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Where To Stay In La Jolla

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During the year 1913, La Jolla's premiere hotel, The Grande Colonial, opened its doors for visitors, charging just $1 a night. The historical building has been renovated several times, now with beach views and in close proximity to the best dining room La Jolla has to offer. Since 1913, La Jolla has blossomed into a resort community, with modern hotels only helping to enhance the shine of the community.

No matter if you're looking for a modern building and maximum services for a business or romantic venture, seaside cottage, or vacation - La Jolla's accommodations won't disappoint. For business travelers, many of La Jolla's hotels will provide Internet access, data ports, meeting rooms, and other types of business services. Leisure visitors are equally pleased, as hotels here offer breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean, coupled with luxury services and nearby attractions.

Business district - In the high technology side of La Jolla, a number of modern hotels cater to primarily business travelers. The Hyatt Regency La Jolla is conveniently located off I-5. The Hyatt is a sleek, rusk colored building, with a contemporary building with incredible business conveniences.

East of I-5, the Marriott La Jolla is located among a cluster of business establishments, including corporate buildings. Offering extensive meeting room space and an executive floor, the Marriott is very popular among business travelers.

The Village - While the professional area of La Jolla will cater to business travelers, the village area offers luxury and romance for leisure travelers. The Best Western Inn by the sea is located in the middle of the village, with premium restaurants and shops seconds away from the lobby.

Shoreline - A block away from the ocean is Hotel Parisi, which is considered by many to be the most luxurious of all hotels in the entire area of La Jolla. This Mediterranean style hotel offers plenty of elegance, from the flowing fountain outdoors to the VIP seating that's provided for hotel guests at the nearby exquisite restaurants.

The Prospect Inn of La Jolla offers style and extended stay rates while the Cove Suites provides studio type apartments as well as secretarial services for the business traveler who seeks the best of seaside accommodations.

Hotel La Jolla offers garden and beach view rooms, with interior decorating by top designers of Beverly Hills.

Those who are looking for a more secluded stay should try Scripp's Inn, which is located at the southern tip of La Jolla Cove. This hotel features an ocean view from every room, with a location on the beach that's still tucked away from the business nature of the cove.

La Jolla continues to shine and amaze with it's first class hotels. Whether you visit for business affairs, leisure activities, or both, you can find everything you need and then some in the splendid town of La Jolla.

La Jolla Beaches

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La Jolla Beaches

From the family beaches that are most often preferred by tourists to the more secluded coves most desired by surfers, divers, and swimmers, La Jolla beaches offer something for everyone. From Blacks Beach to the north and Windansea Beach to the south, the La Jolla shoreline consists of steep sandstone cliffs that are separated by coves and sandy beaches.

They sunny yet beautiful breezes and picture perfect views are a vacation paradise for tourists and a water recreation highlight for locals. There are seven unique beaches that dot the seven mile coastline against a backdrop of real estate, resorts, cliffs, tall palm trees, and lush scenery.

Downtown La Jolla is conveniently located near most of the beaches which not only provide parking for beach visitors but plenty of fine restaurants, intimate cafes, culture, art galleries, and other types of commercial convenience.

Between mid day and 4 PM, the crowds at any of the La Jolla beaches can be very big. The best advice when visiting any of the beaches in La Jolla is to come to the beach early and stay late - so that you can enjoy the magic of the sunsets and dusk views from across the ocean horizons.

Each beach at La Jolla will offer you something unique with different ways to enjoy the bliss of your vacation. La Jolla Shores is the most popular beach for families with the largest expansion of flat, sandy beaches. If you enjoy people watching, sunbathing, and lazy days on the beach - La Jolla Shores is where you want to be.

La Jolla Cove is another excellent beach, with steep sandstone cliffs offering amazing views and the paradise of sparkling blue water the cove is known for. The La Jolla Cove is a swimmer's dream come true because of it's gentle water. Along with the Children's Pool, the Cove is rich with reefs that attract scuba divers and snorkelers to the abundance of marine life.

There are several La Jolla Caves that were carved by nature into the sandstone cliffs between La Jolla Cove and La Jolla Shores that help attract ocean kayakers from around the world. There is one cave in particular, known as "Sunny Jim Cave" that can be entered through a man made tunnel that leads to a steep descent through a narrow underground tube to a wooden deck.

With plenty of beaches all along the coastline, La Jolla is the place to be during the summer months. La Jolla is a well known tourist attraction, with well over 7,000 people visiting on a daily basis. If you enjoy the beach, La Jolla is going to feel like heaven on earth.

La Jolla Shores

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La Jolla Shores

Located at 8200 Camino del Oro, La Jolla Shores is a sandy beach around a mile long, adjacent to a residentual dwelling. During the summer months, the waves at this beach are normally the most gentle of all San Diego beaches, although the rip currents can be very strong at times.

For this very reason, novice scuba classes are held at La Jolla Shores. The grassy park of Kellogg Park is located behind the main lifeguard station and provides an excellent area for picnicking. A wide cement boardwalk parallels a large area of the beach between the sand and the park.

The beach of La Jolla Shores is adjacent to the San Diego La Jolla Underwater Ecological Reserve. The removal of objects from this area as well as fishing are prohibited. The Scripps Pier lies at the north end of the beach, although the pier isn't open to the public.

Within the City limits, La Jolla Shores has the only beachfront boat launch. Small boats can be launched directly into the surf at foot of Avenida de la Playa, which is south of the lifeguard station. This can be a rough terrain area, so you may need to have a four wheel drive vehicle.

If you like to surf, there are specified areas on the beach where the waves tend to be small. For scuba diving, the south end of the beach is widely used by scuba driving classes.

During the summer months, La Jolla Shores can tend be very crowded. You should try to go in the morning, as the crowds aren't as bad. This is a great beach during those hot summer days, with plenty to do for your entire family.

Marine Street Beach

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Marine Street Beach

Located near the upmarket community of La Jolla, the Marine Street Beach is a small cluster of high end clothiers, hotels, shops, and galleries. The beach is also legendary to body surfers and body boarders due to it's thunderous waves which always seem to crash the shoreline at the right time.

Keep in mind, this beach may not be ideal for families, as there are no public restrooms, picnic areas, and the rough surf conditions aren't well suited for children. If you have a family, you may want to find another beach.

Even though it isn't the best beach for families, Marine Street Beach offers plenty of privacy and gorgeous white sand that can make for a fun day of sunbathing with friends.

The rough waves found at this beach have been known to seriously injure swimmers and body boarders in the past. If you aren't that experienced with the water, you should always make sure that you respect both the water and the waves here.

During the summer months and on peak weekends during the fall and spring, there are lifeguards stationed on the beach. You should plan to park on the street at Marine Street Beach, as there are no public lots. You should try to get here early, as it can be very hard to find a parking space, especially during summer and on the weekends.

Getting there If you are coming from the north, take I-5 south. Take the exit at Genessee Avenue, head west, then make a left on Torrey Pines Road. Go down the hill into downtown La Jolla, turn left on Girad Avenue then right on Pearl Street. Turn left at La Jolla Boulevard then right on Marine Street.

From the south, take I-5 north to Torrey Pines Road. Once you arrive in La Jolla Downtown, simply follow the same directions from above.