Located at the ocean's edge, the Monterey Bay Aquarium is a window to marine life -- for dive masters and non-swimmers alike. It's home to sea otters, penguins, sharks, jellies and thousands of other marine animals and plants. Its mission is to inspire conservation of the ocean.

There are many cute gift shops that surround the area as well as restaurants. Of course there are plenty of seafood restaurants like The Fish Hopper and The Sardine Factory but don’t forget about incredible eats like Gianni’s Pizza and the amazing steakhouse, The Whaling Station.

https://www.montereybayaquarium.org

Cannery Row is the Central Coast’s premier visitor destination. Home to some of the most luxurious hotels, world-class restaurants, boutiques & galleries, spas, premium wine tasting & exciting recreation Monterey has to offer, including the best nightlife. Walk everywhere. The breathtaking coastline of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary is the backdrop for every Cannery Row experience. Parking is never a problem, and everything is within walking distance.

https://canneryrow.com/

See 11 fairytale cottages and find out about architect Hugh Comstock. There are many ways to see these homes, with self-guided tours or guided ones. Think Hansel & Gretel, Snow White and Sleeping beauty, these Tudor style homes have been around since the 1920’s and you feel like you are walking through storybook land in Disneyland.

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If you are a reader of books and love the classics you should defiently visit the Nation Steinbeck Center. John Steinbeck was a great author and wrote books like; Of Miced and Men, The Grapes of Wrath and East of Eden. If you aren’t a reader you have still probably heard of these titles as they have been made into movies with a few versions over the years. The movies that told the story of John’s writings featured very famous actors of our time like; James Dean, Julie Harris, John Malkovich, Henry Fonda, Jane Darewell, James Franco, Selena Gomez, Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn, Spencer Tracy, Randy Quaid, Jane Seymour, Nick Nolte, Debra Wagner, Chris O’Dowd. With Directors like Gary Sinise and Alfred Hitchcock.

The National Steinbeck Center (NSC) is a museum located in Salinas, California, the birthplace of Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck. Since its opening in 1998, the NSC has served the community, region, and nation by enhancing awareness of Steinbeck’s works and ideas as well as the value of the written word.

https://www.steinbeck.org/