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Laguna Beach Information |
The best tide
pools, diving opportunities, and best sunsets on this region of
California coast are right in Laguna Beach. Home to mansions
and quaint cottages that line bluffs above the sandy coves, for
over 100 years, tourists have flocked to a little piece of
paradise to scuba dive, to paint the colors of nature which seem
more vibrant there and to enjoy natural beauty not seen elsewhere.
Laguna Beach enjoys healthy tourism with over 3 million visitors
each year. Note: These numbers do not factor in local day visitors
within a close radius to Laguna Beach.
Laguna Beach
holds the distinction of having one of the greatest number of
localized beaches of any city on the California coast. The
list includes the northern beaches of Irvine Cove, Crescent Bay,
Shaw's Cove, Boat Canyon, Diver's Cove, Picnic Beach and Rockpile.
Central Beaches include Main Beach, Sleepy Hollow, St. Ann's
Street, Thalia Street, Oak Street, Brook's Street and Mountain
Road Beach. Southern Laguna Beach (South Laguna Beach) beaches
include Bluebird Canyon, Pearl Street, Wood's Cove, Moss
Point, Rockledge, Victoria Beach and Treasure Island. Guarded by a
premier force of lifeguards, Laguna Beaches are operated under the
City of Laguna Beach Lifeguard Services.
What's unique about the Laguna Beach beaches are their tourist and
hotel friendly locations. With properties constructed on and near
the beach before the California Coastal Commission regulations
changed the building permit process, you'll see some spectacular
hotel and resorts sitting on cliffs above the ocean in South
Orange County. That's why tourists love visiting and staying
overnight in Laguna Beach. You can park your car and walk down to
the on location beach at many hotels, or walk downtown to the
great shops, restaurants and art galleries. Of all the Orange
County cities that range from San Clemente, Dana Point, Newport
Beach, Huntington Beach, Seal Beach, Sunset Beach and Surfside,
Laguna Beach offers the most beach hotel rooms directly on the
sand without crossing Pacific Coast Highway. Montage, the newest
resort property, is spectacular with its views, pools, lawns and
beaches that are open to the public. You'll be hard pressed to
find a more luxurious resort destination than Laguna Beach.
Laguna got its
name long ago from the Ute-Azteca Indian word for lakes, Lagonas.
Spaniards who arrived later called it Canada de las Lagunas
(Canyon of the Lakes) and in 1904, the area became known as Laguna
Beach.
Around the same
time artist Norman St. Clair traveled from Los Angeles to capture
the scenery on canvas. His artist friends were so impressed with
his paintings and reports of a balmy year-round climate that they
joined him. (He and his wife actually lived in Laguna off and on
prior to 1912.) The plein-air artists who painted in the style of
French impressionists, settled and by the late 1920’s, half of
the residents were artists.
Following the artists came the Hollywood film makers who found
Laguna to be every bit as appealing on the silver screen as it was
painted on canvas. Many of Hollywood’s famous stars like Bette
Davis, Mary Pickford, Judy Garland, Rudolph Valentino, Charlie
Chaplin and Mickey Rooney maintained homes in Laguna Beach.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt and John Steinbeck also went to
Laguna for inspiration and relaxation, frequenting landmarks like
the White House and the Cabrillo Ballroom.
Laguna’s
universal allure is best expressed on a famous gate built in 1935
(which still stands on the corner of Forest and Park Avenues); it
reads “This gate hangs well and hinders none, refresh and rest,
then travel on.”
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Comfort
Inn at Irvine Spectrum 23061 Avenida de la Carlota,
Laguna Hills CA 92653
Phone:
949-859-0166 Fax: 949-859-2468
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This property is managed by Laguna Beach Hotels Resort, LLC dba Comfort Inn Irvine Spectrum Hotel. This website is owned and maintained by Laguna Beach Hotels Resort, a licensed user of certain proprietary trademarks and service marks of Choice Hotels International, Inc.
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