Montage Resort & Spa | T+L 500 2007 | Travel + Leisure

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Montage Resort & Spa

Craftsman-style oceanfront resort near downtown Laguna Beach.

Score 86.31
Stats 251 rooms; 3 restaurants; 3 bars.
Competitive Edge In one of the state's most beautiful settings: atop a coastal bluff, with pristine beaches.
Rooms to Book All overlook the ocean; the quietest are on the southern side and face the beach.
Don't Miss The un-froufrou Gentleman's Surrender spa service.
Cost Doubles from $795.
Contact 30801 South Coast Highway
888/715-6700 or 949/715-6000

www.montagelagunabeach.com

Key:
New to the T+L 500 High-Speed Internet Gym Pool
Spa Tennis Golf Outdoor Activities
Water Activities Fishing Kids' Program    

As Featured In...

“Montage aims for an experience you might find in Positano, crisp service and the smell of the surf. You’ll find a pianist in the lobby, and a meal at the Studio, the hotel’s celebrated restaurant, involves a small army of waiters and an arsenal of silverware....” MORE>>

Richard Alleman
“California Hotels: Casual Elegance”

Travel + Leisure, Jun 2008

“Art of Romance package from Montage Laguna Beach. The Deal One night in an ocean-view room; two 60-minute spa treatments; and a $50 spa retail credit....” MORE>>

Richard Alleman
“Best Deals 02.08”

Travel + Leisure, Feb 2008

“Stay at the two-year-old Arts and Crafts–style Montage Resort & Spa, the most architecturally impressive spot on the beach....” MORE>>


“Get Wet!”

Travel + Leisure Family, Jun 2005

“The view alone is a stress reliever, and—in a too-rare instance of architectural common sense—all 262 rooms at this new resort have Pacific panoramas....” MORE>>

Richard Alleman
“Hotel Classics for the New Millennium”

Food & Wine, Sep 2003

“Everything exciting about southern California comes together in this resort, which opened in February. The location is exceptional, on a bluff with a 280-degree view of the Pacific. The shingle-style architecture, all twists and turns and gables and porches, is incurably romantic; it's a re-creation of the world of the California Impressionists who gathered in Laguna during the teens and twenties, lived in humble beach bungalows, and painted this coastline. And still Montage manages to be a life-imitates-TV California stage...” MORE>>

Richard Alleman
“Gold Rush”

Travel + Leisure, Jun 2003

“The Arts & Crafts hotel showcases natural materials—stone, dark wood, copper—and a prominent collection of art from early in the 20th century, including works by William Wendt, Jean Mannheim and the other plein air painters who put this area on the map....” MORE>>


“Travel | Natural High - Montage Resort & Spa, Laguna Beach”

Food & Wine, Mar 2003