Best Resorts in Southern California
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Southern California puts beach resorts, desert spas, and wine-country hideaways within a short drive of Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego. You can spend a weekend at a historic beach hotel in Coronado, watch the sunset from a clifftop in Dana Point, or soak in mineral pools near Palm Springs. Inland, Ojai and Montecito trade crowds for quiet gardens and mountain views. Mild weather all year means a resort staycation here works in any season.
Southern California's best resorts sit in four easy regions, from San Diego beaches and Orange County cliffs to desert spa towns and the Santa Barbara coast.
San Diego pairs a classic beachfront resort on Coronado Island with a canyon-side golf and spa resort just inland from Del Mar.
Hotel del Coronado is a Victorian beachfront resort on Coronado Island, open since 1888, with a wide sandy beach and an on-site spa.
The Fairmont Grand Del Mar is a Mediterranean-style resort set in a quiet canyon near Del Mar, with a championship golf course and a full spa.
Clifftop resorts in Dana Point and Newport Coast offer Pacific views, golf, and easy access to beaches and coastal trails.
The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel sits on a bluff above the Pacific in Dana Point, with ocean-view rooms and a path down to the beach.
The Resort at Pelican Hill on Newport Coast has bungalow suites, villas, ocean-view golf, and a large circular mosaic pool.
The Coachella Valley mixes a historic resort with dozens of pools in La Quinta and an adults-only mineral spring retreat in Desert Hot Springs.
La Quinta Resort & Club opened in 1926 near Palm Springs and is known for its casitas, golf, and dozens of pools spread across the grounds.
Two Bunch Palms is an adults-only spa resort in Desert Hot Springs, built around natural hot mineral water pools and a calm desert garden.
North of Los Angeles, a Spanish-style valley resort in Ojai and an oceanfront resort in Montecito make slow, quiet weekends easy.
Ojai Valley Inn is a Spanish-style resort in the Ojai Valley with a golf course, a large spa, and views of the Topatopa Mountains.
Rosewood Miramar Beach is an oceanfront resort in Montecito, next to Santa Barbara, with beachside dining, a spa, and garden bungalows.
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