Casa Tropicana Beach Front Inn

Welcome to Our Romantic San Clemente Hotel
We Know You’ll Enjoy Everything About Our Amazing Beachfront Hotel

Romantic San Clemente Beach Hotel - Casa Tropicana, your ideal romantic California beach getaway in San Clemente, Orange County. Thoughtfully-appointed rooms are steps from the beach and pier in historic San Clemente, California. Discover our relaxing beach hotel in the heart of Orange County, offering comfortable bed and breakfast guestrooms and hearty breakfasts. The beautiful ocean view inn accommodations are just a short drive from any Southern California location. Or ditch the car and travel by train – it stops right in front of the Inn. Casa Tropicana Boutique Beach Front Inn is the ideal, laid-back-beachy, ocean view hotel - so - join us for an entire week, stay a long romantic weekend or grab a rejuvenating overnight coastal getaway - TODAY!

Long has San Clemente, magical Spanish Village by the Sea, been a remedy for the soul. Sun-drenched beaches, charming shops and stunning sunsets intersect in our vital town. Casa Tropicana Inn has designed each of its rooms to reflect the area’s relaxed beach style.

Spanish-inspired architecture opens the inn to the Pacific while airy decks offer a spot to sit and enjoy the sunset. Comfortable casitas are enhanced with original artwork, whirlpool tubs, fireplaces, luxurious linens, thoughtful amenities and gracious service.

San Clemente Weather - a whopping 342 days a year of California Sunshine Our ideal weather allows you to plan your getaway any time of year. San Clemente enjoys a mild climate with temperatures averaging in at 70 degrees. Read any locals’ license plate and you are in on the secret – “San Clemente, Best Climate in the World”

Ole Hanson, San Clemente Founder

"I vision a place where people can live together more pleasantly than any other place in America...the whole picture is very clear before me...I can see hundreds of white-walled homes bonneted with red tile, with trees, shrubs, hedges of hibiscus, palms and geraniums lining the drives, and a profusion of flowers framing the patios and gardens... I want plazas, playgrounds, schools, clubs, swimming pools, a golf course, a fishing pier and a beach enlivened by people getting a healthy joy out of their life."

The city of San Clemente was founded in 1925 by real estate developer and visionary Ole Hanson. Coastal San Clemente, "Spanish Village by the Sea", was among the first planned communities developed from open land in the nation. Disembark from the train at the San Clemente Pier, just steps away from the beach.

We invite you to experience comfortable rooms that combine thoughtful amenities with accommodating details and design. All rooms open to spacious ocean view decks.

Complimentary Amenities

• High-Speed Wireless Internet Access
• HBO / DVD
• Flat-Screen Television
• Cozy Robes, Cushy Towels, Comfy Beds
• Gated Parking
• Oversized Jacuzzi Bathtub and Shower
• Beach Chairs, Umbrellas, Towels
• Full Breakfast
• Mini Fridge With Snacks
• All Rooms Are Smoke-Free
• All rooms have private facilities.

Casa Tropicana Boutique Beach Front Rooms
The cool, breezy tones in our rooms reflect San Clemente’s relaxed beach style. Each distinctive in design, the contemporary casitas are enhanced by original artwork, luxurious linens, spa-quality amenities and gracious service.

Breakfast

Wake Up to the California Ocean and Fresh Full Breakfast at Casa Tropicana Hotel
We can’t image a more enjoyable way to start the day than with a pot of freshly pressed coffee and a tasty breakfast, on an ocean view deck, in the beautiful San Clemente.
Each morning, we present a buffet full of delicious dishes– both sweet and savory – to appeal to every appetite.

Enjoy the selection from our buffet including Liz’s Chilaquiles (corn chips, cheese, onions, olives and salsa verde), house-made Chorizo Breakfast Burritos, and cheesy scrambled eggs topped with cilantro. Lighter fare includes granola, seasonal fresh fruit, cereals, yogurt, assorted muffins, toast, bagels, pastries and more.

At our guest kitchenette find ground coffees for your personal French coffee press and a variety of specialty teas and hot cocoa.

Pet Travel
As part of our dedication to provide the highest level of service to all of our guests, Casa Tropicana Beach Front Inn welcomes well behaved, healthy pets staying with their people. A pet welcome kit – with pet bed, a water bowl, and treats, will greet your best friend upon arrival.

To ensure the comfort and safety of all of our guests and staff, we have developed these guidelines for pet etiquette. Call to check availability of our pet-friendly room. (949)492-1234

Pet Owner Resources

Three Dog Bakery
Food, gifts and pet supplies.
118 El Camino Real, San Clemente

Mike’s Pet Care, RVT
Offering emergency medical care, pet sitting and everything in between, Mike is a trusted professional based in San Clemente.

