Park Hyatt Aviara Resort, Golf Club & Spa

What the classifiers highlight

On a ridge above the Batiquitos Lagoon preserve in Carlsbad, 250 acres hold 327 rooms redone in a gray, nature-inspired palette, an Arnold Palmer golf course and the country's only Miraval-branded spa outside its own properties. Forbes rates it Five Stars for a fourth consecutive year, citing the 15,000-square-foot spa and a 3.5-acre lawn for bocce and croquet.