Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay Cliff Weekend — Half Moon Bay, CA

The Ritz-Carlton Half Moon Bay sits on the windswept Mavericks bluffs an hour south of San Francisco — Forbes Five-Star, three top-rated dining rooms, and a state-of-the-art spa. The bridesmaids take an oceanview block, book a sunset round on the Ocean Course (Arthur Hills, three closing holes above the cliffs), and dine at Navio with the Pacific 200 feet down. Day two is a Pillar Point tide-pool walk at dawn, a long spa morning, and a fire-pit s'mores night on the lawn. Decompression: a final morning at the Ocean Terrace before the SFO drive.