Whether your ceremony is indoors or out, at a park or a beach, elegant or simple, Monterey County is the perfect place to begin your journey of wedded bliss. Sunset Magazine called Lover’s Point in Pacific Grove (one of Monterey Beach Weddings’ ceremony locations) “One of the top 10 most romantic places in America”!

Sunset walks on the beach, a romantic candle-lit dinner for two, adventure by day, and a quiet escape by night. Monterey County is the ideal place for couples young and “young at heart” to fall in love, or fall in love all over again. If you are getting married in Monterey County but have made other arrangements for the honeymoon, you might want to postpone your departure for a couple days, or at least have a few days before the wedding so that you can enjoy the beauty of this majestic coastal location. From Santa Cruz to Big Sur — the magnificence is hard to explain — it must be seen!

From our famous and breathtaking 17-Mile Drive with stately cypress tress, California live oaks and iconic ice plant filling the landscape, to the rugged coastline where the water turns from sea-foam green to cobalt blue as it rushes toward shore, to quaint little towns like Carmel-by-the-Sea and Pacific Grove, there is beauty and fun things to do everywhere you look. We have renowned golf courses, some of the most famous and unique restaurants in the States, historic churches and missions, elegant hotels, comforting and beautiful B&Bs, lovely museums and delicious wine tasting; and the shopping — well it’s certainly worth every penny!

You can choose from fishing, sunning, picnicking, and surfing. There’s a 5-mile long walking and biking trail that winds past the park and along the bay through Pacific Grove and part of Monterey. A wide range of marine mammals, birds, fish and invertebrates makes Monterey Bay the perfect place to observe tide pools and sea creatures. Milos Radakovich, marine biologist and nature guide, says that he considers February, being the end of the winter storm season with weather temperatures rarely getting below 50 degrees and the fruit trees and flowers in full bloom, to be the best time to explore his “home coast.”

There’s always something happening in Monterey County. For a look at what is going on in the month you are planning your wedding, just go to the Events Calendar on the on the Monterey County & Convention Visitor’s Bureau site.

If there is anything Monterey Beach Weddings can do to help with your stay in our area, please don’t hesitate to ask us. We want your whole wedding experience to be perfect!