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San Clemente Travel Guide: 56 reviews and 164 photos

San Clemente

She is a quiet, coastal town with a lovely shore and ideally located between L.A and San Diego. While she is not quite as grand as her closer neighbor, Laguna Beach, she is excellent in her own right.

SC Journal Entry

January 2005

Well, things are good for the most part, except I suffer so much from the tremendous, saturating floods I am so bloated, more than my" fairer weather friends" who didn't get so much rain. And I have had way too many mudslides, not the good alcoholic kinds with vodka!

Kae in San Clemente

Kae stands in awe of the magnificient blue of SC

Sisterhood

Did you know?

SanClemente of California has a distant sister of the same name, San Clemente del Tuyu in Argentina.

Pros and Cons
  • Pros:lesser unknown, so generally less crowded; nice people
  • Cons:nothing major!
  • In a nutshell:Forget Malibu, come to San Clemente
  • Last visit to San Clemente: Dec 2004
  • Intro Updated Aug 8, 2005
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  • cachaseiro's Profile Photo
    Jan 1, 2006 at 10:21 AM

    i spend a couple of days there 2 years ago. the photos brings back nice memories :O)

  • cnango's Profile Photo
    Jun 5, 2005 at 7:03 PM

    HI Marie, I enjoyed reading your write up and tips on SC. It is nice to read about others enjoying my wonderful hometown. Hope to see you here in the future :)

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