As Pala’s signature buffet, the expansive, buffet-style restaurant features a dining area capable of accommodating 625 guests. The resort’s sparkling pool area boasts five heated pools, luxury cabanas, waterfalls, fire pits, Jacuzzis, and a café-barĪfter swimming, sipping a couple Bloody Mary’s and relaxing beside the pool, we headed for lunch at Choices, The Buffet. They come with personalized pool attendant service, refrigerator stocked with waters and assorted sodas, 49″ HDTV, Wi-Fi, personal safe, sofa, arm chair and chaise lounge. The poolside cabanas - available for rent - are very inviting. There is also a full-service poolside café & bar.

Set beneath the Palomar Mountains, the area boasts five heated pools and 14 luxury cabanas, along with waterfalls, fire pits, deck chairs, Jacuzzis, and floating daybeds, all scattered about a beautiful outdoor courtyard. Once acquainted with the room, we took the elevator down to the lobby and walked outside to paradise at the resort’s sparkling adults-only pool plaza. The rooms at Pala are luxurious and offer great views Elegant and welcoming, the room boasted a comfy king bed, big flat screen TV, office area with free Internet, a large bathroom with walk-in shower and tub, a mini-fridge and coffee maker and a large, relaxing chair. The getaway began when a friend and I checked into a gorgeous 4th floor suite in Pala’s AAA Four-Diamond hotel, overlooking the nearby Palomar Mountains. Pala Casino Spa & Resort is a fun and relaxing getaway in San Diego County

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