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This charming oceanfront town is a perfect day-trip for art, food and relaxation. 

Discover palatial mansions, lush golf courses and a wild stretch of coastline inhabited by sea lions on a road often dubbed one of the world’s most scenic drives.

This charming oceanfront town is a perfect day-trip for art, food and relaxation. 

This charming oceanfront town is a perfect day-trip for art, food and relaxation. 

This wildlife sanctuary, a magnet for nature lovers and artists, is a jewel of the California State Park system. 

Find out about California’s Spanish, Mexican and American past with a tour of this park’s restored historical houses and museums.

Find out about California’s Spanish, Mexican and American past with a tour of this park’s restored historical houses and museums.

Find out about the early days of Californian state rules via the displays and guides in this historic 19th-century building.

This charming oceanfront town is a perfect day-trip for art, food and relaxation. 

Find out about California’s Spanish, Mexican and American past with a tour of this park’s restored historical houses and museums.

Admire ecclesiastical relics on display in the heritage center to learn about this cathedral, which is California’s oldest stone building.

This charming oceanfront town is a perfect day-trip for art, food and relaxation. 

The quaint little town of Pacific Grove has Victorian houses lining its streets and thousands of butterflies fluttering in its trees.

Find out about California’s Spanish, Mexican and American past with a tour of this park’s restored historical houses and museums.

Find out about California’s Spanish, Mexican and American past with a tour of this park’s restored historical houses and museums.

Renamed after John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row, this historic area has transformed since the gritty industrial days described in the book.

Find out about the early days of Californian state rules via the displays and guides in this historic 19th-century building.

Experience a piece of American maritime history with a tour of one of the oldest lighthouses on the West Coast. 

The quaint little town of Pacific Grove has Victorian houses lining its streets and thousands of butterflies fluttering in its trees.

This charming oceanfront town is a perfect day-trip for art, food and relaxation. 

Set up a picnic on the tranquil shore of Lake El Estero and let the kids run free in this sandy playground.

The quaint little town of Pacific Grove has Victorian houses lining its streets and thousands of butterflies fluttering in its trees.

The quaint little town of Pacific Grove has Victorian houses lining its streets and thousands of butterflies fluttering in its trees.