AARP California 2012 by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Published: 2011-11-14T16:00:00+00:00

Pacific Grove ★★

42 miles S of Santa Cruz; 113 miles S of San Francisco; 338 miles N of Los Angeles

Some compare 21⁄2-square-mile Pacific Grove—the locals call it “PG”—to Carmel as it was 20 years ago. Plenty of tourists wind their way through here on oceanfront trails and dining excursions, but the town remains quaint and peaceful—amazing, considering that Monterey is a stone’s throw away (a quarter of the Monterey Bay Aquarium is actually in Pacific Grove). While Monterey is comparatively congested and cosmopolitan, Pacific Grove is sprinkled with historic homes, flowers, butterflies fluttering about, and deer meandering fearlessly from yard to yard.

Essentials

Visitor Information The Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce is on the corner of Forest and Central avenues ( 800/656-6650 or 831/373-3304; www.pacificgrove.org).

Orientation Lighthouse Avenue is the Grove’s principal thoroughfare, running from Monterey to the lighthouse at the point of the peninsula. Lighthouse Avenue is bisected by Forest Avenue, which runs from Hwy. 1 (where it’s called Holman Hwy., or Hwy. 68) to Lover’s Point, an extension of land that sticks out into the bay in the middle of Pacific Grove.

What to See & Do

Pacific Grove is best strolled, so park the car, don walking shoes, and spend the day meandering around George Washington Park and the waterfront around the point. The Point Pinos Lighthouse ★, at the tip of the peninsula on Ocean View Boulevard ( 831/648-5716; www.pgmuseum.org), is the oldest working lighthouse on the West Coast. Its 50,000-candlepower beacon has illuminated the rocky shores since 1855, when Pacific Grove was little more than a pine forest. The museum and grounds are open and free to visitors Thursday through Monday from 1 to 4pm.

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