Popular Tourist Attractions in Monterey, California - Stage Coach Lodge

Monterey Peninsula offers the vacation experience of a lifetime. The Monterey Peninsula has a beauty that entices visitors from all over the world. Monterey is located along the central coast of California about 120 miles south of San Francisco. The Monterey Peninsula is one of the most scenic areas of the world offering great ocean vistas and the famed 17 Mile Drive, a coastal toll road that offers breathtaking views of the bountiful Pacific Ocean and the rolling green hills of the world-famous Pebble Beach and Spyglass Golf Courses.

Monterey is also home to the world's largest sea life exhibit, the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Pacific Grove, a host to one of the oldest working lighthouses on the west coast, comes alive when the monarch butterfly populations migrate through this tiny coastal town. Carmel offers a picturesque white sand beach and old-world charm with its quaint shops. Spectacular beaches, nine world champion golf courses, historic old adobes, Fisherman's Wharf, infamous Cannery Row, fabulous shopping, and gourmet restaurants all await you.