Lodge at Torrey Pines | T+L 500 2008 | Travel + Leisure

Lodge at Torrey Pines

California Craftsman-style resort next to the Torrey Pines State Reserve and Golf Course, 5 minutes south of La Jolla.

Score 84.76
Stats 170 rooms; 2 restaurants; 2 bars.
Competitive Edge Stunning architectural details in a tucked-away setting.
Rooms to Book Palisades, with fireplaces and views of the golf course and the Pacific.
Don't Miss An early-morning guided hike through the reserve.
Cost Doubles from $400.
Contact 11480 North Torrey Pines Road
800/656-0087
www.lodgetorreypines.com

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“On a bluff overlooking the Pacific, the Lodge at Torrey Pines is an Arts and Crafts masterpiece....” MORE»


“Edinburgh, Scotland” in Travel + Leisure, Jul 2004

“This 18-month-old hotel pays endless tribute to the early-20th-century design greats who inspired it—from California Craftsman architects Greene & Greene, on whose work the post-and-beam stained-glass building is modeled, to William Morris, Stickley and Tiffany....” MORE»

—Kate Sekules
“Hotel Classics for the New Millennium” in Food & Wine, Sep 2003

“Whether or not you play golf, you'll love looking out over the greens to the ocean from the Lodge at Torrey Pines....” MORE»


“SoCal, So Cool” in Travel + Leisure, Aug 2003

“The rooms are huge, spare, and eerily spiritual, with Stickley-style furniture and excellent reproductions of Louis Comfort Tiffany lamps. Japanese wood-block prints, framed in oak, hang by thick leather straps from a picture rail. William Morris wallpaper and ocher marble worthy of some swish London club make for rather luxurious bathrooms. No terry cloth here; instead, you get a Craftsman-inspired homespun robe. The tissue holder is Craftsman-style. The wastebasket is Craftsman-style. In the event of an earthquake, you evacuate following...” MORE»

—Stephen Drucker
“Gold Rush” in Travel + Leisure, Jun 2003