Best Western Premier Hotel Del Mar

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If you are flying into San Diego, the nearest airport is the San Diego International Airport (SAN). It is about a 30 minute drive from the airport to Del Mar. There are many hotels in Del Mar so we have listed a few for you to choose. The hotels usually range in price from 260/night to over 850/night. The closest most affordable hotel is the Best Western Premier Del Mar. We recommend searching around for the best deal either through a website like Expedia, Hotels.com, etc. or inquiring directly with the hotel on available discounts (i.e. AAA, Senior, Military). If you want to extend your vacation there are a number of AirBnBs and VRBOs for rental in the area. Additionally, if you want to stay closer to downtown San Diego, it is about a 30 minute drive up to Del Mar. If you would like more details or suggestions on places to stay feel free to text/call Lauren or Jordan.

Reservations are now available online for this hotel. This hotel is walking distance to the venue (about 0.8 mile), shops, restaurants, and one of the more affordable hotels in the area (around 260/night).

This hotel is also walking distance to the venue (about 1 mile), shops, restaurants, etc. This is a more expensive hotel (around 400-450/night).

Hotel Indigo San Diego del Mar, an IHG Hotel

This hotel is not walking distance, but is still a quick Lyft/Uber drive to the venue (around 5 minutes). It is around 350/night. It is also a quick drive to the downtown Del Mar area for restaurants and shops.

Hilton San Diego/Del Mar

This is the hotel venue, however, it is very expensive to stay here (around 850/night). But if you feel like splurging this is an option as well!

This hotel is up the hill from the venue on the Torrey Pines golf course. It is about a 10 minute Uber/Lyft drive to the venue as well as the shops and restaurants. It is around 350/night.

Hilton La Jolla Torrey Pines

Travel

Whether you are coming to San Diego for a quick weekend or making a vacation out of it, there are so many great things to do and see. Here are just a couple of our recommendations: Restaurants: There is way too many good restaurants to name. My best advice is to Yelp restaurants near where you are staying. But if you do need some recommendations feel free to message Lauren or Jordan. You can never go wrong with Mexican food in San Diego, and the cheaper, greasier the better! Additionally, there are hundreds of breweries in San Diego county, as well as bars and clubs! Some neighborhoods to check out are: Little Italy, Gaslamp, North Park, Normal Heights, Kensington, Ocean Beach, Pacific Beach, and Mission Beach. Transportation: San Diego is not a great public transportation city. Our best recommendation is to use either Lyft or Uber to get to and from your destination. Should you choose to drive, just be aware that parking is not always easy and most places charge. Some other options for transportation if you are going up and down the coast are the Coaster train. Additionally, the Trolley can be another form of transportation.

When we lived in San Diego we had annual passes and use to frequent this place regularly. Whether you love animals or just want to get in some exercise with hills, this place is amazing! Challenge if you go here: Try and see the Arctic Fox (by the Polar Bear and Reindeer). We have only seen this animal once, it tends to be hiding everytime we go. Also, the meerkats are my absolute favorite, be sure to find the one standing up who is on watch.

San Diego Zoo

While this place may be controversial (i.e. Blackfish documentary), it will give you a deep appreciation for all of the wildlife underwater that we rarely get to see.

SeaWorld San Diego

This is another great place to get exercise, take instagram worthy pics, and potentially learn some history at the musuems. Additionally the Zoo is located in Balboa Park.

Balboa Park

Home of the San Diego Padres! Petco Park is located in downtown San Diego, and a great place to go with walking distance to bars and restaurants for before or after the game.

Petco Park

Torrey Pines has some great hiking trails if you want to be near the ocean. We would classify these hiking trails as Medium in difficulty. There are some ups and downs but once you get to the top it is relatively flat.

Torrey Pines State Reserve

Cowles Mountain is another Medium difficulty level hiking trail. This one has more switchbacks and goes up higher. It is also more inland from the ocean, but a great exercise opportunity and great mountain views!

Cowles Mountain Trailhead

This is more of a leisurely stroll along the ocean cliffs. It is very flat and easy for anyone to do. If you want great views, smell of the salt ocean, and amazing photo opportunities come here in the morning, afternoon or before sunset.

Sunset Cliffs Coastal Trail (Linear Park)

If you are really looking to burn off some calories, a hard hike to do still in San Diego County is the Mount Woodson Trail that is famously known at the top for Potato Chip Rock. This is quite the hike and depending on what trail you take could take you a number of hours. So plan accordingly.

Mount Woodson Trailhead

While it will be nice weather in July, be prepared that the water temperature of the Pacific Ocean is quite cold, even in July. If you do want to go surfing it may be best to rent a wetsuit. However, nothing beats watching the waves, dolphins and sunset. No matter where you go along the coast the beaches are great! But a few more popular ones are: Mission Beach - just south of Pacific Beach, there are also a handful of restaurants, bars, and little arcade and amusement park.Pacific Beach - lots of restaurants and bars along the boardwalk so you can grab some food and drinks either before or after you hit the waves.Del Mar - north of San Diego city and where our actual wedding is taking place. This is a much calmer beach and also close to the Torrey Pines hiking trails.La Jolla - this beach is more known for the downtown La Jolla shops and restaurants as well as the famous seals. They are amazing creatures to see up close, but be prepared for the smell!Carlsbad - this is Lauren's hometown where she grew up and it has amazing beaches with lots of waves to surf. However, it is a bit north from San Diego (~45 minute drive)Coronado- this is south of San Diego and you have to cross the Coronado bridge to access it. These beaches are gorgeous and don't forget to stop by the famous Hotel Del Coronado.

Lauren & Jordan

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