The Hotel Del Monte was a large resort hotel in Monterey, California, from its opening in 1880 until 1942. It was one of the finest luxury hotels in North America.
The hotel itself is an imposing white building, with red tile roofing. it has a 120 ft.tall, Spanish style tower, a huge, 200 ft. dining room and there are hidden passageways that wind around the building’s old walls. Upstairs, as was the custom of upper crust hotels, there is a large ballroom.