San Diego Hotels
L'Auberge Del Mar
- Critic's rating
- LAT
Butera's reinvention of this beloved Del Mar landmark has improved upon its role as a local gathering spot for all ages and as a destination for beach weddings and weekend getaways. Guests gather in the expanded, breezy lobby, sipping cocktails, looking out to the pool area and ocean views beyond. Others convene at the small pool's 12-seat bar and shaded teak dining tables or huddle in the hot tub, cabanas or crowd-drawing fire pit.
Reinforcing the hotel's place in the community, dozens of refurbished historic photographs chart the long association with such celebrities as Pat O'Brien and Bing Crosby, who helped open the nearby Del Mar racetrack.
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