Carmel, California City Guide

For over 20 years, Pamela Lanier's Carmel, California Travel Guide has been your connection to Carmel's tourism community with invaluable details on local attractions, restaurants, shopping, museums, history, outdoor recreation and more.

Shop, Drop and Dine

Amidst the dozens of galleries and charming inns and homes are upscale boutiques, cafes and restaurants that can keep you busy. The boutiques offer an eclectic array of goods from handmade linens and antiques to one-of-a kind pottery and home furnishings.
Carmel also has a reputation for some of the best spas in the area, offering facials and body treatments with products from the sea, all forms of massage and beauty treatments to prepare for your night out on the town.

Dining in Carmel is truly an event – more of a pleasure than a necessity - -and the restaurants are the backbone of this one-mile long European-style village. Because of its proximity to the Monterey Bay and the Salinas Valley, Carmel restaurants have access to some of California’s finest produce and seafood. As a result, Carmel’s culinary reputation has been lauded as one of the best in the country. Combining local cuisine with international and contemporary fare, the town boasts a plethora of unique eating establishments ranging from funky, casual seaside shacks to four-star dining elegance.

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