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.
Batiquitos Lagoon is a coastal wetland north of San Diego between the cities of Carlsbad and Encinitas. It is one of the few remaining tidal wetlands on the southern California coast of the United States. The area is run by the California Department of Fish and Game as a nature reserve.
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.
A popular attraction is the Flower Fields. On an incredibly beautiful site overlooking the Pacific Ocean, hundreds of thousands of brilliant colored blossoms adorn the hillsides from March through May every year. The sight is so absolutely mesmerizing that tens of thousands of flower lovers tour the fields each spring to walk among the flowers.
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.
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Terry Hunefeld retired from a CEO career in 2007 to follow his bliss of sailing the ocean to observe seabirds and mammals. He and his wife Ann Dunham purchased a romantic Bed and Breakfast Inn on the in Encinitas California. If you are looking for or be sure to check out the Inn at Moonlight Beach.
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