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500 west hotel
Not everybody needs the convention hotels on site, and this 500 West Hotel is geared for those traveling in style during conventions to San Diego. You’ll generally not find this hotel on the San Diego convention hotels list, but it should be. Only a five minute walk to the convention center makes it worth considering. But what we like best about San Diego’s coolest hybrid hotel in the heart of downtown San Diego just steps from the Gaslamp District, Horton Plaza shopping center, Seaport Village, Amtrak and trolley stations, is the affordable accommodations.
They call 500 West the hybrid because it is in the same breath like an upscale hostel and it also is affordable. In California Gold Country they call these B&Bs.
Sleek, modern furnishings include flat-screen television, custom designed writing desk and platform bed with pillow top mattresses, and semi-private bathrooms. This means you share them, but for those accustomed to B&Bs, it’s well worth checking out 500 West.
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