San Clemente Dog Park
310 Avenida La Pata San Clemente
San Clemente Dog Park has two fenced areas, one for large dogs and one for small dogs. The park has benches for people and water for dogs. 6am through sunset. Closed on Tuesdays until 1pm for regular maintenance.

San Clemente Dog Friendly Coastal Trail
Running 2.25 miles from North Beach to State Park, access this coastal walkway directly in front of the inn.

The Weather Unbelievably Beautiful-Incomparable-Absolutely Amazing.

Casa Tropicana is a proud member of:
CTTC California Travel & Tourism Commission
Sitting Commissioner
CalTIA California Travel Industry Association
Sitting Board Member
CH&LA California Hotel and Lodging Association
Sitting Executive Board Member
CABBI California Association of Bed and Breakfast Inns
Past President
PBMA San Clemente Pier Bowl Merchants Association
Sitting President
San Clemente Downtown Business Association
Past Chair
San Clemente Chamber of Commerce
Past Board Member
AAA Automobile Association of America
San Juan Capistrano Chamber of Commerce

Beaches, San Clemente Pier

Built in 1928, the San Clemente Pier is a 1,200 foot stretch of planks where you can to take a stroll, catch a bird’s eye view of the surfing action or enjoy a meal at the Fisherman's Restaurant and Oyster Bar.

San Clemente is known worldwide as home to some of the most popular beaches and surf breaks, catching swells all year long. From South to North, the beaches and breaks include Trestles, North Gate, State Park, Riviera, Lost Winds, Lasuen, The Hole, Beach House, T-Street, The Pier, 204, North Beach, and Poche.

San Onofre spans 3 ½ miles of coastline, some of the best longboard surfing on the California Coast. Trestles break offer some of the best surf in the region. The state park contains seven archaeological sites, including a Juaneño Indian Village.

San Clemente State Beach, just south of Califia Beach Park, includes camping, fire pits and picnic areas.

Local Art and Live Entertainment in San Clemente
A bounty of local Art Galleries are located within walking distance of the Casa Tropicana Inn on historic Avenida Del Mar and El Camino Real. Featuring works from renowned regional artists, galleries and shops present a diverse offering of talent and disciplines.

Last Thursday Art Walk on Historic Avenida Del Mar is an ideal opportunity to gather with friends, stroll Avenida Del Mar and meet many of our local artists in person. The mood is relaxed and welcoming, shops are open a bit later, and you’ll find this warm community is at its best.

Historic Spanish architecture, gardens and fountains are found just up the road where the swallows return, in San Juan Capistrano at the Mission San Juan Capistrano.

A short cruise north on Coastal Highway 1 will land you to Laguna Beach, CA, home to the one-of-a-kind art experience - Pageant of the Masters and Festival of Arts.

Founded in 1953, The Cabrillo Playhouse, is a volunteer-run Community Theatre housed in an historic Ole Hanson-style abode located in the center of downtown San Clemente, Orange County, CA. The non-profit, 66-seat theatre has won rave reviews for its innovative and inspired classic and original productions.

For live music and livelier crowds check out hot spots like OC Tavern, Beachfire Bar and Grill and The Coach House.

Play in San Clemente
San Clemente Golf Club championship course, 18 holes, ocean views, terrific clubhouse restaurant

Talega Golf Club Golf Digest 4-Star Award

asanaFIT Yoga Studio hot yoga, Forrest yoga, body sculpting, Vinyasa flow

Walk the beach. Sit in the sand. Dine out, shop, listen to a band. Explore, relax, tan.
Surf, splash about, recreate. Be kind, unwind, meditate.
Stroll in town and savor local flavor. Cat nap or just nap.
So many fun things to see, do and taste in San Clemente.

Casa Tropicana… not just a San Clemente address… a California state of mind

Casa Romantica Cultural Center and Gardens
In 1927, Hanson built the Casa Romantica, an expression of his vision of the California Lifestyle Dream. Overlooking San Clemente Pier, the now-renovated 2.4-acre site is and features historic exhibitions, literary symposia, musical attractions, special events, and diverse educational and cultural opportunities that encourage visitors to explore the romance and reality of the Southern California experience.

President Nixon’s Western White House
The seven-bedroom, seven-bath house was designed by Carl Lindbom, who also designed La Casa Pacifica. Sitting above one of the West Coast's major surfing spots, Trestles, La Casa Pacifica Estate is the former home of President Richard Nixon and was used while working away from the official presidential residence, the White House.

