Any Villa L'Auberge owners who can tell me where unit 605 is located (upstairs or downstairs, front or back building)? Got a trade into there next month in exchange for one of our Marriott Newport Coast weeks. Thanks!
Now that enough people have posted about their Villa L'Auberge rooms in this and other posts (owners are obviously free to correct me if I'm wrong), it looks like 601, 602 and 603 are on the ground floor in the "back" building (which some have said have the worst or no views, except of the "front" building); 604, 605, and 606 are on the top floor in back building; 607, 608, and 609 are on the ground floor in the front building; and, 610, 611, and 612 are on the top floor of the front building (although winos2 said 610 was ground floor, so I must be missing some piece of information).
Thanks to everyone for their responses. We have been thinking about trying to trade into Villa L'Auberge for several years and are really looking forward to our stay. (FYI, we deposited one week at Marriott Newport Coast Villas with II in June 2015, requested L'Auberge at the same time, and received our confirmation into L'Auberge on Jan. 9 for a Feb. 21 - 28 stay.) :whoopie:
Now that enough people have posted about their Villa L'Auberge rooms in this and other posts (owners are obviously free to correct me if I'm wrong), it looks like 601, 602 and 603 are on the ground floor in the "back" building (which some have said have the worst or no views, except of the "front" building); 604, 605, and 606 are on the top floor in back building; 607, 608, and 609 are on the ground floor in the front building; and, 610, 611, and 612 are on the top floor of the front building (although winos2 said 610 was ground floor, so I must be missing some piece of information).
Here is your correction from an owner. All rooms have ocean view. The front building has ground level units, 610, 611 and 612. The other rooms are downhill (lower on the cliff) and therefore downstairs. The building in the back put all their rooms up levels of stairs. This allows all of them to have excellent ocean views. Low level in the back building is really the second floor.. Since the highest level of the front building is on the ground floor, the lowest level in the back building is above the highest floor in the front building.
Chances are high that you won't be able to request a room. All rooms are fixed units and fixed weeks. That means you'll get whatever was deposited into II, unless GPR decides to do something else (such as rent out the room and give you a different room that wasn't being used).
I'm sure you'll love it, but the units are very small compared to normal one bedrooms. Since you gave up a 2 bedroom, I just wanted to give you a head's up about that. You'll be able to walk to the beach, many restaurants and shops, nice trails by the ocean, etc. The timeshare has nothing to offer other than the excellent view, but you get to use the hotel's stuff like the pool, tennis etc. The hotel is a block up the hill from the timeshare rooms. I've never used the pool/spa because of that. The hotel has a really large spa and a couple restaurants, lobby bar, outdoor bar to name a few things.
It is perfect for what you want and exactly why I ended up buying there. There is so much to do right there within a couple blocks. Dinner on the patio at the hotel during sunset is great, if it isn't too cold. We eat on the balcony of our room most of the time since the view is so amazing.It should be perfect for a romantic getaway. We are looking forward to the small resort, walks on the beach, and walks in Del Mar and the surrounding area. (I know some people were not happy with the passing trains, but I'm not really worried about those, either.)