Monterey Bay Farm Retreat! Best access to Monterey & Santa Cruz attractions.

Overall good stay.

Excellent host and property. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to stay as long as I’d hoped due to an unfortunate family circumstance, but the host was so kind and friendly and the property was stellar. Looking forward to staying again when I have more time!

My two friends and I chose this location for a nice, peaceful, and relaxing getaway. I’ll start with the PROS: the scenery is absolutely beautiful, and the nearby downtown area is very cute with small coffee shops and restaurants to explore. When the resident family wasn’t home, it was nice and quiet. We also loved the friendly cat that came to visit—it was a sweet touch! Additionally, the owner was very responsive and quickly helped us when we needed new batteries for the remote.CONS: The listing stated it comfortably sleeps three with a queen bed and a twin bed, but the “twin bed” was actually an air mattress, not a real bed. Also, this rental is essentially a mother-in-law suite attached to the main house, which was not clearly described in the listing. Because of this, it felt less secluded than expected. We could hear the resident family, even with the windows closed, including children playing, screaming, and even full phone conversations. While we’re not opposed to kids being kids, we specifically chose this place expecting a more private and quiet experience. The listing describes it as a “cozy guest quarters” and it appeared under “entire home” results, which felt misleading given that it’s attached to an occupied main residence.Overall, this place has some lovely qualities, but clearer expectations in the listing would have made a big difference in our experience.

The property and area is gorgeous, we were going for the secluded, quiet and serene aspects, but we didn't get to enjoy much of the nature or even have the windows open because the owner was on the property with their young children. This was our getaway from our own screaming children so we didn't feel like we could relax as much as we had hoped to. Room was clean, minus a piece of glass I found with my foot on day one (ouch) and when I was looking around to make sure there wasn't more glass I found a trail of ants, which I know happens in the country. I wanted to have late or early walks around the property, but whenever we wanted to, there was kids screaming/yelling in the background, which wasn't the vibe for us at all as that stresses us out to hear because we cannot fully relax as parents ourselves. Property owners are nice, but would have appreciated the listing to have more clarity/forewarning that the owners and their young children would be on the property. I wouldn't have gone here for a honeymoon if I had known that previously, that's for sure. It was a fairly big letdown for us. The view was amazing, and being away from the city was nice with good food nearby. But not being able to fully enjoy it and relax the way we wanted to was way too palpable.