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California Welcome Center, Salinas
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”bottom-to-top” css=”.vc_custom_1672776098508{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”]The California Welcome Center, Salinas is located in the Salinas City Regional Heritage Center. This historic freight depot, built in 1873 by the Southern Pacific Company, tells the story of early California on the Central Coast.[/vc_column_text][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-map-marker” color=”black” el_class=”float-left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fmaps%2Fdir%2F36.6903296%2C-121.6806912%2FCalifornia%2BWelcome%2BCenter%2BSalinas%2F%4036.6887535%2C-121.6788124%2C14z%2Fdata%3D!3m1!4b1!4m9!4m8!1m1!4e1!1m5!1m1!1s0x808df98df4bdede7%3A0x7db13659a0ecd8ba!2m2!1d-121.6578587!2d36.6794436||target:%20_blank”][vc_column_text]Located at 1 Station Place, Salinas; call 831-757-8687 for more information.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][thb_image full_width=”true” animation=”animation bottom-to-top” image=”1860″ img_link=”url:%2Fsoledad-visitors-gateway-center%2F||”][vc_column_text css_animation=”bottom-to-top” css=”.vc_custom_1461370843370{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”]
Soledad Visitors & Gateway Center
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”bottom-to-top” css=”.vc_custom_1460759081386{padding-bottom: 20px !important;}”]The compact building is wall-to-wall highlights of local attractions in the heart of the Salinas Valley plus information brochures on things to do.[/vc_column_text][vc_icon icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-map-marker” color=”black” el_class=”float-left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fmaps%2Fplace%2F500%2BFront%2BSt%2C%2BSoledad%2C%2BCA%2B93960%2F%4036.4265633%2C-121.332495%2C836m%2Fdata%3D!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m7!1m4!3m3!1s0x809268ddad2e988f%3A0x95a9272b83cd94b7!2s502%2BFront%2BSt%2C%2BSoledad%2C%2BCA%2B93960!3b1!3m1!1s0x809268e83becc3ff%3A0x17e578964e62256f||target:%20_blank”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1461710664293{padding-top: 15px !important;}”]Located at 502 Front Street, Soledad; call 831-204-7208 for information.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”row-btn”][vc_column width=”1/3″][thb_button caption=”see more” link=”https://staging.virtualassistant.magonemarketing.com/californias-central-coast/explore/first-stops/california-welcome-center-salinas/” icon=”” size=”medium” color=”black-transparent” animation=”animation right-to-left”][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][thb_button caption=”see more” link=”/first-stops/” icon=”” size=”medium” color=”black-transparent” animation=”animation left-to-right”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1461261707226{margin-top: 25px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”col-margin”][vc_column width=”1/3″][thb_image full_width=”true” animation=”animation bottom-to-top” image=”431″ img_link=”url:%2Fadventures%2F%23AD_Row1||”][vc_column_text css_animation=”bottom-to-top” css=”.vc_custom_1460575986865{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”]
Monterey Bay Aquarium
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”bottom-to-top”]What’s it like to live in a fishbowl? Find out.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][thb_image full_width=”true” animation=”animation bottom-to-top” image=”430″ img_link=”url:%2Fadventures%2F%23AD_Row1||”][vc_column_text css_animation=”bottom-to-top” css=”.vc_custom_1460576005083{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”]
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
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National Steinbeck Center
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”bottom-to-top”]Take a step into the pages of Nobel Prize winning author John Steinbeck’s classic stories.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”row-btn”][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][thb_button caption=”see more” link=”/adventures/” icon=”” size=”medium” color=”black-transparent” animation=”animation right-to-left”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1461261714017{margin-top: 25px !important;margin-bottom: 25px !important;}” el_class=”col-margin”][vc_column width=”1/3″][thb_image full_width=”true” animation=”animation bottom-to-top” image=”434″ img_link=”url:%2Funcork-and-unwind%2F||”][vc_column_text css_animation=”bottom-to-top” css=”.vc_custom_1461370908068{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”]
Uncork and Unwind
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Raise a glass.
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Food for Thought
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Indulge your palate.
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Farmers Markets for the Soul
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Natural Bridges State Park
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A sanctuary for migrating Monarchs.
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Pinnacles National Park
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Towering peaks dominate the sky.
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Big Basin State Park
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Ancient Coastal Redwoods take a stand.
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Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad
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A place where solitude flourishes.
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Mission San Antonio de Padua
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A place of peaceful serenity.
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Old Mission San Juan Bautista
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A place to pause and reflect.
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Steinbeck Literary Trails
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Follow in the footsteps of our most famous author, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck.
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From Our Fields
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Vegetable crops, wine grapes and flowers all thrive in the fertile soil and mild climate of the Central Coast
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Pinnacles National Park
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Colliding tectonic plates. That’s the backstory of Pinnacles National Park.
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Salinas
The Soul of Steinbeck Country[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”bottom-to-top”]An essence reflected for eternity on the pages of his books.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][thb_image full_width=”true” animation=”animation bottom-to-top” image=”888″ img_link=”url:%2Fmonterey%2F||”][vc_column_text css_animation=”bottom-to-top” css=”.vc_custom_1460393271127{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”]
Monterey
The Soul of California[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”bottom-to-top”]It all began here, the birthplace of California.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][thb_image full_width=”true” animation=”animation bottom-to-top” image=”910″ img_link=”url:%2Fsanta-cruz%2F||”][vc_column_text css_animation=”bottom-to-top” css=”.vc_custom_1460393295312{margin-bottom: 10px !important;}”]
Santa Cruz
The Soul of Surfing[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”bottom-to-top”]At one with a breaking wave, a solitary figure at the top of the crest taps into the spirit of the surf.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row el_class=”row-btn”][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/3″][thb_button caption=”see more” link=”/cities-of-the-central-coast/” icon=”” size=”medium” color=”black-transparent” animation=”animation right-to-left”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
