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Monterey, Carmeland 17-Mile Drive

Cannery Row, the Lone Cypress and an afternoon in Carmel-by-the-Sea, with the gate fee for 17-Mile Drive already paid. Ten hours, one car, and no hunting for parking in a town built before cars.

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10 hours8:00 AM – 6:00 PM, door to door
17-Mile DriveGate fee included, Lone Cypress stop
—Price not set yet
7 stopsA suggested order, yours to change
The day

A plan, not a schedule

A reference itinerary, not a fixed program: change the stops or their order within the hours and the area your quote confirms. Times hold unless the day changes them, and it usually does.

8:00 AM
Pickup, city or SFOUS-101 south while it is still moving. Two hours with one stop.
10:15 AM
Monterey waterfrontCannery Row and the harbour. The aquarium is two hours well spent if you want it — tickets are yours, we hold the car.
12:15 PM
Lunch on the wharfChowder and sea lions, or somewhere quieter in Pacific Grove. Either way the car is a two-minute walk away.
1:30 PM
17-Mile DriveThrough the Pebble Beach gate — fee included — for Spanish Bay, Bird Rock, the Lone Cypress and the golf you have seen on television.
3:15 PM
Carmel-by-the-SeaOcean Avenue down to the beach, galleries, courtyards, and no street numbers anywhere in town.
4:30 PM
Point Lobos, optionalTwenty minutes south for the cliffs and the sea otters, if the light is holding and you want it.
6:00 PM
Back at the doorHotel, home or SFO departures. Extra hours are $75–$140 each if Carmel keeps you.
What the day rate covers

One car, one price

Your driver stays with you for the whole block — no re-booking between stops, no waiting for a car in a parking lot, no meter running while you decide.

Included
  • A private car and driver for your group alone, for the hours you book
  • Door pickup — SFO curb, hotel, or home
  • Fuel, tolls, parking and driver hours — and the 17-Mile Drive gate fee
  • Bottled water; child seats on request
  • Stops changed on the day, within the hours and area you booked
Not included
  • Meals for your party
  • Tasting fees, entry and attraction tickets
  • A tour guide — the driver drives and waits
  • Hours past the listed day — $75–$140 each
  • Gratuity is not required or expected
Who books this day

The drive is the destination

First-time visitors doing the coast in a day, couples on a slow anniversary, and business travellers with a Friday to spare. Also families using the aquarium as the anchor and the coast as the reward.

Big Sur is a natural extension — Bixby Bridge is forty minutes past Carmel. Add two hours at the extra-hour rate and we run the coast to Bixby and back before dark, road conditions permitting.

The honest version

Staying the night in Monterey?

Then you want a flat one-way transfer down and a car only for the day you tour. The day rate makes sense from the city; from a Monterey hotel, hourly service is the cheaper way to see the same coast. The block prices are on the hourly car service page.

Frequently asked

Is the 17-Mile Drive fee included?

Yes — the per-car gate fee at Pebble Beach is in the day rate. Aquarium and Point Lobos tickets are not: you book those, and the day is timed around them.

Can we add Big Sur?

Two extra hours gets you Bixby Bridge and back. Further down the coast — Pfeiffer Beach, Nepenthe — is a twelve-hour day; we quote it as one.

Whale watching?

Boats leave from Fisherman's Wharf and run three to four hours. Tell us when you book and we shape the day around the sailing time.

Golf clubs?

They ride fine in the SUV, and the driver will wait or come back for you. If you are actually playing Pebble, ask us about a half-day drop instead.

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Ready when you are

Tell us the date and the party size and we come back with the car, the hours and a fixed price — usually within the hour, any day of the week.

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