Hilltop panoramic view every direction including the entire Monterey Bay. Fully furnished 6 month lease minimum. Located bull's-eye in just about the dead center between Santa Cruz and Monterey and sits in a beautiful 3.45-acres of oak studded land at the hilltop with an aerie 360-degree view setting. It has a private driveway, soaring ceilings in the living areas and, lots of large windows that flood the rooms with light and optimal views, perfectly positioned to offer unobstructed views of Monterey Bay, the surrounding mountains, the big agricultural valleys, and distant lights that suggest a shore vacation. Commute to Silicon Valley via HWY 101 or HWY 17 with or without hybrid work schedules! It's on top of the world at an elevation of over 550 feet-nobody's looking down on you as it sits on one of the highest points in the area. Set less than 5 miles inland the views extend to the entire Monterey Bay and includes the Elkhorn National Estuarine Reserve, Monterey, Santa Cruz, the surrounding hills/mountains and the Salinas Valley, which lights up at night and where John Steinbeck lived, the properties living spaces take in the spectacular, everchanging ocean and skyline in its entirety. Breathtaking panoramic nighttime views Monterey, Seaside/Marina, Capitola, and Santa Cruz all suggesting a shore vacation and shimmering lights of the Salinas Valley, Watsonville, & Moss Landing too. Perhaps you'll see a Cruise Ship. Monterey is a tendering port, meaning it has no docking facilities. Six months or more lease. Vacation or telecommute hybrid work-blend of office/remote work! House was designed to take advantage of the panoramic view! Vacation or telecommute hybrid work-blend of office and remote work! Panoramic view to the east is of Monterey framed by the lush Salinas Valley with the Santa Lucia Mountains beyond and Monterey Bay to the right. At the far end of Cannery Row just after the tip of Monterey at Lovers Point be sure to visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Later perhaps dine at one of the restaurants like the Chart House on Cannery Row, putting the best possible face on the property, the roof angle, wood siding/color and large amount of glass provide a similar look. Monterey is a tendering port, meaning it has no docking facilities (wharf or quay) for large vessels. Cruise ships anchor in front of the harbor and their passengers are transported / ferried to the town via tender boats! You will certainly see research, pleasure and fishing boats and farming activity. Salinas is known as the "Salad Bowl of the World" for its large, vibrant agriculture industry. It was the hometown of writer and Nobel laureate John Steinbeck (1902–68), who set many of his stories in the Salinas Valley and Monterey. Watsonville is famous for strawberries and Castroville for artichokes! Carmel and Pebble Beach for beautiful beaches and golf and Big Sur beyond! The panoramic view to the west is of Monterey Bay and in the distance beautiful beaches at Capitola with colorful buildings right next to the ocean, Pleasure Point and LIghthouse Point. Lighthouse Point features a surfing museum in a lighthouse & is the location of the famous surfing spot Steamer Lane, Santa Cruz. San Jose Airport is approximately 55 mins and 1 hr 20 mins to San Francisco Airport SFO both North on HWY 101! Six months or more lease. Panoramic Monterey Bay and surrounding mountain views and, at night the glittering distant lights from the towns along the shore all, suggesting a shore vacation! Elkhorn Slough lies in the middle of the crescent shaped Monterey Bay near Moss Landing Harbor.With counts exceeding 100 animals, Elkhorn Slough has the highest concentration of southern sea otters on the California coast. It is in this estuary habitat that researchers have observed sea otter behavior not seen in other sea otter populations. Hilltop panoramic view in every direction including the entire Monterey Bay. Fully furnished 6 month lease minimum. Located bull's-eye in just ...