This ten square-mile city (formerly called East Monterey) is located approximately 115 miles south of San Francisco. Seaside’s convenient location gives you immediate the Monterey Peninsula has to offer from kayaking, sailing, scuba diving and parasailing to excellent wineries and spectacular fishing. Seaside boasts breathtaking sea cliffs and dunes overlooking the sea, which will lead you to the popular romantic destination, Message Mountain. It is here that lovers visit to draw the names of their sweethearts into the sand, often using a local flower called the Ice Plant, which has either yellow or magenta flowers. It is also a popular place for birthday messages, wedding proposals and congratulation messages. While it might not be the most efficient form of communication, it must have the desired effect because people keep returning to it.
If you want a long and challenging round of golf, the Bayonet & Black Horse Golf Courses well-kept secret area secret. Both par 72 courses were built by the military and are on the Fort Ord military base overlooking Monterey Bay. The Bayonet course was allegedly designed to play to then-commanding officer Major General Robert B. McClure's terrible slice, and thus has a series of holes nicknamed "Combat Corner" with substantial doglegs. If you want to visit the local wildlife, the Frog Pond Wetland Preserve provides a refuge for resident and migratory species as well as humans. It’s one of the most biologically productive and ecologically important ecosystems and addresses the problem of wetland loss that requires immediate human intervention. While away the days and night sampling the area’s eclectic restaurants and abundant shopping opportunities or just walk barefoot in the sand, knowing that you’ll have a convenient location to rest and recharge when you stay at one of our Choice Hotels in Seaside, CA. Book a room online now!