Santa Catalina Island Hotels

There are many Santa Catalina Island hotels and, unlike many other vacation destinations, distance is not a factor when it comes to choosing Santa Catalina Island hotels. About 90% of Santa Catalina Island hotels are clustering on the same spot on Catalina Islands, the main Santa Catalina Island shopping and restaurant strip.

Avalon, the largest city and the only city on Santa Catalina Island, is only about one square mile in size. Santa Catalina Island is about 76 square miles in size. About 86% of Santa Catalina Island is unuseable land. The people of Santa Catalina Island have used up all the useable land. From Catalina express terminals, it is only about 2 minutes walk to the main Santa Catalina Island shopping strip, hence to about 90% of the hotels on Santa Catalina Island. The main shopping and happening strip on Santa Catalina Island is only less than a mile in length. In fact, if you are walking up and down the main strip on Santa Catalina Island, you are likely to see the same people many times.

The majority of hotels on Santa Catalina Island are close by. In fact, it is hard to tell where one hotel ends and another one starts. Hotels on Santa Catalina Island are surrounded by restaurants and shops. Many of the more exquisite hotels on Santa Catalina Island have gardens and guest areas open to the public. Shoppers on Santa Catalina Island can wonder onto the courtyards, gardens, or restrooms of most hotels without even realizing they are on properties that are parts of hotels.

The photograph above shows a garden belonging to Pavilion Lodge, one of many Santa Catalina Island hotels. The garden of this Santa Catalina Island hotel is open to the public so anyone can walk in and enjoy. This shared community facility is a common characteristic of Catalina Islands hotels.

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