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SPECIAL
EVENTS 2015
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AT&T PEBBLE BEACH NATIONAL PRO-AM Feb. 9-15, Pebble Beach attpbgolf.com
STEINBECK'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION Feb. 22, Salinas steinbeck.org
JAZZ BASH BY THE BAY March 6-8, Monterey dixieland-monterey.com
SANTA CRUZ PADDLEFEST March 13-15, Santa Cruz kayakconnection.com
PEBBLE BEACH FOOD & WINE April 9-12, Pebble Beach pebblebeachfoodandwine.com
STEINBECK FESTIVAL May 1-3, Salinas steinbeck.org
CARMEL ART FESTIVAL May 14-17, Carmel carmelartfestival.org
CARMEL BACH FESTIVAL July 18-Aug. 1, Carmel bachfestival.org
FEAST OF LANTERNS July 22-26, Pacific Grove feast-of-lanterns.org
PEBBLE BEACH CONCOURS D'ELEGANCE Aug. 16, Pebble Beach pebblebeachconcours.net
CAPITOLA BEGONIA FESTIVAL Sept. 4-7, Capitola begoniafestival.com
MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL Sept. 18-20, Monterey montereyjazzfestival.org
BUTTERFLY PARADE Oct. 3, Pacific Grove seemonterey.com/regions/pacific-grove
FIRST NIGHT MONTEREY Dec. 31, Monterey firstnightmonterey.org
The Great Outdoors
While well-known urban areas dot this
region, there's more than enough wide-
open space for fans of the outdoors. Take
a whale watching boat tour in Monterey
Bay, where you can spot migrating gray,
humpback and blue whales. Seventeen-
Mile Drive in Pebble Beach winds through
forest and along the Pacific coastline as it
skirts exclusive golf courses and resorts.
The eerie-looking spires and mono-
liths of Pinnacles National Park lure
climbers as well as hikers interested in
the explosion of colorful spring wild-
flowers and soaring California condors.
In Big Sur, where rocky cliffs drop into
the Pacific Ocean and cypress trees twist
in the wind, nature lovers can walk along
the beach or hike deep into redwood
forests, where waterfalls spring to life.
PIGEON POINT LIGHTHOUSE, above; get your
strawberries in Santa Cruz, leV; the Big Sur coast
from Highway 1, opposite.
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