Hilton Garden Inn Monterey

Travel Blogs from Monterey

Shopping, walking, eating and fish watching.

A travel blog entry by friesel2

We arrived in Monterey in the early evening ready to take take a load off. Our accommodations are comfortable, quiet and elegant. We have a view of the tennis courts but whatever because we have a balcony. We were disappointed because there was no complimentary breakfast. They do offer a lovely breakfast buffet with a wide variety of food choices …

Day at the Aquarium!

A travel blog entry by ambernigam1

I woke up bright and early that day. About around 7:30 AM. Me and my Uncle shared some more Cheerios. We didn't do much for a few hours. He had to go out and do some laundry at the laundromat so i spent some time on the internet looking for things to do in town.
I remembered the one thing that everyone loves when they come here: the Monterey Bay Aquarium. ...

Monterey and 17 Mile Drive

A travel blog entry by davidandgarry

... the Hansel and Gretel house. We walked down Ocean Avenue and found our way to the beach which is a huge crescent of glorious white sand. Not wishing to miss out on this we decided to find a spot away from others and plonked ourselves down for a quick sun bathe and drink in the views. However, we found ourselves talking about the damage that we had inflicted on the beast and how we were going to defend ourselves at the hire company. Once we had convinced ourselves that we had ...

Day 8 - Exploring the Monterey Peninsula

A travel blog entry by nicolawatts

... you now pay approx �7.50 to get through the tollgates and in return you are handed a leaflet explaining the stops as you go round. No motorcycles allowed as they will disturb the tranquility. Some very nice houses on the drive, plenty of golf courses (including one championship course) and plenty of money. One large house was for sale with Sotheby's. Later we saw it listed in the realtor's ...

Some time between 10th & 14th August

A travel blog entry by sara.tari

... is lovely! Another seaside/holiday town! Gorgeous views along the water front, a little beach, the typical tourist souvenir shops and the Aquarium! It’s a pretty famous one too! The star trek IV film was filmed there, the one with the humpback whales in! Kieren will remember that! A really cool aquarium! Again I took lots of pics! Especially of the sharks! Amazing creatures! I really want to go swimming with sharks in Australia! Que the jaws tune!

The hostel ...