The Steinbeck Cottage is an ideal place to rest and relax in Pacific Grove / Monterey. I highly recommend it!

My wife, 2yo son and I stayed here over Thanksgiving. We spent our days out exploring and our evenings and morning at the Cottage.

The Cottage itself is impeccably decorated, sunny, and cozy. Our small family was extremely comfortable. Once my son was in bed, my wife and I enjoyed sitting in front of the fireplace relaxing with a glass of wine. I even did some writing on a book draft I'm working on, which is hugely fun to think of doing when Steinbeck was living their after publishing The Grapes of Wrath and sailing around Monterey.

With regards to the location, it was an easy walk down to the Aquarium, a 5 minute drive to either downtown Monterey or Pacific Grove, and only a 15 minute drive to Carmel. It would be hard to top the location unless you were right on the beach.

Finally, Amy was a pleasure to deal with, answered all of our questions, and made the rental process very easy. We wished all of hosts were as accommodating.

End of the day, we would love to come back to Pacific Grove again and would probably try and rent the cottage again. It really was perfect.