This downtown hotel is 3 blocks from the San Diego trolley and 3½ blocks from San Diego Bay; the convention center is 12 blocks away. All guestrooms have balconies with views of the bay, the city skyline, or the pool area. High-speed Internet access is complimentary. The hotel offers a pool with spa tub as well as complimentary access to a nearby fitness center. Continental breakfast is also free.

This oceanfront lodge is set in Pacific Beach, 7 miles from Downtown San Diego. Sea World is two and a half miles away. Guestrooms have patios or balconies, with king or queen beds. Amenities include complimentary wireless Internet access. There is direct beach access, and amenities include an outdoor swimming pool, a spa tub, and guest laundry facilities.

This newly-renovated, Spanish-style inn is within 5 blocks of the San Diego Concourse and Horton Plaza. Decorated in neutral tones, guestrooms are outfitted with maple furnishings, marble, and hand-painted Spanish tiles. The inn also offers a complimentary hot-and-cold breakfast, on-site laundry facilities, and fax service.

Just off I-15, this hotel is one half-mile from Miramar Marine Corps Air Station and 13 miles from the San Diego Zoo. All 104 guestrooms offer complimentary wireless Internet access, free local calls, microwaves, refrigerators, and pay movies. This hotel encircles a courtyard, swimming pool, spa tub, and sundeck. A complimentary Continental breakfast is provided.

This hotel is located two miles from the San Diego Zoo, and three miles from the Gaslamp Quarter and Old Town. The 101 guestrooms look out over the pool and courtyard area; all rooms have refrigerators and microwaves. The hotel has a swimming pool and sundeck; Continental breakfast and parking are complimentary.

Secluded resort on private peninsula in Mission Bay

Located on Shelter Island surrounded by San Diego Bay, this boutique-style hotel is five miles from Sea World and the San Diego Zoo. Balconies with views of the harbor or marina come in all guestrooms, which have South Pacific décor and bamboo furnishings. A complimentary brunch-style breakfast and a nightly happy hour with complimentary hors d’oeuvres are provided by the hotel.

This Spanish-style property is located in a hillside setting in historic Old Town, 5 miles from downtown San Diego. Guestrooms feature microwaves, refrigerators, and free local phone calls. The hotel offers an outdoor pool, spa tub, fitness room, and complimentary airport transportation.

Lush waterside retreat on Shelter Island

Refined, low-key ambience in the Golden Triangle

Sprawling Mediterranean-style resort on Mission Bay Located in Mission Bay Aquatic Park, this 18-acre resort is two miles from SeaWorld®, and four miles from the beach. Renovated in 2003, guestrooms boast new fabrics and carpets, bathrooms with marble vanities, and private balconies. Amenities include a private beach and dock, outdoor pool with spas, full-service spa, fitness center, and tennis courts.

This unique, intimate hotel, newly opened April 2005, is located in downtown San Diego in the Gaslamp District, three blocks from the Convention Center. All 235 rooms offer dual-two line phones, complimentary high-speed and wireless Internet access, flat-screen TVs with DVD/CD players, and gourmet minibars. Hotel amenities include a poolside bar, a restaurant with California cuisine and 24-hour room service, plus complimentary evening drinks.

Expansive high-rise hotel on San Diego Bay

The San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina is located on the bay in downtown San Diego adjacent to the convention center and Seaport Village. The unique shops of Horton Plaza are within walking distance. This full-service hotel offers deluxe accommodations with concierge level rooms on the top two floors of the south tower, dining and lounge facilities and a variety of recreation options. Over one hundred five thousand square feet of flexible meeting space is available including an exhibit hall, conference rooms, private boardrooms and two ballrooms. Self-parking is available at USD 16 per night with valet service additional. Small pets are allowed. * The San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina participates in Wired for Business: Marriott's new service that includes high speed Internet access plus unlimited local and long distance telephone calls within the United States for a set daily fee. This service can be requested at the front desk at check-in.

This modern 32-story hotel is connected via skybridge to the baseball stadium and is just steps away from the San Diego Convention Center. Oversized guestrooms have floor-to-ceiling windows, DVD players, luxury linens, and free wireless and high-speed Internet access. The sixth-floor terrace offers an outdoor pool, sundeck, stone fireplace, and food-and-drink service from McCormick & Schmick’s.