Area Tours
Ag Venture Tours—831-761-8463
www.agventuretours.com
Ag Venture Tours specializes in wine tasting, sightseeing and agricultural education tours of the Monterey Bay region of California. Wine tasting tours visit either the Monterey Wine Country (Salinas, Carmel Valley) or the Santa Cruz Mountains. Agricultural education tours feature the Salinas Valley. Sightseeing tours include the Monterey Peninsula (Monterey, Pacific Grove, Pebble Beach, and Carmel) or Big Sur. All our tours are designed to be fun and educational and can be customized to your interests, offering both half and full day excursions. Our guides are friendly and knowledgeable with extensive backgrounds in the agriculture and the wine industry.
Carmel Walks—831-642-2700
www.carmelwalks.com
Carmel's famous guided tour. Stroll through secret pathways, hidden courtyards, award-winning gardens, and by enchanting fairytale cottages, the homes, haunts, and history of artists, writers and movie stars.
California Nature Treks & Team Adventures—877-433-8735
www.naturetreks.com
Experience the best that Monterey County has to offer by joining our naturalist/guides on an exciting guided trek through some of the most beautiful and interesting areas in the world. We offer full-service, customized natural history treks with unmatched personalized service and quality for private and corporate groups.
Central Coast Daytripper of Pebble Beach—831-657-9442
www.ccdaytripper.com
The Central Coast Day Tripper of Pebble Beach showcases the riches and beauty of Monterey and surrounding areas. Visitors enjoy a comfortable ride, learn the history of the area, have their photos taken, and are driven to attractions they would not find on their own. In addition to the peninsula, Big Sur, San Francisco, and Carmel Valley are popular destinations. Tours can be as short as two hours or last the entire day.
Ghost Tour of Old Monterey—831-624-1700
www.toursmonterey.com
Relive the Fantastic Tales of Old Monterey. Once the capitol of Mexican California, Old Monterey was the center of fiestas and balls, the glamour of dashing Spanish horsemen and the throb of guitars played by romantic suitors. It was also a town of intrigue, murder, swindles and shipwrecks. Epic lives full of lost treasures, found romance, and amazing adventures. Visit the sites of the ghost in the garden, ancient burial grounds, hidden treasure, hauntings, hangings and frequent ghostly sightings. This 90 minute trolley tour, led by longtime residents and local historians, will bring you into a Monterey that few alive today have seen.
Monterey Bay Aviation—831-375-2FLY
www.flydelmonteaviation.com
Aerial tours showcase the spectacular coastline and scenery of Monterey County, including the Monterey Bay and Big Sur. Each plane holds one-three people.
Monterey Movie Tours —800-343-6437
www.montereymovietours.com
See the beauty of the Monterey Peninsula including 17-Mile Drive through the eyes of Hollywood. Visit sites where movies were filmed and watch the actual scene on overhead monitors in a luxury tour coach. Daily and specially scheduled group tours available.
The Wine Trolley—831-624-1700
www.toursmonterey.com
Experience an unforgettable journey wine tasting in the aesthetic beauty of Carmel Valley aboard “Hattie the Magnificent Trolley”. We will pick you up at the Portola Plaza-Downtown Monterey at 11:00 AM and trolley you to Ventana Vineyards out at Tarpy's Flat. We then travel over the Salinas Mountains to visit the many tasting rooms in the Carmel Valley Village including: Bernardus Vineyards, Parsonage Vineyards, Chateau Sinnet, Heller Estate Organic Vineyards, Joullian Vineyards and Georis Winery. Our last stop is Mid Valley where we can visit Boete Winery and Chateau Julien. You will then be returned to Portola Plaza with all the wonderful memories, new friends and wines you have collected.