And while not as luxurious as other hotels, it has location, location, location. Chaminade Conference Center offers a few more amenities. The resort was originally built in 1929 as a boys' high school by the Marianus Order, who named it after their founder Father William Joseph Chaminade, a French priest and educator from the 1700s. It later became a novitiate for the Order and then a religious retreat in the 1970s. Today, the 80 acres houses a conference center high on the wooded hills overlooking the Monterey Bay in the distance.
Game rooms keep the kids busy, while adults can take advantage of a nice massage.
Those attending for business or conference reasons may take part in culinary, fitness and challenge onsite team-building activities. There's also plenty of relaxation in the panoramic view of the Bay from the Sunset Dining Room, which serves a buffet with a variety of themes. The jewel in the crown of luxury in North Monterey Bay is the Inn at Depot Hill . Rated four diamonds by AAA and four stars by Mobile Travel, this inn overlooking the Monterey Bay in Capitola was built in 1901 and was once a train depot for Southern Pacific. Owners Susie Lankes and Dan Floyd transformed and enlarged the inn to reflect their elegant taste and tradition.