Hotels
Where to stay in San Diego.
Four areas, four different trips. Downtown and the Gaslamp Quarter walk to the waterfront, Petco Park and the convention centre; Coronado is the beach resort across the bay; La Jolla trades the downtown grid for the cove and the village; Mission Bay spreads its resorts around calm water, with the beach towns running up the coast.
Each area guide says who it suits, how getting around actually works from there, and names a few long-established hotels we have checked on their own sites.
Downtown and the Gaslamp Quarter
San Diego's historic, walkable centre, where the Gaslamp Quarter's dining and nightlife sit between the waterfront and the ballpark.
Suits first-time visitors who want to sightsee, eat and go out on foot, and travellers in town for the convention centre or a ballgame.
Coronado
A quiet, self-contained beach resort community across the bay from downtown, built around one famous Victorian hotel and a broad sandy beach.
Suits travellers who want a beach holiday with a historic, settled feel, and anyone happy to stay local rather than commute into downtown daily.
La Jolla
An upscale coastal village on cliffs and coves north of downtown, with two distinct bases: the walkable Village and the golf-course setting at Torrey Pines.
Suits travellers who want a refined coastal village to stroll, couples on a quieter break, and golfers basing themselves at Torrey Pines.
Mission Bay and the beach towns
A spread-out bayfront resort area next to Mission Beach and Pacific Beach, where each hotel works as its own self-contained base on the water.
Suits families and travellers who want a resort base on the water with both calm bay and ocean beach nearby, rather than a city sightseeing base.
Booking a place to stay
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