Prices are for a standard double room, excluding 8.05%-15% tax.

In a uniquely SoCal way, accommodations here fulfill their patrons' paradoxical need for serenity and glamour. Limos speed in and out of hotel driveways, ferrying people hankering to be noticed. Still, a few nights at the Four Seasons Hotel in Newport Beach, or the Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel in Dana Point make for a soothing contrast to the traffic-snarled city experience. The prices listed in this chapter are based on summer rates. Prices are often lower in winter, especially near Disneyland, unless there's a convention in Anaheim, and weekend rates are often rock-bottom at business hotels; it's worth calling around to search for bargains.