As a visitor to coastal Carlsbad, you will have the dilemma of choosing one of the many outstanding vacation rentals to call your temporary home. Chances are you will want to stay on the beach with barbecue pits, large balconies and breathtaking ocean views. Most rentals offer these amenities, but few offer the visual treat that the Ocean Villas of Carlsbad boasts on the walls of their rooms, hallways and outside stucco.
A floral explosion of color welcomes as you enter the Ocean Villas property. Birds of Paradise are smeared across a light blue sky while other floral designs introduce the tranquility of a mellow week to come. Sandy community beach toys pile in a corner in front of another impressive mural of a parked woody upon a tropical beach. Picturesque waves peel in the background while green leaves and flowers stretch to the adjacent wall and onto another beach themed mural of a pounding set and sun bathing pelicans.
As you enter the villa hallways, you can almost feel the sand between your toes and the fresh burn from a mid day nap on the beach. Framed paintings hint at paradise-to-be as you descend the sandy stairs to your room. Green palms sway on these bright canvases and waves are captured in mid peel. The ocean has yet to be seen through your room windows, but you already feel as if you have experienced a week of beach side sunsets.
Your room is also decorated with impressive oil paintings of the ocean and beach, though one giant masterpiece captures your eyes. Wide windows showcase a view even the sandiest local would awe at. Waves tumble to your doorstep and sunset colors reflect on your villa walls.
Whether looking at the impressive canvases on your bedroom walls, glancing at murals on your way to the village or marveling at the beach through your giant windows, the Ocean Villas in Carlsbad create a sense of beach tranquility during each moment of your stay.
Ocean Villas of Carlsbad
2895 Ocean Street (map) (760) 730-3000
WHAT: The Art of Surfing- 60 yrs. of surfing WHERE: Carlsbad State Beach Campgrounds WHEN: Saturday July 31st 8PM WHO: Anyone interested in Carlsbad surf history
Interviews include Taylor Knox, Barbie Baron, Witt and other Carlsbad locals.
To be the subject of so many unstaged photos and keep each one as unforgettable as the previous is the sure sign of an natural artist- a artist because of not what they make, but because of who they are.
Tethered to your sunburned hand, a kite floats peacefully in the early Summer breeze. Waves roll upon the tranquil beach like a old dog moseys to and from the slipper of a wrinkled skinned retiree. Palms shuffle and thin wheeled bicyclists glide. Your kite remains undeterred by subtle shifts in the onshores and your day creeps like a moon tugs.
As the sun begins its decent, a thick blanket of gray tumbles upon shore carrying a dense patch of gloom and howling winds. Your bare arms shiver and your eyes bug to the unforeseen alarm. Your kite takes a sudden dive sending boardwalk canines into protective snarls. Nightmarish gusts send chills down your spine and launches your kite skyward. Its wings whip in the hellish winds and plastic pieces are yanked into the distance. Your string is taut and it painfully stretches. Your kite becomes a hazard. It loses all decency and becomes tangled in Machiavellian debauchery. Its key no longer is harmonious and its sound is that of a different instrument. With a sigh for today, but a smile for a sunnier tomorrow, you cut the string.