Talk about a true SoCal treat. At the Sheraton Carlsbad Resort & Spa, you have your own private entrance to LEGOLAND's innovative attractions. The resort overlooks the Pacific coastline and oozes elegance with its Spanish-Mediterranean style, flowering shrubs, and rolling lawns. Its tropical outdoor heated freeform pool is the site of summer "dive-in" movies, which are projected onto a big screen by the pool. At the full-service spa, rejuvenate with treatments using organic and sustainably-raised products. (Try the signature Coastal Waters Body Mask, which incorporates organic, hand-harvested ocean mud from the only licensed harvester along the Pacific using sustainable mud-gathering practices.) Family dining is a cinch with a resort package that includes free meals for the kids.

There's a lot to like about adult dinner options, too, at the Twenty/20 Grill & Wine Bar, including a first-rate wine selection, locally grown organic produce, and meats and fish from artisanal

Talk about a true SoCal treat. At the Sheraton Carlsbad Resort & Spa, you have your own private entrance to LEGOLAND's innovative attractions. The resort overlooks the Pacific coastline and oozes elegance with its Spanish-Mediterranean style, flowering shrubs, and rolling lawns. Its tropical outdoor heated freeform pool is the site of summer "dive-in" movies, which are projected onto a big screen by the pool. At the full-service spa, rejuvenate with treatments using organic and sustainably-raised products. (Try the signature Coastal Waters Body Mask, which incorporates organic, hand-harvested ocean mud from the only licensed harvester along the Pacific using sustainable mud-gathering practices.) Family dining is a cinch with a resort package that includes free meals for the kids.

There's a lot to like about adult dinner options, too, at the Twenty/20 Grill & Wine Bar, including a first-rate wine selection, locally grown organic produce, and meats and fish from artisanal purveyors, all prepared with French and California influences. Enjoy the sea air on the restaurant patio near the fire pit if weather permits (which it usually does given the San Diego area's temperate year-round climate).

Guestrooms are earth-toned and comfortable with deep-hued woods and plush, contemporary bedding, and there's plenty of light from walls of windows overlooking the ocean or the city. In-room Starbucks coffeemakers let you brew your own cup of joe, and the 32-inch flat-screen TV lets everyone wind down with a favorite movie before bedtime.