San Clemente is a unique beach town built on hillsides overlooking the Pacific Ocean, ideally located between Los Angeles and San Diego. It is the southernmost city in Orange County.

The city offers 20 acres of sand beach and a 1,200-foot long fishing pier with dynamic views of coastal bluff and hills. San Clemente has a small town feel but offers many restaurants, hotels and shops and beaches and public parks. San Clemente State Beach is popular with surfers, skin divers and hikers.

The area near Highway 101, (known also as Pacific Coast Highway or El Camino Real), is called a “Spanish village by the sea”. Eastward into the hills, brand new communities have sprouted with hundreds of new homes built yearly. Growth abounds in San Clemente, likely because the sun shines 342 days a year there. San Clemente has a large industrial complex which hosts several mega-million-dollar firms. In spite of all the growth the city has managed to preserve the real estate vision of its founder, Ole Hanson, by requiring that buildings use a classic Spanish with a red tile roof.