Laguna Beach is Southern California's premier seaside artist haven. Quaint cottages amidst subtropical gardens line bluffs above sandy coves along a seven mile scenic coastline. Inland, luxuriant foliage and seaview homes cover lower canyons and ridges of hills that rise more than 1,000 feet above the ocean. Artists began arriving here over a century ago to enjoy the year-round, picture-postcard weather. Today, visitors from around the world come to Laguna Beach to enjoy the many superb art galleries, restaurants, and hotels, many with breathtaking sunset views. The scenic hillside vistas of Laguna beach and tropical vegetation appear as the cascading scenery of an Italian seaside village, serene and timeless.