Guidebook for Newport Beach
Parks & Nature
Beautiful State park with ample parking and extensive beaches. Visit the cottages along the beach and stop at the Shake Shack (Ruby's) for lunch or snack.
101 locals recommend
Crystal Cove
Beautiful State park with ample parking and extensive beaches. Visit the cottages along the beach and stop at the Shake Shack (Ruby's) for lunch or snack.
Take a hike or ride your bike around this private paved path around the natural beauty of the Back Bay.
29 locals recommend
Back Bay Drive
Back Bay DriveTake a hike or ride your bike around this private paved path around the natural beauty of the Back Bay.
Food Scene
Opens at 5:30AM for early coffee run. Great assortment of baked goods. Often crowded, but turnover is quick. Good for people watching.
37 locals recommend
Rose Bakery Cafe
3536 East Coast Hwy Opens at 5:30AM for early coffee run. Great assortment of baked goods. Often crowded, but turnover is quick. Good for people watching.
Excellent Italian restaurant. Great service and wine list. Menu is eclectic. Pizza is actually good for California!
11 locals recommend
Pirozzi Corona Del Mar
2929 East Coast Hwy Excellent Italian restaurant. Great service and wine list. Menu is eclectic. Pizza is actually good for California!
Fantastic barbecue chicken and ribs. Service is fantastic and ambience is cool and hip.
46 locals recommend
Bandera
3201 CA-1 Fantastic barbecue chicken and ribs. Service is fantastic and ambience is cool and hip.
Great Mexican cuisine and service. Lobster tail enchiladas are outrageous!
15 locals recommend
El Cholo
3520 East Coast HwyGreat Mexican cuisine and service. Lobster tail enchiladas are outrageous!
Zinc Cafe & Market
3222 East Coast HwyGreat vegetarian/vegan options for breakfast or lunch.
Drinks & Nightlife
Just down the block from the townhouse is the Side Door restaurant and bar. Associated with the 5 Crowns restaurant (a Lawry's steakhouse property), this quaint place offers unusual English fare, while serving an extensive line of wines and draft beers/ales. And to top things off the sound system only plays music from English rock groups!
19 locals recommend
SideDoor
3801 East Coast Hwy Just down the block from the townhouse is the Side Door restaurant and bar. Associated with the 5 Crowns restaurant (a Lawry's steakhouse property), this quaint place offers unusual English fare, while serving an extensive line of wines and draft beers/ales. And to top things off the sound system only plays music from English rock groups!
Shopping
Newport Center/Fashion Island
401 Newport Center DrA wide assortment of shops and restaurants, beautiful beach and great people watching. Check out a show at the Laguna Playhouse, Pageant of the Masters or attend the Sawdust Summer Art Show.
845 locals recommend
Laguna Beach
A wide assortment of shops and restaurants, beautiful beach and great people watching. Check out a show at the Laguna Playhouse, Pageant of the Masters or attend the Sawdust Summer Art Show.
Sightseeing
Quaint village setting with shops and restaurants. Walk along the water on the boardwalk lined with beautiful cottages and beach homes. Take the ferry over to Balboa peninsula to extend the experience and enjoy broad ocean beaches.
313 locals recommend
Balboa Island Ferry
Agate AvenueQuaint village setting with shops and restaurants. Walk along the water on the boardwalk lined with beautiful cottages and beach homes. Take the ferry over to Balboa peninsula to extend the experience and enjoy broad ocean beaches.
Arts & Culture
The Laguna Playhouse
606 Laguna Canyon RdSawdust Art Festival
935 Laguna Canyon RdFestival of Arts and Pageant of the Masters
650 Laguna Canyon RdEntertainment & Activities
The New Port Theater
2905 East Coast Hwy