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Calamigos Guest Ranch
Malibu, California, United States · Independent · Core Luxury
Navy veteran J. Grant Gerson and Helen Walter Gerson opened Calamigos in 1937 as a children's camp in the Malibu mountains, taking a name they heard as a Chumash greeting: come as my brother, come as my friend. They bought fifteen Latigo Canyon acres in 1947; the guest ranch now runs to hundreds of oak-and-canyon acres above Pacific Coast Highway, with fifty-three rooms, a beach club, and a vintage Ferris wheel that still turns for weddings.
- 53 rooms
- Opened 1937
- Neighborhood: Latigo Canyon
About Calamigos Guest Ranch
- The Gerson family still runs the ranch, now in a later generation under CEO Garrett Gerson, with a private beach club on the Malibu coast as well as the canyon guest ranch.
- Calamigos began as a travel camp for children before the family bought a physical home for it on Latigo Canyon in 1947.
- Weddings have been part of the ranch since the 1950s; a vintage Ferris wheel and carousel still turn on the grounds.
History
J. Grant Gerson and Helen Walter Gerson founded Calamigos in 1937 as a children's camp in the Malibu mountains, later buying fifteen acres on Latigo Canyon in 1947. The family-run guest ranch grew into a canyon hideaway of fifty-three rooms, a beach club, and long-running wedding grounds above Pacific Coast Highway.
Restaurants and bars
- Gentry Market — Café · Coffee shop
Amenities
- Pool
- Hot tub
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
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