, spa [ Monterey indulgence], shopping, and lodging choices, from relaxed and reasonably priced to sophisticated and stylish. There’s always something new to discover at Cannery Row—now one of Monterey’s most popular destinations for first-time and repeat visitors alike. EMMA FOX monterey unveiled New and old blend seamlessly in Monterey’s historic district M 34 onterey’s fishing industry was born on Cannery Row, established by immigrant Chinese fishermen in the 1850s. The one-mile strip, immortalized by John Steinbeck’s 1945 novel Cannery Row, was once a bustling seaport that supplied fish primarily to San Francisco. Today it is still bustling—but with a Enter stretch of tourist-centric destinations instead of canneries. Perched on the scenic shores of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, this waterfront playground celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Steinbeck classic last year with new attractions, restaurants, and accommodations, including the opening of the first new hotel on Monterey keyword in Search box at visitcalifornia.com ALEXA MILLER (4) http://www.visitcalifornia.com
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