It is popular with the Disney Land vacationers in nearby Anaheim and with many Los Angeles natives. You can find some modestly priced beachside hotels in this area. Laguna Beach is a picturesque beach community along the far southern shores of Los Angeles. This is the artists community with many quaint shops and art galleries featuring arts, crafts and designer clothes, plus some good restaurants. There is a selection of nice moderately priced to semi-expensive hotels in Laguna Beach.
Long Beach has a rather large modern business and commercial center beside a busy seaport harbor.
It offers a lot of restaurants, shopping and boating, but it does not have much beach. You can find a good selection of inexpensive to moderately priced hotels in Long Beach. Malibu is located along the northernmost coast of Los Angeles where the Malibu Mountains reach into the sea. The coastal highway mostly hugs the mountain slopes above cliffs and beaches. Exotic houses, built on stilts, hover above the narrow beaches or cling to the mountain slopes.