Stop At: Bird Rock Vista Point, Bird Rock Rd, Pebble Beach, CA We'll try to spot the marks from 1800s cooking smoke caked into the rocks! This was the exact site of a small fishing village from the 1800s. The next stop on our 17 Mile Drive tour is at China Rock. Stop At: China Rock, 17 Mile Drive Stop Number 6, Pebble Beach, CA And Monterey’s foggy weather certainly didn’t help matters! In reality, the beach has a rocky underwater lining that unsuspecting ships often crashed upon. From the outside, this stretch of beach looks like the entrance to the Monterey Bay harbor. Point Joe is infamous as the site of numerous shipwrecks. Stop At: Point Joe, 17 17 Mile Dr Stop Number 5, Pebble Beach, CA 93953 We'll also understand why this ocean is known as “The Restless Sea”! Here we'll learn the story of two well-known shipwrecks… the St. Our 17 Mile Drive tour then brings us to Point Joe. Pass By: 17 Mile Drive, 17 Mile Dr, Del Monte Forest, CA, USA We'll explore Monterey's history as we drive. Our first vista along the 17 Mile Drive portion of this Monterey tour is at Spanish Bay. Stop At: The Inn at Spanish Bay, 2700 17 Mile Dr, Pebble Beach, CA 93953, USA The drive then takes us along Asilomar Beach, known for it's tidepools, which teem with life. Stop At: Asilomar State Beach, 800 Asilomar Blvd South of Lighthouse Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA 93950-3704 Since they appear to be kissing, this spot was officially named “The Kissing Rock” in April 1970. It’s actually a natural formation of two granite rocks that have fused together over time. Keep an eye out for our next sight: the Kissing Rock! Stop At: Kissing Rock View Point, 1111 Ocean View Blvd, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA Our Monterey tour continues around the Point Pinos Bend, where we'll learn about the famous lighthouse. Stop At: Point Pinos Lighthouse (1855), 80 Asilomar Ave, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA Along the way, we see beautiful waterfront properties, the scenic Lovers Point Park, and the unmistakeable Kissing Rock. Our drive through Monterey continues along the Pacific Grove, heading closer to the top attraction: the 17 Mile Drive. Stop At: Lovers Point Park, 631 Ocean View Blvd, Pacific Grove, CA 93950, USA This is an optional stop, for those looking to get up close and personal with a huge variety of sea creatures. Our drive down Cannery Row ends at Monterey's second most famous attraction: the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Stop At: Monterey Bay Aquarium, 886 Cannery Row, Monterey, CA 93940, USA Our explorations along Monterey's Pacific Grove bring us to Cannery Row, immortalized by John Steinbeck. Stop At: 700 Cannery Row, Monterey, CA 93940, USA We'll embark on this scenic drive in downtown Monterey, near the historic Fisherman's Wharf. Stop At: Old Fisherman’s Wharf, Monterey, CA 93940, USA
This is Monterey's most famous "attraction" and one of the most beautiful coastal drives in the world. The Pacific Grove portion of our Monterey tour is now over the famous 17 Mile Drive portion is about to begin. Stop At: 17 17 Mile Dr, Pebble Beach, CA 93953, USA This is a typical itinerary for this product If you are not a resident or guest in the area, it costs about $10 per car to take the drive, but it's worth it.If you find a better price somewhere else, let us know. Give yourself time to drive slowly and spend a little while enjoying each spot each has something to recommend it. On the day we were there Seal Rock was unfortunately not occupied, nor did we see any passing whales which are often spotted. Although it is not really alone- a line of cypress lead to the promontory on which it stands. I don't remember how many stops there are exactly, but our favorites were Bird Rock, where we tarried for several minutes watching gulls, cormorants, pelicans and more circling the rock and taking turns taking off and landing at its highest point Restless Seas, a very interesting spot where prevailing currents come in from 2 different directions and meet, causing to waves to push up and break over one another and of course Lone Cypress, which is as enigmatic in real life as it is in paintings and photos. And the threatening weather did not detract from the beauty of the drive in the least. The sky was leaden and the wind blustering the day we drove the famous 17-Mle-Drive, which made us glad that the way to see it is to drive from lookout point to lookout point.
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