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At the center of the Monterey Peninsula, Pacific Grove is distinguished by the Martine Inn. Renovated by Don Martine, an expert on Victoriana, the expansive 100-year-old home is an outstanding hostelry furnished with museum quality antiques. Overlooking Monterey Bay, the Inn offers some of the finest views available to Peninsula visitors. Guests enjoy breakfast served on antique Sheffield silver, play billiards in the game room, relax in the courtyard with its oriental fountain, and examine lovingly restored vintage MG automobiles. The Monterey Bay Aquarium and Monterey’s Cannery Row are only four blocks away. |
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"One of America's top 12 B&Bs" Country Inn Magazine "One of the 8 best B&Bs in Historic Homes" Bon Appetit "One glance at the lavish Victorian interior and the incredible bay views and you will know why this Mediterranean-style inn is one of the best in the area" Frommers
"I'm not sure whether I was more excited about staying at Don Martine's Bed and Breakfast Inn or seeing his outstanding collection of MGs displayed in various garages situated right on the grounds." |
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Breakfast is served at 8 a.m. until 10 a.m. Breakfast is hand served at your table. We have a full time chef who prepares a different entree everyday. The entrees are special dishes designed by us and not available anywhere else. Along with the entree is a fresh baked product such as a muffin, freshly squeezed orange or apple juice, seasonal fresh fruit, coffee, tea, milk. All of our food is hand served at your table on fine china, silver, crystal and lace. Our service is Victorian style and will provide you with some pleasant surprises. Hot and cold hors d'oeuvres and a vegetable tray with dip are served in the dining room each evening from 5:30 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Beverages served are Monterey County white and red wines, Martinelli's Sparkling Cider and water. Help yourself. |
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Gourmet breakfast on silver, crystal and lace. Evening wine, hot hors d'oeuvres, antipasto and fruit platters. Wood burning fireplaces, wood provided. Soft terry bathrobes provided in your room. Private phone, clock radio, hair dryer and refrigerators. Fresh rose in a silver vase in every room. Free parking on the lawn under the trellis. Free Wi-Fi throughout all buildings and grounds. Free Computer with high speed connection in library. Free Starbucks coffee, bottled water and sodas. |
Free afternoon snacks. Free 800 and local phone calls. Free fresh fruit in a silver wedding basket in the entry. Free newspaper at your door each morning. 1000 book library for your reading pleasure. Free Billiard table in the game room. Delightful rose gardens. Landscaped courtyard with tables and lounge chairs. Vintage MGs, gas pumps, auto posters on display. |
| Special PackagesIntimate Romance Chilled champagne, a bouquet of fresh flowers and chocolate truffles in your room ....(more) Grand Romance Golf Lovers' Tee Time Package Midweek Romance Martine Inn - Winemaker Dinners Fireside Romance Ultimate Romance |
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There are ground floor and 2nd floor sitting rooms in which you can relax and enjoy the view. These are available 24 hours a day. These rooms have spectacular views of the waves crashing against the rocky coastline of Pacific Grove. Sally Parke was the sister of James Parke - one of the original owners' daughters and an excellent early California landscape painter. She studied in Paris and her paintings are highly valued today. Some are displayed at the Inn along with many other famous artists of the Monterey Peninsula. You can see how the Monterey Peninsula looked through their eyes and talent almost 100 years ago and compare that with current photos. |
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Enjoy our 1917 nickelodeon, 1890 White Oak pool table and antique 1930's Jennings dime slot machine. Also view an original stained glass window from the M.G. Factory in England, historic Mercedes Benz posters and Don Martine's MG trophy case. The courtyard once contained 3 Oriental ponds with an arched bridge over the center pond. One of the daughters of the Parkes fell into one of the ponds and they filled 2 of them for safety reasons and cemented in a shuffle board area. It is a wonderful, quiet area for reading or sunbathing, protected on all 4 sides from the wind. It is also the prime area for the many weddings that take place at the Inn. |
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Our library is full of interesting and informative material such as restaurant menus, awards presented to the Inn, over 1,000 books, current magazines and portfolios of pictures of the Inn's restoration, special events held here, the car collection and racing photos. You can play checkers, sit and read, lounge by the fireplace or just people watch. The inlaid mahogany and oak floor brings thoughts of long ago. Pictures of the Parke family and Don and his mother and father hang in oval frames over the fireplace and marble mantle clock. A huge copper/brass floor lamp with large fringed shade casts a soft glow in the room. Hear the actual style and personality of many of the great pianists of the 1920s and 1930s on our 1923 reproducing baby grand piano. The rolls were made by the pianist playing on a special machine that measured volume, speed, intensity, inflection, etc. The special rolls contain 10 more lines of information than a normal player piano. Only the very wealthy of the early 1900s could afford the rolls, which cost typically more than a factory worker's day's pay. |
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Our entry has brochures and local publications for you to review and has coffee, tea and hot chocolate from early morning until 9 pm. Afternoon snacks are also presented in the entry area. A featured item on the stairs' second landing is a water color painted by Sandra Leitzinger of Martine Inn and our famous 1950 MG TD Von Neuman Special Racecar. The use of silver in the late 1800's is one of the major changes in lifestyle between then and now. We have collected a very significant collection of both flatware and hollow-ware from the 1700s, 1800s and early 1900s. You can see spoon warmers, asparagus trays and tongs, merry-go-round cruet sets and flatware silver set Lancaster Rose made by Gorham and introduced in 1896 that has 40 pieces to each placesetting and 86 serving pieces. Your breakfast table will be set with some of these silver pieces. |
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Ice & Beverages - If you want ice, we are happy to bring it to you. Please ask the staff to bring you any of the beverages on our wine list. It will be presented to you on a silver tray with glasses appropriate to the beverage. This service is available from 8:30 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Aquarium Tickets - Tickets to the Monterey Bay Aquarium are available from our office at the same rate as at the gate. They are "anytime" admission tickets and will allow you admission without waiting in line. They are 2 day tickets allowing you to return the next day at no additional charge. Monterey Bay Whale Watch Tickets - Daily trips are led by marine biologists and experienced captains. Tickets are available from the innkeepers. National Steinbeck Center In Salinas - John Steinbeck lived in Pacific Grove for a considerable portion of his life. In fact, Don Martine used to deliver the Monterey Herald to their home in P.G. Tickets for the extensive exhibits at the National Steinbeck Center in Salinas are available from the innkeepers. |
Martine Inn is a member of the following associations:
California Association of Bed & Breakfast Inns
California Historic Country Inns
Pacific Grove Chamber of Commerce
Select Registry, Distinguished Inns of North America
Unique Inns
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