100 Terranea Way
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
310-265-2800
As the crown jewel of the ritzy 'burb of Rancho Palos Verdes, Terranea Resort offers eight restaurants, posh villas and a dreamy sense of escape. With your first step onto the lobby's gleaming marble floor, you are transported into a travel brochure — the overly friendly concierge, the extravagant floral arrangements on every accent table in sight, the expansively perfect ocean view. Outside, there's a cliffside adult pool, fire pits for talking and watching the sun go down, and a public trail for locals and guests leading down to tide pools — which are rare along most of Los Angeles County's shoreline. Terranea was built on the Palos Verdes Peninsula's land's end — a choice hunk of windblown acreage that was formerly Marineland. In its new incarnation, you can spot whales from the bluff, brunch at Nelson's cliffside or rent a villa for a girls' weekend filled with poolside cocktails and lavish dinners. 100 Terranea Way, Rancho Palos Verdes. (866) 802-8000, terranea.com.
—Esha Jalota
* Fire distance: Set up your fire pit on a hard surface, and do not set it up any closer that 10 ft from trees, buildings, and overhanging structures. It is a good idea to keep furniture and flammable items out of the sparks' reach, and you should also sit a considerable distance away from the fire. Sparks can fly about, and this could be potentially dangerous to anyone sitting too close to the fire.
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