Are You Craving Something French?

A beach find is Isle de France, a luxury ocean front property that houses 37 rooms, bungalows suites and villas. The beach resort offers a wide variety of activities in addition to its location, St. Barths'. If your a planner, Mid October is where spetacular beaches, a swimming-pool, a Spa and a full gym awaint at the Isle de France property. This beautiful beach island, has horse back riding, hiking, boat trips, water sports, and scuba diving. With great fall sale airfares, the kids back in school, can you say beachie time of year. This beach find is a shore thing for todays career challenges and everyday stresses. A beach getaway is a necessity of nature, calm and balance. A beach escape is one of the pleasure of life, especially when it is paired with one of the worlds best beaches. At Isle de France the rooms are decorated with vintage French fabrics in pale natural tones complementing the beach colors of St Barths.

Rates: hotel@isle-de-france.com

Is The 27.5 Million Dollar Grant For Annenberg Community Beach House A Beautiful Beach Find?

A $27.5-million grant from the Annenberg Foundation and years in the making. The partnership between the California Department of Parks and Recreation and the city of Santa Monica proudly opens The Annenberg Community Beach House. The Beach House is a new public facility on the site of the former Marion Davies-William Randolph Hearst estate and is now open to the public with no membership required.

In the 1920's William Randolph Hearst built this beach house for his mistress, silent film star Marion Davies, the three-story mansion hosted many luminaries of Hollywood's Golden Era. It then became the Private beach home to the Sand and Sea Club, a posh celebrity beach club for many years before the city of Santa Monica took over the property.

Beach House Finds encourages everyone to make a trip to this historical and beautiful beach house in Santa Monica.

You can visit the Beach House at 415 Pacific Coast Highway, Santa Monica, California.

Have You Dreamed Of Moving Right Into A Mizner Palm Beach Estate?

Beach House Finds, stumbled uponed a Florida car dealer who is asking $72.5 million for his Mizner built beach house, Casa Nana in Palm Beach, Florida. A town filled with billionaires, Palm Beach real estate is like nowhere else on Earth. Pictured above Beach House Finds, features an aerial view of Casa Nana, which was built in 1926 at 780 S. Ocean Blvd. The beautiful ocean front beach home has been home to prominent people, from original owner National Tea Co. founder George Rasmussen, to dime-store heiress Mary Woolworth Donahue and PAX-TV network founder Lowell 'Bud' Paxson and now to Florida car dealer Terry Taylor.

Casa Nana is a Mizner designed historical Palm Beach palace, with swimming and reflecting pools, cigar bar, movie theatre, gym and exercise room, and private ocean cabana. The Palm Beach estate has 268' of Ocean frontage on approximately 3 acres that include a spectacular beach cabana with rock waterfall. Situated on Ocean Blvd Casa Nana is walled, hedged and gated for privacy, security and is draped in unsurpassed quality and elegance.

Historical preservationalist enthusiasts that we are at Beach House Finds, this is a Mizner estate you can move right into.

Asking Price: $72,500,000

Photo Credits: Robert Stevens Palm Beach Daily News

Want a Great Beach House 10 Minutes From LAX?

Beach House Finds recommends, The Beach House at Hermosa Beach. The Beach house has a spectacular location on the beach just steps from the heart of town. With a location right on the beach and sand bring your roller-blade, bike, or plan to run, walk, or stroll the path that separates the beach from the inn. The rooms are “lofts” and all have a patio or balcony and are tastefully decorated with separate living room and bedroom areas with a king-size bed and sleeper sofa. Every loft enjoys a wood-burning fireplace, wet bar, refrigerator, CD/stereo system, robes, and bathroom with deep tub. Beach House Finds had a continental breakfast buffet of croissants, muffins, scones, and fruit is served beachfront at the Strand Café however it was also delivered to our guestrooms one delightful sunny morning.

