Share to Facebook Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin The beautifully landscaped and manicured spa at the Omni La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, CA Omni La Costa The Omni La Costa Resort in Carlsbad, California, north of San Diego, is celebrating its 60 th year with a facelift. But the just-completed multimillion dollar renovation has kept the hotel’s strong bones and casual luxury feel. The dreamy Southern California Spanish Mission-style resort, of whitewashed stucco, colored tiles, palm trees, bougainvillea and rolling hills remains.
As soon as you step out of your car, you feel greeted by the gentle warmth of the area. La Costa, less than five miles away from Carlsbad State Beach and the Pacific, is cooler than inland Southern California. On the August day we visited, it was 100 degrees in the San Fernando Valley and 81 at La Costa.
The 400-acre Omni La Costa Resort & Spa welcomes guests with championship golf courses , eight sparkling resort pools and an award-winning spa . The resort in Carlsbad has 607 guest rooms, suites and villas, most of which were renovated. As the story goes, Las Vegas real estate developer and later LA television producer Merv Adelson went for a horseback ride in the gently rolling hills.
He found the countryside and ocean breezes intoxicating and collaborated with partners to build the iconic property. Adelson was hardly the first to discover the area, as Spanish settlers built a cattle ranch nearby in the 1700’s. Anglo American settlers who floc.