Del Mar Is For Lovers Of The Beach
Del Mar California is a fashionable beach-side town just north of San Diego. We who live here like to think that San Diego is paradise, but the beach towns along the coast – what we call North County – is even better – definitely a heavenly type of paradise.
Our North County “paradise” is a community of small, quaint beach towns: Del Mar, Solana Beach, Encinitas, Cardiff, Leucadia and Carlsbad all blessed with cooling ocean breezes. Our towns have charming hotels, resorts and inns, unbelievable restaurants and absolutely gorgeous beaches.
Del Mar has a very long record of Hollywood celebrities visiting because of the horse track that Bing Crosby and Jimmy Durante founded in 1936. Their star power made the Del Mar Race Track one of the most gorgeous and esteemed tracks in the world of racing. The horse track brought a steady steam of Hollywood types to the hotels in Del Mar. As a result, numerous Del Mar resorts and inns were founded and thrived.
Del Mar lodging accommodations and Del Mar resorts are breathtaking, although they tend to be quite pricey. One of the most exclusive Del Mar hotels is near the beach: it’s the famous L’Auberge Del Mar, a fashionable San Diego resort that “Celebrates the extraordinary relationship we all have with the harmony and relaxation of the Pacific Ocean.”
L’Auberge Del Mar hotel is ranked among the finest and most elegant resorts in the world by Cond Nast Traveler. L’Auberge Del Mar hotel brings together phenomenal coastal views, marvelous sophistication and tailored service to produce a one-of-a-kind romantic vacation at a Del Mar resort.
The San Diego Fair is held at the Del Mar Fairgrounds every summer. We locals call it the fair the “Del Mar Fair” – in fact, I have never heard a local call it the San Diego Fair. The Del Mar location is just right – only a few blocks from the refreshing breezes off the ocean on those blistering summer days. If you plan to visit the fair from out of town, be sure to obtain reservations at one of the Del Mar Inns or Del Mar Ca Hotels.
There are many Del Mar bed and breakfasts, Del Mar Inns and Del Mar hotels, but the one that I find is the most intimate, quaint and near the beach and ocean for under $165 a night is the Del Mar Bed and Breakfast.
Del Mar San Diego Ca is one of two locations in the world where the endangered Torrey Pine grows. As you may know, the Torrey Pine tree is the one of the rarest pines in the world. Torrey pine trees grow along the sea cliffs beneath Del Mar hotels and resorts and endure constant drought. Torrey Pines grow in hard packed sandstone and are constantly battered by storms and baked in the sun.
Author Terry Hunefeld moved to Southern California from Michigan in 1998. He travels the world in search of the perfect Bed and Breakfasts. Terry owns a lovely and romantic Inn in Del Mar near the sea named the Inn At Moonlight Beach near Del Mar. For more info, click Del Mar Bed and Breakfasts or Bed and Breakfasts in San Diego.