Ocean View Rates are $309 to $329
Ocean Front Rates are $359-$379

Reservations: 1.888.895.4559

or write info@beach-house.com

Beach House Hotel

1300 The Strand

Hermosa Beach, CA 90254

A Utopia Beach Experience Can Be Found At Pelican Hill A Luxury Beach Resort in Southern California

Photo Credit: Don Bartletti-Los Angeles Times



Beach House Finds thinks the new Pelican Hill Resort in Southern California's Newport Beach is luxury all the way. With 204 bungalows ranging from 847 to 1,639 square feet and a breath taking ocean view, large foyers, high rafted ceilings and generous terraces who would not want to take a vacation at these luxury Beach Bungalow? Pelican Hill claims to have the largest circular pool in the world and it's ocean view with private Butler service make this one place to escape any fabulous Beach House for the luxury of anothers fabulous stay at the beach. The spa which is also open to the public, is 23,000 square feet with dramatic water walls schedule a d a facial and sip chilled cucumber water while you wair for your message. Nearby you can shop and dine at Fashion Island. If you like to golf ask about Pelican Hills' spa and golf package.

Bungalow's book starting at $695.00 -$4,200.00 a night

Why Newport Beach Is A Beach House Rental Treasure?

Newport Beach is the perfect beach house rental location as it is centrally located between Los Angeles (Hollywood) and San Diego. Just a short drive to Disneyland and Knottsberry Farms, as well as fabulous shopping and many day trips. Newport Beach is one of California's Treasures. The charming island and peninsula, with great beaches give Newport incredible charm. The seven islands of Newport Beach Harbor lie cradled inside Balboa Peninsula, and are some of the most expensive real estate in Southern California. Beach Homes costing $1.5 million and up are surrounded by one of the world's largest small yacht harbors.

Casa de Balboa is a Luxury Five Star Newport Beach vacation rentals property. If you are used to the finest accommodations this beach house finds is for you.

Low Season: $2,695

High Season: $4,995
No. of Bedrooms: 3

No. of Bathrooms: 2

Sleeps: 8

For more information call Pam at: (949) 673-3770

Why Not Tour A National Historical Landmark This Holiday?

A National Historic Landmark, Marble House is located at 596 Bellevue Ave., Newport, Rhode Island. Open daily and decorated for the holidays until January 4, 2009, this summer beach cottage is a favorite of Beach House Finds. The Newport Beach house was built between 1888 and 1892 for Mr. and Mrs. William K. Vanderbilt, as a summer house, or "cottage", as Newporters called them. Marble House was a social and architectural landmark in Newport's legendary resort of opulent stone palaces. The cost of the house was reported to be $11 million, of which $7 million was spent on 500,000 cubic feet of marble. Upon its completion, Mr. Vanderbilt gave the house to his wife, Alva Vanderbilt a leading hostess in Newport society as a 39th birthday present.

On December 27, 2008 you can spend the Holiday Evening at The Breakers with a leisurely self-guided evening tour through the historical landmark as you enjoy live holiday music and holiday sweets, eggnog and cider.

Tickets are $25.00 for Adults and can be purchased online from
The Preservation Society of Newport County or at the Breakers.

Why Not Have A Beach House Holiday Pot Luck Party?

The holidays are upon us beach house lovers with the cool fog morning and twinkling of the holiday evening lights. This week you may have the impulse to host a casual get-together, this year with our ression filled economy why not call up your friends or e-vite, neighbors or family, tell them you're organizing a potluck, and ask them to bring along one dish to share with the rest of the group.

This table setting is from Skagen Hus, located in a small weekend and summer home community about 2 hours North of Chicago called Williams Bay, WI. It is a danish family run operation of Boutique retail and internet outlet business.

Why Is Geogia On Beach House Finds Mind?

Think live oaks hung with Spanish moss that form canopies all over the island. Owning a three-bedroom three-bath house one block from the beach that is a 15-minute drive over the causeway to Brunswick, and another hour and 15 minutes to the airport in Savannah, Georgia.

Beach house finds along with the New York Times found this June Bright Cottage which is neo-traditional with the necessary modern comforts as well as the charm of beach cottages of the past. The cottage has two porches, which wrap from front to back and are accessible from every room, think hammocks, swings, and rocking chairs from which to capture spectacular views of ocean and marsh.

The island the cottage is situated on is 12 miles long and three miles wide, has seven golf courses, bike paths and several waterfront stretches devoted to fishing and swimming. Kayak tours, dolphin tours and ghost tours of the local light house. Plus the island’s restaurants and boutiques are within walking distance of the house. This is truly a beach house find!

