If you’re looking for prices you can afford for an excellent San Diego vacation, check out “The Rock”, Hard Rock, that is. Located at the entrance to Gaslamp Quarter, the hotel features incredible rooms that offer comfort, cool and location. You can go down to the lobby for music and drinks, or head out the door for some great Gaslamp steaks and sizzling nightlife.

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Nearby, enjoy a variety of family entertainment. Our favorites include San Diego Zoo, Balboa Park, Sea World, and shopping for silver jewelry, leather goods, and even pharmaceuticals at a fraction of U.S. prices just across the border in Tijuana.

Be sure to check out Hard Rock soon. There are some deals, but by summer, they’ll be gone.

Hard Rock Hotel

US Grant

The stately US Grant hotel in downtown in San Diego, an early 1900’s  brick building on the National Register of Historic Places, was built by Ulysses S. Grant, Jr., son of the 19th president of the United States. Opened in 1910 after delays because of the shortage of lumber as a result of th San Francisco 1909 earthquake, the building opened  with much fanfare. It was a beautiful hotel with marble and rich wood treatments, a 500 seat ballroom, and location across from Horton Plaza. Check out the great photos of the hotel.

Experiencing several massive renovations (one was over $80 million), the US Grant has hosted 14 presidents during its illustrious career as San Diego’s jewel of the downtown. Recent renovations occurred in 2006 and everything shines as a Starwood Hotel. Located in the center of the downtown area,  walking distance from Petco Park, Gaslamp Quarter with its wonderful Croce’s, many great restaurants and bars, and special street events, if you seek historic ambiance, and location, you will love it.

Guests arriving by Amtrak from Union Station can easily make the walk over to the hotel, or catch a cab a few short blocks it that makes more sense.

Se San Diego Hotel

Se San Diego Offers 45% OFF!

Se San Diego looks and feels like the finer hotels of the world. When you visit China and stay in a four or five diamond accommodation, you can expect firm, luxury bedding (often with silk sheets and comforters), and city lights views. Se San Diego carries similar color schemes, modern, clean lines, and new glass windows and door treatments that clearly outshine the finer properties in China.

As of this posting, Se is offering a discount for accommodations. While such offers are guaranteed to change, the main thing you should know is that it’s likely you’ll be getting a room on a lower flower rather than the penthouse and higher floor city lights views. But if you are looking for a truly quality room and don’t need to be on top of the world, this is a perfect time to book a room at Se, located at 5th and Broadway at the gateway to Gaslamp Quarter.  You can pay more and get better views, of course.

Be sure to enjoy the swimming pool, spa and dining when you make your next visit. Se is a self-contained hotel with alll the creature comforts. It also accepts pets, through there’s a $150 deposit. You got it…Se isn’t a cheap hotel. Se is a luxury hotel and for that, you must pay. But when they take 45

San Diego Bayfront Hilton

Hilton San Diego Bayfront features one of the most luxurious pieces of property in all of San Diego. Located right next to the San Diego Convention Center, the hotel offers some city lights views, but many water and ocean views from hotel rooms and suites. Its meeting space, convention space, location next to Gaslamp Quarter and Petco Park, and walkway path to Seaport Village make this a unique, luxurious vacation. It could easily be called a resort, though it lacks an actual beach on site. What it does offer, however, is an outdoor pool with waterfront views, luxurious dining rooms, cocktail lounges and cafes, and the ability to walk to everything, The convention center is just steps away.

If you are attending a convention, this hotel would be an obvious selection. However, you can opt for other nearby hotels that are equally nice. Some prefer places such as the Hard Rock Hotel across the street, the original San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina, or approx. 40 nearby choices ranging from superb four diamond accommodations to budget hotels in the 2 diamond range.

San Dieg Bayfront Hilton offers many special deals and believe or not, when there are no conventions in town, they will often drop the price on rooms to affordable rates that you can hardly fathom. Next time you’re heading for San Diego, make a mental note to add this to your list of options.

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Gaslamp Quarter Westin

The Westin Gaslamp Quarter San Diego is a hotel located in the heart of it all. Offering what feels like luxury accommodations as you exit the busy streets of this district of San Diego known for its nightlife and dining, you are glad to be wrapped in quite and comfort. Escape to your room to relax among the pleasing decor as you watch the city bustle and and and the sky turn from blue to dark as night sets in. The Westin is not the most luxurious hotel in the Gaslamp but it is very nice. It has an outdoor pool, beautiful lobby bar, great restaurant on the first floor, and features an easy walk to the San Diego Convention Center within view just a few blocks.

Along that walk you’ll find all the convenience and great amenities–Starbucks, convenience stores, shopping with Horton Plaza nearby, Amtrak station within walking distance and Seaport Village on the Waterfront just down a few blocks as well. Westin is the downtown area, in the Gaslmap, near Petco Park, near the Convention Center, and features everything you could want in entertainment, location, and hotel amenities.

One of the great features of this hotel is the In-Room Spa service offered. You can arrange a time for your private massage in the comfort of your hotel room. This is a real plus for those who have limited time, but need to knock the kinks out of their backs and necks. The Westin has partnered with a local company that have selected for its excellence in service and customer satisfaction.

When you enter the Westin, you get a feeling of rich colors and and grandiose scale. Things feel large and inviting. Hotel rooms feature city lights views overlooking other hotels, businesses, and streetlife below.  On a stay a this hotel you get the swimming pool, gym, meeting space for those who seek business amenites, a casual bar on site, restaurant on site, and a location in the heart of it all. If you’re going to one of the special events that San Diego is so famous for, this hotel is sometimes overlooked as young visitors tend to book Hard Rock nearby, but consider the Westin next time. Chances are you may save a dollar or two.