tips for things to do places to eat and where to stay in carlsbad california my hometown coming up
and if you're new here welcome i'm christine with where in the world is cL i make travel videos every
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i'm taking my mom out on a day of adventures say hi mom we'll be bringing you along with
all of our adventures today but we'll also be sharing some tips on other things you can do in
the area and actually mom how long have you been living in carlsbad i've been here over 30 years
one of the amazing things about carlsbad is it's a great time to visit all year round it
is always beautiful here i would say that generally it's 50s at night 70s during the
day but according to weathersport the best time to visit is june to october it's april of 2021
and we happen to get a really beautiful day today and so we are starting our day kayaking
actually no we're not we're starting our day here at toast for some breakfast
so let's dig in and then let's get on the boat
hello from carlsbad lagoon my mom and i are on a double kayak we went out with california water
sports where's your wave mom and they have a lot of things that you can rent from stand-up paddles
to these bike thingies that seem like a lot of work for not a lot of rewards but they also have
like pontoons and other things but we decided on the double kayak and we've been kayaking
around the lagoon and actually pro tip i ended up looking on groupon and i found a groupon and
got a very discounted rate on this two hour kayak and so we've just been cruising around the lagoon
what's your honest opinion about kayaking here ma it's nice but not really very much to see
it was a circle so if you wanted to do the whole two hours it'd be a circle about three
times the honest opinion i agree there's not a whole lot to see but it is like it's
really beautiful to be out on the water and out on the lagoon but i also think i'm spoiled because i
do a lot of kayaking in florida where it's really phenomenal videos in the description below if you
want to see that but we have a beautiful day out here and it is really nice to spend time out here
it's always nice to be out on the water but there are a couple other things i also recommend in the
area and one of them is definitely going to the beach and i would say there are two options on
how you can play this out going to the beach that's closer to carlsbad village that's on
the northern side there's a really great walking path over there and it's just a really great spot
to walk either on the beach or on the walking path the other thing i recommend is going to
south ponto beach so on the southern side of carlsbad ponto beach is a really beautiful spot
and there are a couple jetties over there and it's just one of my
favorite places to catch a sunset obviously hang out at the beach also but just a really
great place to catch the sunset and one other really beautiful place is bataquita's lagoon and
i'll drop a link in the description below on where i love to park my car but there's a really great
walking path there and if you walk to the end of the path and back it takes around 45 minutes
but it's really pretty because in the lagoon you'll see tons of fish jumping you'll see
birds ducks cranes and it's just a really beautiful spot to go for a walk and speaking
of beautiful this next one i recommend you've got to be here at the right time for it
if you happen to be in carlsbad in the springtime you cannot miss coming to the carlsbad flower
fields march and april are the months to be here and like i mentioned earlier i'm here in the month
of april 2021 and that's when the flowers are most in bloom and i have a southern california
friend that's going to give us another tip about when to come i'm janine i'm the wild
explorer i'm a travel content creator based in la and if you want to know all things california
i'm your girl for someone who's visiting the carlsbad flower fields what's your one pro tip
um if you can go on a weekday go as early as you can because all the families come like after 11
and it's early so i was actually considering the afternoon but now i'll consider going
probably the first ticket in the morning yeah how long did you spend there two hours oh two hours
get her done in two hours so based on janine's advice i bought the first ticket of the day on a
friday and so i'm here at 9 a.m tickets are 20 to get in and there's so many options for things to
do in the flower fields whether you decide to go blueberry picking or go on one of the wagon tours
or do what everyone is here to do which is take photos and i have a san diego friend that's going
to give us a pro tip about how to take photos here i'm here with jj jj introduce yourself
what's up everybody my name is jj from jaycation i do world travel turned into san diego because
san diego is my hometown and everybody wanted to start watching jaycation at home what's your pro
tip for the flower fields oh you definitely got to use the cutouts the cutouts over there it's a
t-shape right and make sure you're you're with a friend or be nice to somebody and have them angle
your camera a little lower on the other side of the cutout so it looks like you're within the
flower fields but you're really not you're kind of in a tarp like a green tarp and do your poses
and you'll get your perfect instagram shot perfect i'm gonna do that with my mom yeah that's awesome
a few more ideas of other things to do right in this area and these are good ones especially if
you have kids with you or if you're just a big kid like me one of them is going to lego land
lego land is just around the corner from here and my nephew used to have an annual pass i used to go
with him all the time but it is a really fun place both for kids and adults another really fun one is
k1 racing it's such a fun place to race go-karts and i have gotten motion sickness there before
but it is so much fun and here's one more idea for something to do that's actually just across
the street from here and it's something that my mom does more than i do do you know what that is
i'm at the carlsbad premium outlets which are really awesome because there's such a huge
selection of stores and not just regular outlet stores but tons of premium stores
and if there's something you know about me you know that i don't really shop that often i wear
a lot of the same clothes but i came here and i picked up a backpack from the adidas store for
my upcoming mexico trip because i plan on riding a bike a lot with my drone in my backpack but the
carlsbad premium outlets is a really great place just across the street from the flower fields to
stop in do some shopping but the thing that i love the most is what else is across the street from
here one of my favorite places to come to in the area is the windmill and it's a food hall with so
many options i've been here more times than i can count it's a great place to come to as a group but
they also have really great entertainment i've been here before when they've had a drag queen
performing and it was so fun to play bingo have drinks at the bar and my favorite thing to eat
here is the chicken cross street chicken is so delicious and funny story one time when i came
here meatball tried to order 50 pieces of chicken for five people it was just way too much chicken i
think i think we ate 37 pieces but it is perfectly cooked and it's not small let's talk about jj's
