{"id":8713,"date":"2012-09-22T12:40:08","date_gmt":"2012-09-22T19:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=8713"},"modified":"2012-09-22T14:17:53","modified_gmt":"2012-09-22T21:17:53","slug":"crystal-and-crown-newport-beach-overlooked-for-its-gems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/crystal-and-crown-newport-beach-overlooked-for-its-gems\/","title":{"rendered":"Crystal and Crown &#8211; Newport Beach Gems Among Its Varied Beaches"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/nbchz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"922\" height=\"456\" \/><\/p>\n<p>NEWPORT BEACH PHOTOS: Left to right &#8211; Balboa Peninsula; Surfer on Newport City Beach overlooking Newport Pier; Crystal Cove State Beach; Kid plays in sand on Balboa Island beach; Corona del Mar State Beach seen from hill above beach<\/p>\n<p>When you think of Newport Beach, the name evokes all sorts of emotions.\u00a0 Some think of it as a place where rich people live. Vacationers see it as one of the best beaches for vacation rentals where you can stay a week. John Wayne,\u00a0 Buddy Ebsen, Dennis Rodman and a list of celebrities and all star athletes too big to count have called Newport Beach &#8220;home&#8221; at one time or another.\u00a0 Many of the old-time residents have lived in Newport Beach since they were kids and they don&#8217;t consider themselves excessively wealthy&#8211;just rich in experiencing the luxury of living in such a magical place on the waterfront.<\/p>\n<p>With half a dozen manmade islands, a peninsula, and the coastline comprised of Corona del Mar, Newport Coast and Crystal Cove State Beach, Newport Beach isn&#8217;t just one beach or one beach experience. Here are few places to check out:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/california-cities\/corona-del-mar.html\"><strong>Corona del Mar<\/strong><\/a> (Crown of the Sea) &#8211; is set on cliffs that descend to sandy coves, rocky shores and tidepools.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/california-cities\/crystal-cove.html\"><strong>Crystal Cove State Beach<\/strong><\/a> is known for its renovation of adorable beach cottages you can rent. It also is set at the base of cliffs.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/california-cities\/newport-beach.html\"><strong>Balboa Peninsula<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; The bulk of vacation rentals, plus a few hotels, are located along approx. 5.2 miles of flat sand beaches. This is the place people think of when they think &#8220;beach&#8221; in Newport.\u00a0 A paved strand for pedestrians &amp; bikes, two piers, a fun zone, a ferry ride, the famous Wedge, fishing trips, whale watching and Catalina Island boat service are all located here.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/california-cities\/balboa-island.html\"><strong>Balboa Island<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; The beaches are narrow and small on the island but popular with families at this premier vacation destination with lots of beach cottage rentals.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWPORT BEACH PHOTOS: Left to right &#8211; Balboa Peninsula; Surfer on Newport City Beach overlooking Newport Pier; Crystal Cove State Beach; Kid plays in sand on Balboa Island beach; Corona del Mar State Beach seen from hill above beach When you think of Newport Beach, the name evokes all sorts of emotions.\u00a0 Some think of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8713"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8713\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}