LONG BEACH – If you are looking for comfortable, clean lodging with many luxuries, with the ambiance of the coast, you need look no further than Boardwalk Cottages, located at 800 Ocean Beach Boulevard South in Long Beach. This was recently reaffirmed when Coastal Living editors named Boardwalk Cottages number three of the 15 best waterfront inns in America.

Owners Bill and Pat Turner purchased the cottages 16 years ago. The cottages were in a very run down condition, but the Turners had a vision and immediately got to work. While it didn’t happen overnight, the results of their hard work are very evident and obviously earning them nation-wide recognition.

They have cottages to accommodate families or couples, with amenities such as fireplaces, kitchens, a large outdoor hot tub, plus Long Beach Coffee Roasters coffee in each cottage and blueberry muffins, cinnamon rolls, cranberry lemon scones and pumpkin scones baked fresh each morning. They even have some very “romantic rooms” with in-room jetted tubs and gas fireplaces and beautiful beds. Each cottage has a relaxing covered deck with chairs or porch swings filled with flowers pots.

And they are not finished yet – they have plans to expand in the next couple of years.

The Turners say they love the hospitality business because of the wonderful, diverse people they have met, many of whom have become real friends. Call Boardwalk Cottages at 642-2305.

As you can see by the list of award winners they are in very good company. Others listed include:

1. Miraloma On The Cove, Sidney, British Columbia

2. Land’s End Resort, Homer, Alaska

3. Boardwalk Cottages, Long Beach

4. Cannery Pier Hotel, Astoria

5. L’auberge Carmel, Carmel, Calif.

6. Tower 23, Pacific Beach, Calif.

7. Turtle Bay Resort, Kahuku, Oahu, Hawaii

8. Inn At Mystic, Mystic, Conn.

9. Embassy Suites Hotel, New York, N.Y.

10. Five Gables Inn & Spa, St. Michaels, Md.

11. Planters Inn, Savannah, Ga:

12. Lago Mar Resort And Club, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla

13. 9 Beaches, Sandys, Bermuda

14. Longboat Key Club And Resort, Longboat Key, Fla.

15. Montrose Hideaway Bed-And-Breakfast Retreat, Montrose, Ala.

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