Initially the hotel was a little difficult to get to. It sits behind a shopping center and is accessed through that parking lot. When we pulled in, we were very pleasantly surprised. The hotel was lovely, newly remodeled, with an authentic feel to the decor, rather than the standard fake hotel decorations. The staff was incredibly helpful, even printing maps and schedules off the internet for the event we were traveling to see (the swallows at Capistrano) and they provided excellent directions to our destinations and explained how the shuttle system worked. The room was well equipped. The beds especially were of a higher quality than generally expected at this type of hotel. We slept incredibly well. Our view faced the freeway, but the vegetation leading up to the freeway was so incredible, that it didn't even matter. We didn't get a noise from the freeway either. The hotel is only about ten minutes from the ocean so we were able to do some sight seeing without having to......
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