Positioned on a private peninsula in the picturesque San Diego Bay is the three-story Loews Coronado Bay Resort & Spa in Coronado, Calif. This family-friendly resort is across the street from Silver Strand State Beach, four miles from Coronado Village and nine miles from downtown San Diego.
Families with kids, from toddlers to teens, and their pampered pets, share this slice of land with the resort’s 80-slip marina and an exclusive residential community. Guests can catch unfettered views of the San Diego-Coronado Bridge and San Diego city skyline on one side, and the Pacific Ocean on the other side. This upscale, polished property is gleaming, elegant, and definitely family oriented.
The Loews Coronado Bay Resort & Spa offers abundant amenities and activities including three outdoor pools, spa tubs, sundecks, poolside cantina, private marina, game room, shops, bicycle and boat rentals, gondola cruises, fine dining restaurant (nonsmoking), café, tennis courts, and numerous gardens.
The resort pays special attention to all family members with a salon and spa for adults, teen spa treatments and products, children’s games and programs, and pet services. The resort offers 65,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting space along with a business center. Wireless Internet access is available by the pool and in the lobby (surcharge).
Dining:
Azzura Point:
Upscale California cuisine, incorporating the freshest ingredients, is served in this award-winning fine dining room with superb views of the San Diego-Coronado Bridge and the city skyline. Herbs are selected from the resort’s 3,800-square-foot, on-site garden. Open for dinner only (closed Monday).
The Market Cafe:
All meals, plus Sunday brunch, are served in this expansive, contemporary café with marina views and both indoor and terrace dining. Specialty coffees and baked goods are available at the attached coffee bar, and the adjacent deli stocks sandwiches, salads, and quick snacks.
La Cantina:
This poolside restaurant, situated in the center of the resort’s three outdoor pools, dishes up south-of-the-border-style fare and liquid refreshments.
Cays Lounge:
Superb views of the bay and city skyline are available in this lobby-level bar, where cocktails and fine wines are served both indoors and on the outdoor terrace. Live entertainment is featured on weekends.
RRR’s Market:
Picnic baskets, specialty foods, and beer and wine can be purchased at this lobby-level shop.
Local Activities:
Loews Coronado Bay Resort & Spa offers Gondola Wine Tasting Cruises, aboard Venetian gondolas. Cruises travel the canals of the Coronado Cays. Floating wine seminars include bread, fruit, and cheeses hand-selected by the resort's chef. The resort's sommelier is on board to explain different wine characteristics.
Cruises are operated by The Gondola Company from the resort's private marina and feature a gondolier in traditional striped shirt and ribbon-adorned hat, Italian-style music, and blankets.
Up to three gondolas and 18 guests can participate. The one-hour cruises begin at 5:30 PM every Wednesday. Cost is $45 per person (fees and schedule subject to change). Advance reservations through The Gondola Company are required.
Rooms:
Loews Coronado Bay Resort & Spa features 440 guestrooms in five separate wings. In early 2006, the resort completed room renovations to create a clean, beachside design with a warm, residential feel.
Beds have deep brown sea grass headboards, pillowtop mattresses, 300-thread-count linens, lumbar pillows, and turndown service. Private, furnished balconies offer views of the garden, marina and pool area, or San Diego Bay.
Bathrooms feature marble vanities, separate showers, deep soaking tubs, beveled mirrors in gold frames, and terry-cloth bathrobes.
Nonsmoking rooms include large desks, in-room safes that can hold a laptop computer, and CD clock radios.
Additional amenities include Bloom bath products, multiple telephones, cable TV, high-speed Internet access (surcharge), and minibars.