Overview

This Tuscan-style resort is situated on a bluff above Monarch Beach.

With outstanding amenities, ocean view dining, shopping and the famous Catalina Island close by, this world-class retreat has breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean.

Accommodation: 400 Guest Rooms

Accommodation

Oversized rooms and suites offer contemporary luxury, featuring Italian Pratesi linens, flatscreen TVs and marble bathrooms with a large Roman tub. All have private balconies and resort, pool or ocean views.

Suite guests enjoy personalised butler service.

Restaurants & Bars

The resort offers six spectacular ocean-view restaurants, providing dedicated service and delectable cuisine to please every guest’s palate.

The Stonehill Tavern features modern American cuisine in a relaxed and sophisticated environment, while Motif Restaurant, with cuisine reminiscent of a European style cafe, is best known for extraordinary Sunday Champagne Brunches.

The Monarch Bay Club, an exclusive private beach club, is available to registered resort guests, and offers California char-grilled meats and seafood, just steps from the ocean.

The hotel also has completely stocked picnic baskets, ready when you are.

If you are looking to relax by the fire, or enjoy an evening out with friends, the Lobby Lounge offers signature cocktails and light fare with cozy indoor seating and an ocean-view terrace.

Recreation

Nature trails lead to a private beach club where water sports abound, or guests can enjoy one of the resort’s three pools.

Leisure facilities include the award-winning Spa Gaucin, where each treatment begins with the toss of a coin into the 'Well of Desires', where symbolically all your cares will be left behind. Choose from a spa menu made up of exquisite treatments from the Southern California coast to the springs of Hungary that refresh, soften, and relax your mind and body.

Cooled by gentle ocean breezes, the Monarch Beach Golf Links, the on-site 18-hole course provides a year round golf destination and memorable experience. This Robert Trent Jones, Jr. designed masterpiece runs along the dramatic bluffs of the Pacific Ocean and is fashioned in Scottish links tradition. Enjoy panoramic ocean views, and two holes adjacent to the beach. The golf course offers a challenge for all levels of golfers with the undulating greens and gathering bunkers.

Children

The Sandcastle Kids Club is an exclusively designed activity programme solely for the hotel's younger guests.

The Kids Club offers an exciting schedule of energetic, creative and highly satisfying activities for children aged 5-12 years.

All the games and excitement have been planned to provide optimum levels of entertainment and fun while nurturing each child's inquisitive and creative mind.