Conferences

Travel to & About Asilomar

Getting to Asilomar

Asilomar Conference Center is located at 800 Asilomar Avenue, Pacific Grove, CA 93950. All conference sessions take place on the Asilomar grounds in Chapel. View Asilomar Campus Map

If you are lodging at Asilomar, you will check-in at the front desk in the Social Hall (pick-up your room keys and meal tickets).

Parking is free on the campus as long as you are parked in a legal space (avoid the red curbs, this means 'no parking'.)

Great information on the Visit Asilomar website, too: https://www.visitasilomar.com/discover/getting-here/

Visit the GETTING READY page for more information.

Air Travel to Asilomar in Pacific Grove (Monterey), CA

Try to book flight to Monterey Regional Airport (MRY)

Due to extreme traffic from the Bay Area (SFO and SJC airports) on Friday afternoons, we suggest checking on flight availabilty into the Monterey Regional Airport located 9.3 miles from Asilomar. Take a taxi or use a rideshare app like Uber and Lyft provide convenient transportation from this airport to Asilomar Conference Center.

San Francisco (SFO) and San Jose (SJC) Airports are also an option

Asilomar is approximately 120 miles from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and 65 miles from San Jose International Airport (SJC). Note the driving traffic from either airport to Asilomar Conference Center can be extreme on Friday afternoons.

From these airports to Asilomar you may choose to rent a car or take the Groome Shuttle . From SFO to Asilomar the fee is $97 one-way and from SJC the fee is $81 one-way. Save $5 per trip if you book online at www.https://groometransportation.com/monterey/. Their website has detailed pages on schedules (to airport and from airport). We recommend you book your shuttle at least 72 hours before travel.

Attire at Asilomar and the Weather

First, this is an INFORMAL conference. Many people will wear blue jeans! You will want to dress in layers (think vests, fleece jackets, etc.) because coastal fog will make it COLD. The facility is a campus so you will be walking OUTDOORS and you will want to dress appropriately to stay warm. It will feel COLD at some point, bring warm clothes!

During breaks and on the Sunday free afternoon you will want to have comfortable walking shoes to explore the beach (just across the road!), visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium, or for the intrepid join a group to go kayaking on the Monterey Bay (wet suit comes with kayak rental!)