Villa Mara Carmel

Continental breakfast and free Wi-Fi attract our guests to the non-smoking Sandpiper Inn a block from the bay. The Sandpiper has 17 non-smoking rooms in a two-story main building built in 1929 and a second building. The inn features early California architecture country antiques flower gardens and landscaped patios. Each room is individually decorated and includes a private bathroom a sitting area and plush bathrobes. Free Wi-Fi can be found in the common areas and there's a TV in the main lounge. Some rooms have some combination of private entrances four-poster beds electric or gas fireplaces and ocean views. Begin your morning with hot quiche granola pastries fresh fruit and more at the free breakfast. Relax in the library enjoy afternoon tea and cookies in front of the fireplace and pour yourself a glass of port or sherry in the evening on weekends. You can even borrow a flashlight for a romantic moonlit stroll on the beach. The inn provides free parking. The Sandpiper Inn is in residential Carmel a block from the ocean and a short stroll from Carmel Beach City Park and Carmel River State Beach. Point Lobos is three-and-a-half miles away and Monterey Regional Airport is seven miles from the inn.