Berkeley Parents Network: Pacific Grove

Berkeley Parents Network

Pacific Grove

Berkeley Parents Network > Reviews > Places to Go > Pacific Grove

Feb 2000

Does anyone know of decent, cheap accommodations in Pacific Grove or Monterey? Melanie

Susan
Last weekend we stayed at the Travelodge in Marina, a 10-15 minute drive from Monterey. (You pass through it on your way to Monterey.) It was a nothing-special motel next to the freeway (not noisy, though) but you can walk to beautiful Marina State Beach, a huge beach flanked by sand dunes. We arrived just before sunset and watched the surfers. There's also a hang gliding school there. The rate for a holiday weekend was $89/night for 2 adults and 2 kids and would have been $69 for the third night. It has no pool and a small, tepid jacuzzi. But it was a great place to stay with kids, and I think you save money by being in Marina. Rates probably cheaper on non-holiday weekends. A great restaurant is Fishwife in Pacific Grove near the Asilomar conference center--Caribbean-inspired seafood and a nice change from Fisherman's Wharf places in both cuisine and atmosphere. The Weekly, the Monterey alternative tabloid, has an ad for Fishwife that gives you $5 off your meal if you're seated between 4 and 6 p.m. Peppers is a good Mexican restaurant, again with some Caribbean influences, in Pacific Grove. The little beach in Pacific Grove at Lover's Point Park is perfect for little kids, very sheltered. Asilomar is also a great place to stay, aesthetically much nicer than a Travelodge and not too expensive, but it's sometimes hard to get rooms.

Rosedale Inn, "Executive Luxury Suites". They must be kidding! We paid $125 for the cheapest rooms they guaranteed we'd like that was smaller than our bathroom and 15 ft from a bus-stop! They banged around and made noise in the dining room placed next to us and which served "executive" packaged sugary danishes you could buy at Safeways with frozen and just thawed bagels. The beautiful view however looked out into the parking lot, and the luxurious jacuzzi tub was too scummy for anyone to even want to soak their feet in. I would have chosen the Asilomar across the street if I'd known!
Susan

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