Carmel Point homes California are located in a quiet, historic neighborhood in California with magnificent homes and the breathtaking panorama of the rocky coastline that reveals itself along the hair-pin turns of Scenic Road.
Tucked into a lush hillside Carmel Point has always cast a spell on visitors. It is just south of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California’s most charming and appealing towns drawing artists, writers and celebrities since its inception about 100 years ago.
The “Point,” as it is known, is bounded on the west and south by Carmel Bay and Stewart’s Cove and on the east by the Mission Ranch and the historic Carmel Mission founded by Father Junipero Serra in 1771. Surprisingly enough, this area was once characterized as hardly worth anything “cause you couldn’t grow nothing but scrub grass.” That is certainly not true today. Historically Carmel Point homes have been in great demand and have had the highest real estate values as measured by per sq ft.
Carmel Point is so beautiful that poet Robinson Jeffers wrote a poem with the title Carmel Point. Jeffers built his famous Carmel Point home there. He wrote “The image of the pristine beauty Lives in the very grain of the granite, Safe as the endless ocean that climbs our cliff.”
Carmel Point homes are among the most breathtaking on the Monterey Peninsula. Carmel Point homes in Carmel, California are interspersed with towering Monterey cypress, sculpted into beautiful shapes by the wind. Owning a Carmel Point Ocean View Home is a dream that can come true for the lucky few. From the windows of your Carmel Point home you can glimpse the blue of the sparkling bay or the splendid white-sand beach.
Nearby Carmel-by-the-Sea offers a rich cultural life, excellent education with a ratio of only 20 students per teacher, and a crime rate 58% below the national average. It also has a sophisticated selection of gourmet restaurants, boutiques and art galleries–worldly continental sophistication with the quaint, small town feel.
Carmel point home owners enjoy the cosmopolitan ambiance of the place and relish the decidedly quaint vibes with a small town feel.
If you are lucky enough to own a Carmel Point home, you will enjoy waves crashing on the beach, otters playing at Point Lobos, incomparable ocean views hidden around every corner and a relaxed ambiance to calm the frenetic pace.
And we forgot to bring up yet another plus to owning a Carmel Point Real Estate—the weather. Carmel enjoys moderately warm temperatures year round, with an average high of 65° F and an average low of 48° F. September and October offer the best weather of the year, with an average high of 72° F.
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