How to Find Luxury Hotels in San Diego, California

San Diego, California, has become one of the fastest growing cities in the United States, thanks to its extremely mild climate, its state-of-the-art sports facilities, its growing economy and most importantly, the miles and miles of beautiful coastline.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Know Your Destination: San Diego, California

1. Use San Diego as a base for visiting other other locations in Southern California, such as the Anza-Borrego Desert, or for making a crossing into Tijuana, Mexico for a day.

2. Enjoy San Diego's superb climate, which combines low annual rainfall with temperatures that are much more temperate than in Los Angeles, which is located over 100 miles to the north.

Find Luxury Accommodations in San Diego, California

3. Book accommodations at Hotel del Coronado by calling (800) HOTELDEL or visiting its Web site (see Resources below).

4. Make reservations by calling [phone].

5. Choose luxury accommodations near the Legoland amusement park, located a few miles north of the city limits, if you're taking the kids to see the extraordinary sculptures made entirely of Lego blocks.

6. Choose luxury accommodations right on the beach, especially if you're fond of glorious Southern California sunsets.

7. Take a side trip to one of the many Indian reservations to the east of San Diego, and stay at one of the exciting new casinos.

8. Travel across the huge Coronado Bridge to find luxury accommodations on Coronado Island, especially if you're interested in sailing out of Glorieta Bay.

9. Choose luxury accommodations in downtown San Diego in the historic Gaslamp Quarter.

Get Around San Diego

10. Ride the San Diego Trolley, especially if you plan on attending a Chargers football game at Qualcomm Stadium. Use the Green Line if you're a night owl, since the last trolley deaprts from Old Town San Diego at one in the morning.

11. Use the efficient and well-designed Metropolitan Transit System (MTS), San Diego's very modern and efficient mass transit system.

12. Consider taking your own car to San Diego, or renting one once you are there, since the city is large sights are spread out.

Explore the City

13. Visit the Old Town section of San Diego, said to be the first European settlement in California.

14. Take your children to the San Diego Zoo, which many people feel is the world's finest zoo. This year marks the 90th Anniversary of the zoo, so check out many of the special exhibits planned for the celebration.

15. Thrill your kids by taking them to see Shamu, the Killer Whale, at Sea World in Mission Bay.

16. Catch a Padres game at Petco Park, one of the newest and most beautiful sports stadium in the country, with astonishing views of the nearby skyscrapers.