favorite what's your favorite spot to eat at oh yeah the windmill food hall is awesome i love that
place um i would say district one pho is good you got to try their pho and their shaken beef
shaking beef bacon beef wow super good do you eat the flour and the shake and beef in a single city
i have a i have a i have a small stomach and really weak so i just had the pho and then i
ate the chicken beef and took it home i like having the rare steak just all rare steak and
cooking it in the broth so today i took his suggestion i had the rare beef ball it was
really delicious i'm really full right now can't miss craft pizza they really do make
delicious pizza but again to come here with a group of people so you can try everything
and their bars not bad either actually let's be real you want to know what my favorite
thing is it's this thing right here the bar the bar has really good selection
both in terms of cocktails and beers and of course wine but i love drinking it
and speaking of drinking another really great spot that has so many great places
not only go to bars and drink but really great restaurants is carlsbad village and my mama is
going to tell you where we're going today where are we headed haru mama let's do it
and i chose the spot because janine that you met earlier inspired me with some of her california
reels cause she came here and oh so cute i'm so excited our food's about to come out we
ordered the duck ramen and since we also ordered buns we're gonna split this okay i'm prepared
for cute overload reveal it mom oh my gosh how cute next oh my gosh the cow which one is cuter
that's really cute let's bite it directly in the face really really really delicious
i might have to order my own necklace there are kind of a limitless number of restaurants in this
area that are really phenomenal a couple that i really love campfire is a really delicious
restaurant and they literally cook everything over a campfire and another really casual one that i
love especially for outdoor seating is crackheads they have a really great selection of drinks and
it's a really great spot to just hang out outside let's ask jj what his favorite is i would say
borden brew is one of the classics over there you can grab any other sandwiches and they're amazing
and just across the street there's a place called park 101 you can get brews burgers fries and you
can actually go upstairs and it's outdoors and it overlooks the carlsbad sign on the street
pro tip i'm definitely headed there thank you great place for a sunset too so
a couple other options that are right here in the area of course you gotta eat it in and out
if you're from california you know what that's all about but if you're not then my pro tip for
going in and out is to order your fries well and what that means is they will cook the fries just
a little bit longer because in and out fries are kind of known for being a little limp and soggy
but consider going in and out ordering your fries well another option in the area is carl strauss
it's a brewery and there's actually a lot of craft breweries in the area so make sure you
check the link in the description below for more info on that but carl strauss really great brewery
that's right over the flower fields and it's a great spot to pick up some beers and have some
really delicious lunch and actually speaking of carl strauss it is located right next door
to the casara which is one of my favorite places to stay at in the area so let's talk about that
located above the carlsbad flower fields you've got to book the casara when the ranunculus are
in bloom and again that's that march and april time frame unless you want that beautiful balcony
and you love the color brown i made that mistake but i love staying on this property and i have a
full video link in the description below of what my experience was like with the full room tour
so make sure you check that out and speaking of the description below i've also linked a bunch of
my other san diego videos and if you're enjoying this video make sure you choose that like button
and consider subscribing and if you have tips for carlsbad add them in the comments below i am
working hard for you you can see that i'm in a different place in a different outfit
on a different day but i can't cover everything so if you have helpful tips add them below
so that i can use them when i'm back home okay back to the casara one of the things i
loved about this property is the beautiful lobby and they also have an amazing pool
one thing that's kind of confusing is it's sharing a lot of the same areas as the grand palisades so
that's just one thing to look out for and one thing i'm always curious about is the prices
and i have a pro tip for you that i want to share in case it helps you to find the right hotel
for you because for me price and quality are two super important things and here's a quick tip just
open up google and make sure you have the map over the area you're looking for and then i'm just
typing in the word hotel and then i'm using the filters to make sure it's a highly reviewed place
and within a price point that i'm looking for and that's helping me to determine what my options
are in an area and find places that i may not have known about so that's how i'm able to see
for example the casara right now and i'm just choosing a random date for you i'm filming this
on may 1st and so i'm looking at a date that's near here and the price right now is a whopping
138 dollars which in my opinion is a total steal so that doesn't mean that that's the
price that you will pay but i want to use these same dates to give you a side-by-side comparison
of the good better better better better best of the other hotels i'm gonna tell you about in the
area so let's jump to the next one which is the la costa resort and spa it's been there for a long
time it's now an omni hotel and that rate going for those same dates right now is 306 dollars
two things i love about this property i love their tennis and pickleball courts and i also love their
pools so beautiful and they have both an adult area for pools and a kids area for pools this next
resort i've stayed at several times and i love it and it's the park hyatt the rate right now is 595
for those same dates again and one of the things if you don't want to pay that premium
price but you want to enjoy the property is go to their restaurants i loved eating at argyle
their steakhouse which has since closed but i've heard phenomenal things about their new restaurant
that's opened in its place and burren rai and who this next property i'm so curious about it's this
new hotel that has just opened right above ponto beach and it's pretty expensive right now again
just recently opened but it's going for 629 and it looks like a really beautiful property and is in
a very amazing spot right on the beach and if you're feeling like all of these places are
pretty expensive again use that tip around the hotels and google maps and then slide that price
filter to where it fits for you and also pro tips link in description below about how i use trip
advisor another way to find really well rated and recommended hotels by other travelers but within
the price point that i'm looking for so check out that video below and also speaking about going
below head south to la jolla oh i loved that day of adventures with my mom link in the description
below i'm christine i'm here every week with new adventures cheers that like button if
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