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The Newport Beach Lifestyle
Newport Beach is your premiere destination for a fine primary residence, a vacation home, an investment property, or a quality retirement in Southern California. LIve on Newport Bay or the ocean beaches of Balboa Peninsula where sailing, swimming, surfing, wind surfing, SCUBA diving, and snorkeling are world class. A short drive down the coast is the internalionally respected art colony of Laguna Beach, and north of Newport is Huntington Beach, site of world championship surfing and beach volleyball tournaments. And it’s only a short flight or a pleasant afternoon’s sail to historic Catalina Island, location of the famous Wrigley Mansion and a herd of wild buffalo, and where numerous Hollywood movies were filmed. Catalina is surrounded by crystal clear water teeming with enough ocean life to delight any SCUBA diver.
Walk along the streets of the villages of Balboa Island and Corona del Mar, and discover the quaint and typically unique shops and restaurants, as well as hundreds of homes ranging from snug cottages to multi-million dollar waterfront mansions. Enjoy golf at Newport Beach’s 6 golf courses or the other 48 courses that are within 20 miles of the center of the city, or enjoy tennis at dozens of convenient locations, including the John Wayne Tennis Club. The Upper Newport Bay has miles of hiking and bicycle trails leading throughout Orange County.
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| Shop at Fashion Island with its 200 stores ranging from numerous small specialty boutiques to Nieman Marcus, Bloomingdales, Nordstrom’s, and Macy’s, as well as 40 unique restaurants and two Edwards cinema complexes. The Orange County Museum of Art is located in Newport Beach at Fashion Island.
Only minutes away is South Coast Plaza, an international shopping destination with 280 stores and boutiques including Tiffany’s, Cartier, Rolex, Louis Vuitton, Dior, Chanel, Yves St. Laurent. Gucci, Hermes, and others, and nearly 40 restaurants including Wolfgang Puck’s. Adjacent to South Coast Plaza is the Orange County Performing Arts Center, with world class performances to suit every taste from the Bolshoi Ballet to Garth Brooks to the Muppets.
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The campus of the University of California, Irvine, adjacent to Newport Beach and renowned for its medical school and the Claire Trevor School of the Arts, offers baccalaureate and advanced degrees in nearly every discipline. If you want of take an occasional adult education courses in practically any field, Orange Coast College is nearby.
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach is one of the finest medical facilities in Southern California, with advanced medical programs in many specialties as well as five renowned centers of excellence: Hoag Cancer Center, Hoag Heart and Vascular Institute, Hoag Neurosciences Center, Hoag Orthopedic Services and Hoag Women’s Health Services.
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