CONTACT: Klickie Aiken, Georgia Coast Realty (912) 638-1144; coastcottagesssi.com

Why We Love Fall In Venice Beach California

Photo Credit:"Colors on Abbot Kinney Blvd." from the album On the Street, LATimes


Fall in Venice Beach is sometimes the hottest time of year in Southern California. Not this year, September has been delightfully perfect, which is why so many people flock to Southern California beaches to live. The tourists have returned back to home so shopping and walking the boardwalk is a shoppers delight. Fashionista and designers a like know that Venice Beach is the place to find one of a kind: art objects, hats, jewlry, clothes and accessories. The weekends are still crowded and crazy so we suggest a week day visit to Abbot Kinney Boulevard or bike ride on the Venice boardwalk. The VENICE BEACH WALK TOURS is one of the most famous tourist attractions in all of America. As a matter of fact, it’s number 1 in Los Angeles County, visited by more than 5 million people each year. This weekend was the Abbot Kinney Festival,a long celebrated fall tradition with eco-friendly car booths, party tends, food like Hawaiian BBQ to keetle Korn, and Obama booths.

Is Small the New Large In Beach Cottages?

Images by Ben Anders

London based Danish designer Nina Tolstrup of Studiomama wanted a weekend retreat to escape life in so she bought a small plot of land on the shore in a seaside town located in northeast Kent. The 388-square-foot structure is located in the middle of a row of 25 tiny cottages, sits on galvanized steel stilts, and is clad with cedar shingles. The interior is sawn softwood and the focus is the sea view. A sleeping loft accommodates Ms. Tolstrup and her husband, and her two children who sleep in bunks. Nina has designed this beach house to be pared down to the essentials: eat, drink, sleep, and view. We think it is the perfect Beach house find!

Are You Looking For a Summer Beach Read?

The Beach House

By Jane Green

What makes a great beach read? Lost love, troubled lives and Nantucket "The Beach House," is Jane Green's 10th novel, and a top selling summer read. One of this summers best seller, "Beach House" is filled with complex characters facing their own personal struggles. Green's "Beach House" comforts anyone who enters it. This read is filled with wisdom, and inspiration for those who lack hope in their own lives.

Jane Green is a native brit, who, who loves living near the beach in Westport, Connecticut.

Stepping Into A Life of An Heiress by the Sea

Put this on your list of Top Beach House Finds to visit before you die. Rough Point the oceanfront home of Doris Duke in Newport., Rhode Island. Miss Duke spent a lifetime of collecting from exotic locations around the world. Located on Newport's Bellevue Avenue, Rough Point has a beautiful sweeping ocean view and is a splendid way to spend the day by the Sea. Rough Point is still furnished as it was when Doris Duke lived here. So the private tour is intimate, worth the upward price and you leave with an education and knowledge of what a preservationist, Miss Duke was to Newport, Rhode Island. Her passion for restoring Colonial buildings in Newport, Rhode Island led her to creating the Newport Restoration Foundation in 1968. www.NewportRestoration.org

Do You Want A Great Summer Beach House Read?

"Any book that is vacation- or beach-themed does very well," states Barnes & Noble's Bob Wietrak. A Summer Affair, Bikini Season, The Beach House, The Sand Castle and July and August are basking on bookshelves.

What's Up in The East Hamptons?

East Hampton businesses reported strong sales across the board as they assess summer and beach weekends. East Hampton merchants, innkeepers, and restaurant owners pleasantly are surprised by the summer activity.

Visitors are plentiful this summer season despite a sense of a faltering economy combined with high gasoline prices, merchant sales records are up around town.

People are firing up their grills for weekend barbeque's. The ultra chic London Jewelers on Main Street in East Hampton reported the store sales are good. Main Street, Kristina Klug, manager of Tiffany’s East Hampton branch, said the beach is in full swing again with sales being up with weddings being a big factor in the the selling and lot of hostess gifts are being purchased. Tiffany sell platters that look like fish, and also sells a lot of crystal candlesticks, vases and bowls. House guests like to bring a gift.” states Klug.