Friday, May 15, 2009

Getaway Beach Inns - Encinitas California

By Heather Hunnefeld

Encinitas is the quintessential Southern California beach town. Business people and surfers alike are lined up at Juanita's Taco Shop for lunch. The wide sidewalks along the historic Old Highway U.S. 101 in "downtown" is lined with outdoor restaurants. Tourists and kids are seen walking around downtown barefoot, in swim suits while other are waxing down their surfboards for a session at Moonlight Beach.

Ann Dunham is the hostess of a lovely little Bed and Breakfast called the Inn At Moonlight Beach, situated on a hillside overlooking the ocean. Moonlight Beach is the most popular beach in Encinitas, a great spot to simply get some sun, enjoy a picnic, play a game of pickup volleyball, try your hand at surfing or boogie-boarding, body surf, read a book, people watch or simply "chill."

Every one of the four rooms or suites at Ann's Inn At Moonlight Beach are decorated in the best of taste in the flavor of a French Beach Inn. Every morning will find Ann baking her guests warm-from-the-oven rolls, croissants, breads and pastries for breakfast.

Visitors at the Inn can begin their day at the beach and walk for miles in either direction at sunrise, then return for a delicious, complimentary breakfast. World famous Swami's Beach - made famous by The Beach Boys - is a delightful 15 minute walk south along the sandy beach.

If you stay at Ann's Inn, you will awaken in the morning to the sounds of the of her meditative waterfall. You can drift back to sleep take a walk or jog along Moonlight Beach as Encinitas awakens.

After any morning activities, guests can relax at the Inn with a cup of fresh, hot Starbucks coffee and Ann's home-made breakfast as they enjoy the local newspaper or Wall Street Journal in the breakfast room or outside in the sunshine.

Each day at sunset often finds guests taking a walk on the beach before dinner. Others simply will relax on the front porch of the Inn sipping a glass of wine while enjoying the evening twilight and watching the goings on in the little town of Encinitas. For other lodging options, excellent Del Mar California Hotels and Carlsbad Bed and Breakfasts are plentiful in the coastal San Diego beach towns.

Encinitas is a wonderful place to live and to visit. No other beach town in the San Diego area has such a great selection of restaurants from Mexican take-out to fine Italian dining. If you come to visit, bring your appetite!

Swami's Beach, immortalized by the Beach Boy's in 1963 (let's go surfing now, everybody's learning how, come on a safari with me!) is just 6 blocks south of Moonlight Beach on historic Highway 101 and still draws the finest surfers in the world on a daily basis.

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