La Jolla is located within the city limits of San Diego, California. La Jolla is considered a seaside community and maintains a small town ambiance. Many believe that La Jolla was named after the Spanish phrase "the jewel". La Jolla seems to be considered a hot spot for elite shopping and dining. It is also known for its import shops, chic boutiques, and amazing restaurants.
The city of La Jolla is best known for its beautiful weather year round. La Jolla has mild climate with an average daily temperature of 70.5 °F. During the mornings fog and low clouds along the coast are common. The month of January has the coolest temperatures while August would be the warmest month.
La Jolla is a great place for water activities. Windansea Beach is a paradise for wave lovers. The beach has a historic stretch of scenic coastline where skimboarding and surfing are popular water activities all summer long. During the summer time, Windansea is known to pick up six-to-eight foot surf. The beach is famous for its waves and beautiful ocean scenery.
If you are in search of a bit of daring adventure search no further than the Torrey Pines Gliderport in La Jolla. Torrey Pines Gliderport is the home to hang gliding, scale models, paragliding, and sailplane flight. The site offers a variety of services from instruction, equipment sales, tandem flights, certification, and glider repair services.
La Jolla has 2 hotels listed in the iStayGreen directory of which 4 are listed as environmentally friendly lodging. Currently 4 hotels have completed the online Environmental Audit and earned the Green Eco-Leaf Rating.
In La Jolla there are -2 properties where the environmentally friendliness is unknown and they have not yet verified their sustainability efforts with iStayGreen.org. In the state of California there is a total of 3817 lodging properties listed in the iStayGreen.org directory of which 461 are represented as eco-friendly. Currently there are 281 lodging properties that have earned the Green Eco-Leaf Rating. Included in the properties working toward a more sustainable travel future are La Jolla hotels, La Jolla resorts, La Jolla bed & breakfasts, and La Jolla extended stay accommodations.
When planning your La Jolla vacation, or travel to La Jolla we encourage you, before you book, to check rates and availability of "Green" rated hotels and lodging. In most cases we have found eco-friendly La Jolla CA accommodations to be price competitive with the unrated La Jolla hotel room rates.You may even save money and at the same time be doing something good for our environment!