the beach is more of a beach to walk. Or if you want some quiet time to relax lay out and read. We did not see a lot of children on this beach.

the beach is more of a beach to walk. Or if you want some quiet time to relax lay out and read. We did not see a lot of children on this beach.
The offical car park is a long way, unless you have a senior ciztzen with you, the small shop could do better, none of this takes away from the beauty and charm of this quaint cove, this is not a good place to go if you have trouble walking, pleasent little restraunt. the beach and cottages leave a good memoray
A wonderful place to visit easy parking off the Highway then on to a shuttle bus down to the Cove we went in on the Los Trancos entrance which takes you down to the 1920's Beach houses the Beachcomber Cafe serves good. Food but book on arrival as ther can be quite a long wait beautiful beach and rock pools...
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It is a large park with more than one entrance. I used the one in the top in front of the elegant shopping mall in the highway. From there you can have beautiful panoramic views (be careful with the cliffs) and them you can descend to the beach. The colors of the Cliffs the stones and the firm sand that...
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great beach, you can run on the trail with your dog but can't take dog onto the beach. have to pay, park and go for a early morning run or watch the sunset. very clean, was lucky that they had bathrooms near the parking. not very crowded in the morning!
Had a perfect breakfast on the ocean. They have their own parking shuttle so you don't have to cross Pacific Hwy. Relaxing. Beautiful. I'd love to go there for breakfast every day.
difficult parking, not much to see. Better views and beach areas in Laguna or Newport if you are looking for a nice walk
One of the nicest beaches in the area. Very calm waters for young children. Large beach,sand area. Somewhat of a walk from parking area across the street but not too far
My sister and I happened on this beach. It was delightful. We spent the afternoon enjoying the surf and sun. Very mellow and not busy. We even were lucky enough to see a whale off shore breaching. I will say that getting to beach was easy, getting to the car was a trek, you need to walk up a rather...
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We went here, thinking it would be really impressive but it was just an average beach. We walked for a while; saw some rocks along the beach and a few star fish clinging to the rocks but on the whole, not so great. We also had to pay to take a short bus ride back to our car.
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