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Hotel at a Glance: 3-Star Top-Secret San Diego Hotel

This convenient hotel makes a great home base for a San Diego vacation. Drive roughly 10 minutes and you can cheer for football teams at Qualcomm Stadium or shop at the Westfield Mission Valley mall. In less than 20 minutes, you can reach the San Diego Zoo, the Gaslamp Quarter, and other classic attractions.

• Take a dip in the outdoor pool or hot tub.
• Grab a bite: The onsite restaurant serves breakfast and dinner, and kids younger than 12 eat free with a paying adult.
• Where you’ll stay: Guest rooms have free WiFi and high-definition TVs with premium cable. Choose a suite for more space, as well as a microwave and a refrigerator.
• Work up a sweat in the fitness center, then refuel with a snack from the 24/7 market.
• Property is centrally located near Sea World, Balboa Park, Qualcomm Stadium San Diego‎, San Diego Zoo, Pacific Beach/Ocean Beach, and Gaslamp.

San Diego, California: Historical Attractions and Electric Nightlife in Southern California

San Diego’s sunny, comfortably warm weather and 70 miles of coastline have long attracted vacationing out-of-towners, but the city’s inland scene is no slouch, either. The Gaslamp Quarter is arguably the trendiest listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The area forms both the historic center of town and a hub of San Diego nightlife, with nearly 100 Victorian-era buildings occupied by high-end boutiques, jewelers, and gourmet restaurants.

A stroll through iconic Balboa Park takes you past 17 separate museums, as well as the world-famous and much beloved San Diego Zoo. There’s also the vibrant Spanish Village Art Center, a living gallery where local artists produce pottery, handblown glass, and oil paintings for sale.

Farther north, in Old Town—site of the first European settlement in California—shops in Mission-style stucco buildings sell colorful wrestling masks, woven baskets, and maracas. Nearby stands the Whaley House Museum, dubbed one of the Most Terrifying Places in America by the Travel Channel. Ghosts of former residents are said to inhabit the rooms, which are filled with Victorian furniture, eerie dolls, and squeegees for ectoplasm cleanup.

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