Carmel-by-the-Sea's Fairytale Houses: A Self-Guided Walking Tour in Monterey & Carmel booking from $7.99

Carmel-by-the-Sea's Fairytale Houses: A Self-Guided Walking Tour

Overview

Are you looking for a way to see Carmel’s famous Comstock Cottages without joining a tour group? Explore at your own pace with this affordable audio tour.

• See 11 fairytale cottages, and find out about architect Hugh Comstock, who married a dollmaker here in the 1920s
• Hear from producer Lynn Momboisse who co-authored a book about Carmel's historic homes
• Do it all in 40 minutes or linger at stops along the way with complete control over when you start and finish
• Get unlimited use before your booking date and after it
• Use the virtual tour option at home

Once you’ve booked, you’ll receive a ticket with instructions and a unique code listed under “Before You Go”. Then simply install the VoiceMap app and enter your code.

The app displays directions to the starting point, and when you’re in the right place, just pop in your headphones and tap start. VoiceMap has automatic GPS playback, with turn-by-turn directions. It also works offline.

Please note that this is a hilly walk.

City: Monterey & Carmel

Tue 24 Dec

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What's Included

Lifetime access to Fairy Tale Houses of Carmel-by-the-Sea tour

VoiceMap Application

Offline access to audio, maps, and geodata

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
All of VoiceMap's audio tours are self-guided and users must bring their own smartphone and headphones to take the tour. We urge all our users to wear facemasks and carry hand sanitizer with them to ensure they're own protection and the protection of others.

What To Expect

Fairy Tale Cottages of Hugh Comstock

The tour explores Hugh Comstock's Fairy-Tale Cottages.

Ocean Avenue

The tour goes past a section of Carmel's Ocean Avenue

Carmel Plaza

Nestled in the heart of downtown Carmel-by-the-Sea, Carmel Plaza is home to one-of-a-kind fashion finds and specialty national brands, distinctive restaurants, gourmet shops, wine tasting rooms, salons and more in a relaxed yet sophisticated setting.

Devendorf Park

The tour ends near Devendorf Park.

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Cancellation Policy

All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.

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Reviews (48)

Sandy_T

Apr 2022

This is a ripoff, we paid over $20 to walk around a neighborhood. You can do it for free. Also, they don’t give the addresses to those house, so we basically had to search for them ourselves. It was terrible!!!

Response from Host

May 2022

I'm sorry you didn't enjoy yourself Sandy, but I'm not sure from this review that you actually did the tour. If you had, using the VoiceMap app, you should have received turn-by-turn directions with GPS autoplay guiding you from one Comstock cottage to the next. You wouldn't have needed any addresses! You can obviously walk around the neighbourhood for free – like any other neighbourhood – but the tour provides you with over 30 minutes of audio sharing stories from the history of Carmel-by-the-Sea and information about the unique architecture of these fairytale houses.

WestOkoboji

Apr 2022

The GPS worked pretty well, but there were times the narration didn't quite sync with where were walking or standing. But overall it was good. Fun to find and see these homes. An interesting and quirky part of Carmel history.

rubya712

Apr 2022

This did not work. It's not worth it. You don't have to pay you can just drive by the houses. They made us pay 7 dollars each for the audio and the audio didn't even work. We spent 1 hour and a half looking for the houses they are just regular houses and they aren't even together definitely do not recommend.

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Carmel-by-the-Sea's Fairytale Houses: A Self-Guided Walking Tour

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