by admin on April 19, 2011
Ingleside Inn
Palm Springs was the first really hot place on this Spring trip.
Yes, Three Rivers, at the entrace to Sequoia National Park, had been nice and warm. Which was lucky – they’d had snow there two weeks earlier.
But stopping for a break, on the way to Palm Springs, we got out of the car and knew that the temperature had been taken up a notch.
Our hotel was a fantatstic gem – the Ingleside Inn. This has been the haunt of the rich and famous ever since escapees from Hollywood film industry began coming here 50 years ago. The hotel is a delight: the pool is wonderful and secluded, the welcome warm, and the hotel itself is intimate – a single storey place with only 30 rooms.
Rather like Palm Springs itself, really – classy, intimate.
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by admin on April 14, 2011
Asilomar Beach, Pacific Grove
Pacific Grove is a beautiful part of a beautiful city. And this hotel/motel – Sunset Inn – is the best place we have stayed on this trip.
The rooms are cabin-style: but luxury cabins. Ours is large, king bed, many cushions, I am drawn to use the word ‘beautiful’ yet again: this place is really superlative. All is modern and fresh: there is a coffee maker in the room, a full-sized fridge, open-able shutters, free wi-fi, roomy wardrobe, luxurious bathroom – with bath.
And you can walk to the very attractive Asilomar Beach in 3 minutes. The beach front itself is very pretty, and you can imagine the high price of the houses located there.
We met someone in a tourist office 500 miles away who told us to come to Pacific Grove when we visited Monterey: it was a great suggestion.
The main strip of Pacific Grove itself – Lighthouse Avenue – is a long, straight run of pretty houses, full of character, and stylish shops. Restaurants and coffee shops abound.
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