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Explore Laguna Beach's Pirate Tower

Laguna Beach, California

4.4/5
based on 12 reviews

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Added by Aubree Plodinec

La Tour is the name of the hidden tower in Laguna Beach and it looks like it's straight out of a fairy tale! Great spot to watch the sunset, play in the natural pool, or have a photoshoot.

To find this little hidden treasure, put Victoria Beach into your phone as your destination and park for free on S Coast Highway anywhere between Sunset Terrace, McAulay Place, or Victoria Drive. Make your way down any of these streets toward the beach and you will see stairs going down at the end of Sunset Terrace/Victoria Drive. Be sure to check the tide tables.

Head down the stairs but before the last step to the beach go right across the rocks. I would recommend shoes with excellent grips that can get wet, as you will need to scramble across a few rocks. After two short minutes you will see an awesome looking pool that when conditions are right, fill. Right before sunset seems to work out perfect for me as the pool was filled.

The tower itself is right next to the natural pool. Fun fact: This tower was used as a spiral staircase so the people that lived above it could easily get down to the beach. It is abandoned and locked up now but still provides a great landscape for photographers.

This adventure was featured in our Spring 2019 Lookbook!

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Explore Laguna Beach's Pirate Tower Reviews

Beautiful tour and gate with a cute lil pool in front :) but there were like 8 photoshoots when we went haha and best to go at low tides. 7/10

It was definitely a beautiful spot, but as Ben said, there were so many other people also taking photos and some (what appeared to be) engagement photo shoots. But I'd say it was worth it to see the tower and tide pools!

La Tour is a great place for sunset photography on the beach, and it provides the unique tower you won't find anywhere nearby. My only complaint is that there were photo shoots taking place right next to the castle, so be prepared to work around that if you happen to visit this spot.

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