Goose & Turrets Bed and Breakfast Inn is located in the seaside village of Montara, California on the San Mateo County coast 7 miles north of Half Moon Bay.

The Goose & Turrets Bed and Breakfast is an historic, earth friendly inn catering to readers, nature lovers, pilots, and enthusiastic eaters. Here you can enjoy a slow-lane pace where fast-lane folks can lie in a hammock and listen to the birds or sit in an Appalachian courting swing and smell the jasmine. On foggy days, enjoy the common room inside near a cozy fire and read, play the piano CDs, or do nothing. If you must work, Wireless Internet lets you access even in the orchard.

Don't miss afternoon tea with savories and sweets and far-ranging conversation. In the morning, a splendid four-course breakfast fortifies one for the day's adventures. Breakfast at the Goose & Turrets is a memorable event. Four courses of healthy food offer fresh locally grown ingredients and regional specialties. For 2 years now, Goose & Turrets has received the "Fresh on the Coast" award.

It goes without saying -- comfortable beds, interesting rooms, and strong coffee, but not every bed and breakfast inn has a century of history, a benign ghost, and widely travelled owners who are always involved in exciting projects. These have ranged from promoting an ancient archaeologically rich city in Crimea through developing a technopolis in Clovis, CA to envisioning economic development for the northern most Shetland Islands.

The acre of gardens is enclosed by a spectacular Monterey cypress hedge surrounding the property that is 40 or 50 years old The famous hedge furnishes "condo" style living for many birds - as well as hunting cats.

The Goose & Turrets is close to San Francisco and Silicon Valley, but closer to the Pacific Ocean. Guests may walk a half-mile to Montara State Beach -- whale watching in spring; cool, foggy beach-walking in summer; hot, sunny kayaking or surf fishing in fall, and thrilling storms and high surf in winter.