San Diego Hotels
La Costa Resort & Spa
- Critic's rating
- LAT
Average User Ratings
- Overall (5)
- Rooms
- Service
- Location
2100 Costa del Mar Road
Carlsbad, CA 92009
Tel. (800) 854-5000, (760) 438-9111
info@lacosta.com
New and noteworthy: New owners and a $140-million renovation created a mini-city with a water park, retail plaza, big spa, golf facility, ballroom and condo villas.
The stay: Hop from pool to spa to yoga center for leisure of the active kind.
The scene: Well-funded families, golfers and spa fiends invade the pools, the links and the treatment salons. Minus conventioneers, the bars are quiet.
Deal maker: Scads of activities for all ages in a quiet setting.
Deal breaker: Once-serene spot is now a complicated mega-resort.
Stats: 2100 Costa del Mar Road, Carlsbad; (800) 854-5000, www.lacosta.com.
Rooms: Rates begin at $325; villas begin at about $1,000.
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