Long Beach, California
Luxury Hotels and Destination
Long Beach, CA
Long Beach, CA, conjures up many images: surf, sun, beach boardwalks thronged with people. Long Beach is a vibrant, active city, and one of the most popular Southern California destinations. On a Long Beach luxury hotel vacation, you will be only steps from some of the most famous beaches in the continental U.S. On a Long Beach luxury hotel vacation, you can choose to spend hours on an elegant chaise poolside, or try surfing in the Pacific, or browse through the many designer boutiques that line Long Beach streets. Exclusive cafes and restaurants are everywhere you look in Long Beach. Long Beach may give off a noisy air, but the luxury hotel side of Long Beach is as exclusive and elegant as some of the most elite luxury hotel destinations in the world. Long Beach is California at its best; beach culture at its best; and luxury hotels at their best. In Long Beach, luxury is a way of life.
Long Beach Luxury Hotels
On a luxury hotel Long Beach vacation, enjoying all Long Beach has to offer is possible—but with a peaceful escape. Choosing a luxury hotel for your Long Beach vacation is making the decision to enjoy all Long Beach has to offer, while also seeping in the relaxation, comfort and respite that comes from staying at a luxury hotel. Long Beach luxury hotels are quintessential California sumptuousness; always elegant, never gaudy. When you stay at a Long Beach luxury hotel, you will find that your luxury hotel proprietors have a careful eye on what keeps their guests comfortable. Well-designed interiors and simple exteriors are hallmarks of Long Beach luxury hotels. Imagine a day of your Long Beach luxury hotel vacation: the warm air pressing on you as you walk in from the beach, salt still lingering on your skin. As the doors of your luxury hotel are opened for you, you are greeted with a gentle gust of cool air, welcoming smiles from the luxury hotel staff, a personal greeting from the concierge. Everything around you is tasteful, well-appointed and ringing of California Cool. The noise from the busy Long Beach street fades, and you have found your little oasis. Another advantage to staying at a Long Beach luxury hotel is the location: luxury hotels that are beachside often have a private strip of beach where you can feel like you are the only ones in the whole Pacific.
Long Beach Beaches
Much time of your Long Beach luxury hotel vacation will be spent, most likely, on the beach. Long Beach has over 5.5 miles of beaches to enjoy on a luxury hotel vacation. Since 1888, visitors have flocked to Long Beach to enjoy the soft white powder and the rushing, cool Pacific waters. All 5.5 miles of beach in Long Beach is fronted by a paved path that is popular for joggers, skaters, runners, walkers and people watchers. This is the heart of Long Beach life and is a fun place to hang out for awhile on your Long Beach luxury hotel vacation. A popular way to enjoy beach life for luxury hotel travelers is to rent elegant chaise lounges or palapas. But if you would like to enjoy the cool, sparkling ocean waters, then Long Beach offers plenty of watersports.
Swimming is the tried and true way to enjoy the water on your Long Beach luxury hotel vacation, of course, but there is also sailing, kayaking and jet skiing, all of which can be rented from reputable, attentive outfits. If your luxury hotel is not located on the beach, then there is easy beach access in the Belmont Shore area of Long Beach. In downtown Long Beach there is more beach access, through the marina green park.
Long Beach Arts
In Long Beach, arts and culture thrive. The climate of Long Beach is perfectly set for a rich art scene: the beauty of the shoreline, combined with the wealth and patronization of the city are a perfect mixture. Luxury hotel travelers are often astute art lovers as well; those types will be happy with the art and culture offerings in Long Beach. Long Beach understands the allure of the crashing ocean waves: the Long Beach Performing Arts Center has an outstanding waterside locale and is home to many performance groups. Luxury hotel travelers would be amiss not to attend a performance of the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, which is highly regarded for its light, fine musical touch. Also at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center is the Long Beach Opera, which produces operas both traditional and modern. They have even been known to produce opera from a swimming pool! Luxury hotel travelers who are looking for a night at the theater on their luxury hotel vacation will enjoy a production of the International City Theater, an award-winning professional regional theater troupe.
Long Beach Museums
Museums thrive within the philanthropic nature of Long Beach as well; the Long Beach Museum of Art is located in a historic Craftsman mansion perched onto bluffs that overlook the glittering waters. Make this a stop on your luxury hotel vacation and you will see art from both regional and internationally renowned artists. Likewise, the Museum of Latin American Art is both important and interesting, and definitely worth a visit on your Long Beach luxury hotel vacation. The MOLAA is considered one of the foremost museums for Latin American artists in the U.S. Of course, the most famous museum in Long Beach is the Queen Mary, which has been docked in Long Beach harbor since 1967 and showcases a sumptuous, luxurious lifestyle of the past. Luxury hotel travelers have the added benefit of being able to book a behind the scenes guided tour, which shows areas that have been under restoration and are just now being opened to the public. While not a museum, the Aquarium of the Pacific is a wonderful choice for your luxury hotel bed and breakfast vacation. Far beyond being just for families, this Long Beach landmark has more than 11,000 species of animals to explore.
Long Beach Shopping
Many luxury hotel travelers enjoy shopping; and Long Beach does not lack in specialty shops and designer boutiques. Downtown Long Beach is dotted with shops that cater to the discriminating consumer. This is especially true of Broadway, which also includes nightclubs, bars and restaurants that are fun to check out on your Long Beach luxury hotel vacation. Downtown Long Beach is a particularly great stop on your Long Beach luxury hotel vacation, simply because of the spectacular architectural jumble of modern glass high-rises and carefully restored historic buildings. Shopping is everywhere in Long Beach, and you need only choose your favorite kind of retail experience to enjoy shopping on your Long Beach luxury hotel vacation. Fourth Street, once called Retro Row, is a new up-and-coming district in Long Beach, where funkiness and hipness meet. Second Street, also called Belmont Shore, is where boutique, specialty shops can be found. While in Belmont Shores, you may find yourself staying for awhile. That is because you will quickly discover on your Long Beach luxury hotel vacation that a lot of action happens in Belmont Shore: this is the most exclusive community in Long Beach and features more than 250 businesses. The pathway that runs along the beach is another fun place for quick souvenirs or fast bites. Long Beach caters to all types of consumers, giving the luxury hotel traveler a real choice of where they would like to spend their time. Long Beach is the fifth largest city in California; but this fact does not register on a Long Beach luxury hotel vacation. The ease and smoothness of your Long Beach luxury hotel vacation belies the busy city. You will be pampered from the second you arrive at your beautiful hotel in the heart of the playground of California. Your Long Beach luxury hotel will feel like home; and you will never want to leave!
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