Monterey Shopping

A world class area deserves world class shopping and the Monterey Peninsula is sure to make even the most experienced traveler smile with the choices they find. With everything from shopping areas offering major retailers, to intimate specialty stores featuring handmade clothing, unique household furnishings, exquisite art objects from around the world, a plethora of galleries and crafts shops, to a motor racing fans favorite shop at the track side souvenir shop of Laguna Seca Raceway, the visitor to the Monterey area is sure to discover a shopping heaven, and a perfect remembrance of their time in Eden.

Shopping in Carmel is truly a unique experience. Carmel is cosmopolitan in quality of service and style while rural in setting. Because of its European flavor some have dubbed Carmel "the Carmel Riviera." Ocean Avenue is the main street from which the adjoining blocks stem out to unfold some exceptional shopping opportunities. These range from shopping centers to small boutiques, jewelry stores and of course art galleries. You're sure to find something you'll want to take home with you in one of Carmel's many nooks, crannies, alleyways and mini-malls.

Historic Cannery Row, once a raucous industrial street famous for canning sardines and for the haunts of characters in John Steinbeck's 1945 novel "Cannery Row," welcomes you to a fascinating world of seaside exploration, shopping, dining and activities on its ruggedly beautiful shoreline of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary--known all over the world as John Steinbeck's Cannery Row.

Cannery Row's reputation as the Monterey Peninsula's "hot spot" is well earned. Thirty restaurants, clubs and pubs--all within walking distance--make it the place to be, as well as the place to meet. A world-class aquarium and hundreds of shops and activities cater to every interest, day and night. A visit to the Monterey Peninsula isn't complete without a visit to canneries, beaches and back streets that still hold the nostalgia of a long-dead fish canning industry now alive with new vigor and excitement. From the finest accommodations to comfortable inns, Cannery Row invites you to stay a while and tidepool our beaches or kayak the spectacular Monterey Bay. There's something for everyone to enjoy on "America's Most Famous Street."