travel42 Hotel Review: Montage Laguna Beach

Montage Laguna Beach travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Perched atop 30 privileged acres, a mile north of the much more laidback Ranch at Laguna Beach, and about a mile and a half south of the colorful center of old Laguna Beach, this extravagant and romantic oceanfront resort is, despite its room count, an intimate luxury getaway that, for many individuals, works better than the Waldorf Astoria Monarch or Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel.

Part of a residential-resort enclave, the owners and management have cast a w...