Carmel Vacations

The beautiful Pacific coastal town of Carmel, California is a premiere vacation destination. The area features cool coastal breezes, California sunshine and spectacular surf. Carmel-by-the-Sea offers unparalleled shopping, more than 500 boutiques, art galleries and stunning views. Popular attractions include the Robinson Jeffers’ Tor House. A stunning 40-foot-tower highlights this mansion, which also features stones from the Great Wall of China. An antique porthole inside the home is rumored to be from the ship that Napoleon used to escape Elba. The Walker Residence, designed by renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1948, is a jaw-dropping beachside home that was also featured in the 1959 movie, “A Summer Place.” The Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Carmelo is the second-oldest Spanish mission and dates to 1771. This historic site is home to the Father Junipero Serra burial ground, a stone church, a kitchen, a high altar, the first California library and spectacular flower gardens. The cemetery is the final resting place of more than 3,000 Native Americans, many of whose graves are adorned with seashells. Point Lobos State Reserve features gorgeous hiking trails and is known for some of the best-photographed areas on the coast.