travel42 Hotel Review: The Resort at Pelican Hill

The Resort at Pelican Hill travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Across Highway 1 from the State Beach and quirky Crystal Cove, on a fabled stretch of coast, 20-minutes' drive from Newport Beach proper, this extravagant resort gets the Golden Gloves when it comes to the fight for supremacy on this stretch of coast.

An opulent upstart designed and backed by the infamous Irvine Company (IC owns a large portion of the remaining undeveloped land in Southern California), Pelican Hill provides world class recreational, weddi...