San Onofre, Trestles, Beaches and Surfing USA
With miles of beautiful beaches and seemingly endless stretches of sand, San Clementeans embrace the beach culture in their attitudes and lifestyles. We have ‘surf moms’ not ‘soccer moms’. With premier surf breaks including Trestles, T-Street and San Onofre, San Clemente is a world-famous surfing destination. San Clemente is also the surfing media capital of the world. It is home to Surfing Magazine, The Surfer's Journal, and Longboard Magazine.
 

Sue and I want to first welcome you to our personal page that we’re really excited about because, well…it’s all about us! Kinda cool huh?

They were both born in California, both beach bums, both moved to San Clemente over 35 years ago, both had first marriages of 25 years, both met, fell in love, married, and began living happily ever afterward!

Rick Anderson lived and worked as a general contractor in town. He built the Casa Tropicana project in 1989. He owned and operated Rick’s Tropicana Bar & Grill located on the first floor for 15 years until he sold the business in 2004.

Susan Anderson was raised, and raised her family in San Clemente. She was a housewife worked as a painter & interior decorator. She also worked in a local market as a department manager until she met Rick.

Rick and Sue are very lucky to have a great staff. Their ideal location at the beach, and great reputation, keeps the inn pretty busy, which allows them to get out of the inn a lot more than most innkeepers. But if it wasn’t for Marjorie Woodbridge, their manager, and Elizabeth, their beloved housekeeper who removed the plastic from the first new mattresses before day one, they too would be POW’s of the inn. Combined with the excellent staff and over twenty years of successful ownership and operation of Casa Tropicana behind them, they have earned a little extra free time together. When they are at home on site, they work on the inn. They greet guests and visit with their six older kids, (read this to mean out of the house,) and seven grand kids, aging from newborn to eleven.

All of that hasn’t kept Rick and Sue from traveling a bit, well…quite a bit. But it’s all work related of course…mostly. About eleven years ago Rick was elected to the Board of Directors of the California Association of Bed & Breakfast Inns. (CABBI) In 1990 he became president of the largest state association of B&B's in the nation, and served for two years. During his acceptance speech he foolishly said, “….and I am going to come to your inns and visit all of you where ever you are!” This was one of those times when he really should have thought it through a little further. Being a man of his word however, he has personally visited as of December 2009, exactly 407 California bed & breakfast inns. Although it has taken longer than he originally anticipated. California is about 1,200 miles long you know.

This led to his election to the Executive Board of the California Hotel & Lodging Association, (CH&LA,) and Board member of the California Tourism Industry Association, (CALTIA.) Rick is also currently serving his second four year term as a State Commissioner to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in Sacramento on the California Travel & Tourism Commission. (CTTC.) One highlight for Rick was traveling to Tokyo Japan in the Governors Delegation to promote California’s Bed & Breakfast Industry to the Japanese travel brokers.

So together they travel a lot up and down the state visiting hundreds of bed & breakfast inns…tough job huh? Now they have hundreds of friends all over the state. If you ever are looking for that special inn, just ask them. They can tell you where it is, who owns it, what’s for breakfast, and where to eat, almost anywhere in the state!

Another destination for them is Punta Chivato Baja Sur, Mexico. Sue’s parents, Harry & Pam Oxley, have lived down in Baja California for about 25 years now. It’s about ¾ of the way down Baja at the mouth of the Bay of Conception on the Sea of Cortez. Sue taught Rick how to deep sea fish. He got real good too. If you don’t believe it, ask him about his true fish story of one November day catching an Orca whale using a live dorado for bait!

From the North
I-5 south to San Clemente, exit at Palizada. Turn right on Palizada and make a left at the second light, El Camino Real. Proceed to the next light, Del Mar, and turn right. Follow Del Mar through Old Town San Clemente down to the beach where the street becomes Avenida Victoria. Casa Tropicana is located on the east/left side of the street, directly across from the pier.
    
From the South
I-5 north to San Clemente, exit at Presidio. Turn left on Presidio and then right onto El Camino Real. Travel approximately 1/4 mile to Del Mar. Turn left on Del Mar and follow the street through Old Town San Clemente down to the beach where the street becomes Avenida Victoria. Casa Tropicana is located on the east/left side of the street, directly across from the pier.

Amtrak and Metrolink No traffic jams and they’ll drop you off right out front.
Club Car Express Town cars, limos, shuttles and tours.
Enterprise Rental Car
Avis Rental Car