By Terry Hunefeld


Carlsbad is a beautiful, fashionable beach-side town just north of San Diego. It's one of several quaint beach towns lined along the coastline of the Pacific Ocean. It is known for it's wide sandy beaches and picturesque downtown - the quintessential SoCal California beach town.

The North County San Diego communities include Del Mar, Solana Beach and Encinitas. Each neighborhood boasts splendid views, sunsets and cooling ocean breezes.

Batiquitos Lagoon is a coastal wetland north of San Diego. 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.

The coast runs six miles and is home to two popular beaches: The State Beach and South Ponto Beach. The beaches are wide and sandy in many places. The shoreline is interrupted only by a few water inlets. The beaches are mostly hidden below ocean bluffs, away from busy Highway 101 and residential areas, offering a peaceful atmosphere.

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.

Hotels and inns are represented by all the big chains including the Hilton. Regal Eight, Howard Johnson's and The Inn. You'll also find romantic bed and breakfasts.

If you're looking for luxury, the Four Seasons Aviara Resort is a 225 acre Spanish-style luxury resort placed on a bluff carpeted with wildflowers overlooking the Batiquitos Lagoon. Its Arnold Palmer-signature golf course is impeccably designed and laid out around the natural rolling hills of the resort. The Aviara golf course features water traps that are actually part of Batiquitos lagoon. You will find that the clubhouse offers every amenity that serious golfers enjoy and occasional duffers feel pampered by.

If you travel to here and are looking for Carlsbad hotels, check out the Inn at Moonlight Beach for value and a romantic oceanfront feel. More intimate than other area bed and breakfasts, the Inn At Moonlight Beach features lovely ocean views with rooms and suites starting at $129.




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