7 December 2009 - 0:10SoCal’s Cutest Beach Town
Known as The Village by the Sea, Carlsbad has beautiful sandy beaches, three unique lagoons, two luxurious resorts, outstanding shopping and world class sporting events. Carlsbad, California, is located in North County San Diego.
The North County beach communities include Solana Beach, Encinitas, Cardiff By The Sea and Carlsbad. Each community is offers magnificent ocean views and cooling sea breezes.
The Lost City of Atlantis was re-created at Sea Life Aquarium at Legoland California. Here you will see a 175,000 gallon ocean aquarium including a 9-foot-tall, 1600 pound statue of Poseidon, unusual sea creatures and an eight foot Lego submarine and diver made of tens of thousands of Lego blocks. It’s designed to be a child’s first interactive guide to the life of the sea, combining active, hands-on learning with interesting educational talks.
Carlsbad has world class beaches. Carlsbad State Beach runs from Tamarack Avenue all the way along the beach to downtown Carlsbad. There’s sandy beach below and a great sidewalk along the bluff tops for sunset strolls and people watching. A little further to the south is South Carlsbad State Beach (the locals call it South Ponto). You will find a state campground on top of the bluff overlooking the ocean with stairs to the beach below.
The Flower Fields are famous for their beauty. Tour them from March to early May where for a small fee you can walk through acres and acres of brightly colored fields of flowers on a hill overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It’s a sight to behold. At the Flower Fields, Giant Tecolote Ranunculus have been refined for generations to produce exceptionally large blooms and lots of them. Available in a rainbow of lavish hues, each flower is packed with hundreds of silky petals. You’d be hard pressed to find a fuller, more lush blossom anywhere.
There are dozens of lodging choices in Carlsbad. You can find Carlsbad Inn, Carlsbad Marriott, Carlsbad Hyatt and the Tamarack Beach Hotel, plus some funky Carlsbad Bed and Breakfasts.
Many vacation time-share condos serve as Carlsbad vacation rentals. These more upscale accommodations are luxurious and can be quite expensive. A famous Carlsbad resort is the La Costa Resort and Spa. As soon as guests enter the gates of La Costa, they’re impressed with the beauty and relaxing charm of this one-of-a-kind Southern California resort. La Costa is rated among the best resorts in the United States by Cond Nast because it offers a world class spa, an extraordinary championship golf course, sophistication and unequalled personalized service.
Of all the Carlsbad Hotels the only one that is (1) cute, (2) romantic with (3) views of the ocean for (4) under $170 a night is the Inn at Moonlight Beach.
Terry Hunefeld retired from a CEO career in several years ago to sail the ocean observing seabirds and marine mammals. He and his wife Ann own the lovely Inn at Moonlight Beach on the in Encinitas California. If you are looking for Encinitas hotels or Solana Beach accommodations be sure to check out the Inn at Moonlight Beach.
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