{"id":7425,"date":"2026-10-08T12:02:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T19:02:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/?p=7425"},"modified":"2026-10-08T12:02:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T19:02:34","slug":"pechanga-resort-casino-named-top-resort-casino-in-california-by-readers-of-conde-nast-traveler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/pechanga-resort-casino-named-top-resort-casino-in-california-by-readers-of-conde-nast-traveler\/","title":{"rendered":"Pechanga Resort Casino Named Top Resort\/Casino in California by Readers of Conde Nast Traveler"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/prc_sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7227 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/prc_sm-300x165.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/prc_sm-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/prc_sm.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>TEMECULA, Calif. \u2013 (October 8, 2026)<\/strong> \u2013 With the polls closed and votes tallied, Pechanga Resort Casino has again earned a spot among Southern California\u2019s best resorts in <em>Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler<\/em>\u2019s 2026 Readers\u2019 Choice Awards. Pechanga Resort Casino was one of just 15 properties recognized on the prestigious travel publication\u2019s list of the Best Resorts in Southern California, earning a reader score of 94.02. Pechanga Resort Casino was also the only resort\/casino in California to earn the placement on the exclusive list, as well as one of only two resort\/casinos in the entire United States that made the cut.<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 800,000 <em>Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler<\/em> readers cast votes in the publication\u2019s 39th annual Readers\u2019 Choice Awards, rating their favorite experiences across the travel industry, including resorts, hotels, airlines, spas, cruise lines and destinations. Pechanga Resort Casino, owned and operated by the Pechanga Band of Indians, was recognized among the top resorts and only casino\/resort in Southern California.<\/p>\n<p>As one of the largest resort casinos in the country, Pechanga offers guests a full destination experience with 1,100 rooms and suites, 20 restaurants and bars, 275,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor event space, Journey at Pechanga championship golf course, Spa Pechanga, and one of the largest casino floors in California.<\/p>\n<p>Located in Southern California\u2019s Temecula Valley, Pechanga welcomes guests from throughout the region, across the country and around the world. The resort\u2019s location places guests near Temecula Valley Wine Country while offering accommodations, dining, gaming, golf, spa and entertainment all within one destination.<\/p>\n<p>The recognition from <em>Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler<\/em> adds to a growing list of accolades for Pechanga Resort Casino. The resort was recently named among AAA\u2019s Top 10 Casino Resorts and earned its 25th AAA Four Diamond designation in 2026. Pechanga\u2019s signature Great Oak Steakhouse also received its 15th AAA Four Diamond Award. Pechanga Resort Casino also ranked on <em>Cond\u00e9 Nast <\/em><em>Traveler\u2019<\/em>s Top Resorts list in 2023 and 2024<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TEMECULA, Calif. \u2013 (October 8, 2026) \u2013 With the polls closed and votes tallied, Pechanga Resort Casino has again earned a spot among Southern California\u2019s best resorts in Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler\u2019s 2026 Readers\u2019 Choice Awards. Pechanga Resort Casino was one of just 15 properties recognized on the prestigious travel publication\u2019s list of the Best Resorts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-misc-news","category-pechanga-resort-casino"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pechanga Resort Casino Named Top Resort\/Casino in California by Readers of Conde Nast Traveler - Newsroom<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.pechanga.com\/newsroom\/pechanga-resort-casino-named-top-resort-casino-in-california-by-readers-of-conde-nast-traveler\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pechanga Resort Casino Named Top Resort\/Casino in California by Readers of Conde Nast Traveler - Newsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"TEMECULA, Calif. \u2013 (October 8, 2026) \u2013 With the polls closed and votes tallied, Pechanga Resort Casino has again earned a spot among Southern California\u2019s best resorts in Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler\u2019s 2026 Readers\u2019 Choice Awards. 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