I grew up there, while my Dad was at the Postgraduate School, I still try to go back every few years, I still enjoy it, but yes, it has done downhill to a degree. They rely heavily now on Chinese tourists, and they haven’t been coming lately, so business has really dropped.
But Carmel is still of my favorite places on the planet.
That makes two of us, my friend.
I was born there, but we moved before I was 2.