Monterey Movie Tours
Departs daily from downtown Monterey and Cannery Row (800) 343-6437, | montereymovietours.com
Big stars like Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman coming to the Monterey Peninsula to film HBO’s Big Little Lies is a Hollywood tradition as old as film itself: Nearly 200 films have been shot here since a cameraman for Thomas Edison captured carriages arriving at the Hotel Del Monte in 1897. Take a spin with Doug Lumsden on his Monterey Movie Tour and hear him dish on all the juicy details about where famous movie scenes were shot and the big stars who traipsed through town during filming. Tom Hanks as Turner running down downtown Pacific Grove with Hooch? Lumsden was on the sidelines and knows the inside scoop. Clint Eastwood, Doris Day, Sharon Stone – Lumsden is better than Wikipedia when it comes to knowing the who, what, when and where of Monterey County film lore. And his tricked-out van with cushy seats and overhead monitors let you watch scenes from movies shot right outside your window.