One Ocean Avenue

Ocean Avenue is downtown Carmel's main street, sloping from the highway down to the beach, with many shops, coffee houses, and galleries. Carmel shopping is metropolitan style, though wholly unique in setting. It is also an all-day experience, and then some. The most discriminating shopper is sure to find something of great appeal in one of the town's stone-paved alleyways or curlicue-roofed shops. From outdoor malls to family-owned boutiques, Carmel offers a shopping environment that wants for nothing but infinite time to explore it.