San Clemente Beach Getaways

If an intimate Spanish get-a-way is your idea of a vacation, then San Clemente, California is the perfect place for you. San Clemente is a village at the southern most tip of Orange County. This Spanish retreat was built in the 1920's as a "Spanish Village by the Sea."

San Clemente State Beach is popular with surfers on the north end of the one-mile beach. The beach has a landscaped blufftop with picnic areas. This beach is popular with surfers, other popular activities are skin diving for abalone and spiny lobster and hiking along the trails on the bluffs. Trails lead down to the beach, which is also popular for body surfing, swimming, and skin diving.