Santa Cruz provides a fun-filled and short day trip from Carmel-by-the-Sea. The town is a self-proclaimed land of surf, mountains, and hippy culture, with such a laid-back culture, you will be ...

Not every California city enchants like Carmel-by-the-Sea, a tiny enclave (population 3,104) on the Golden State’s central coast, about 120 miles south of San Francisco. Some of its whimsy is ...