City of Laguna Beach, California. Home of the Festival of Arts The City of Laguna Beach, California is well known as a unique beach community and artist's colony with seven miles of City beaches running along its nine square miles. The resident population enjoys the ambiance provided by the sandy beaches, canyons and coastal hills. Access to Laguna Niguel: Attractions, Orange County Natural History Museum, Aliso & Wood Canyons Regional Park. Laguna Niguel is primarily a hillside town. California Pacific Coast Highway This coastal highway winds along some of the most spectacular ocean views in the U.S. The highway contains countless examples of the many intrinsic qualities that make a highway a National Scenic Byway--qualities like perfect views of ocean waves breaking on rocky shorelines and cliffs, dozens of historical landmarks like Spanish Missions and Spanish settlements.