Gaslamp Quarter, San Diego

Advantages: Weather, location, beauty
Disadvantages: No direct flight from UK

...My wife and I have travelled to San Diego three times now. It is truely one of those places on earth that draws you to it like a magnet. Once you have been it will stay with you always. The climate is perfect, beautiful clear days and endless blue sky without the excessive heat of some destinations. Each time we have stayed at the Holiday Inn on the Bay. Whilst the hotel isn't the most expensive we have found the location perfect as you are within an easy walk of many shops and restaurants. Imagine sitting outside the hotel deli enjoying a coffee gazing right across the bay on a perfect day. There is also a Marriott hotel on the bay in a good location, I would personally not choose the resort hotels at the opposite side of the bay. A great family destination San Diego also has a brilliant zoo which can be reached easily by bus... Read review

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Advantages: Friendly, warm
Disadvantages:

...San Diego is a fantastic holiday destination. It is warm and sunny but as it is on the coast there are cooling sea breezes. The people are all friendly and there is fantastic shopping centre. The buildings are all painted in bright colours as the town used to be owned by Mexico. A place that must be visited is Balboa Park which has museums in it (some of which can be free on particular days) and also San Diego zoo. The park itself is lovely to walk around and has tress from all over the world. Another must is old town. This is a place with shops and restaurants which are in 'old style'. It has a mexican feel and is very relaxing. Basically San Diego is a must!... Read review

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Advantages: The place where lifestyles are created
Disadvantages: Having to leave to come back to work

...A couple of years back I decided to push off for Christmas with a buddy and backpack some of the Stated. First stop was LA, but after discovering rather rapidly that it was a hole, in fact a hole that needs to be filled in, we jumped on a greyhound and a couple of hours later we arrived in Downtown San Diego. San Diego is everything LA is not, it's clean, the downtown area was well lit with non threatening people. Prior to leaving LA we had booked ourselves into the Banana Bungalow (BB) in the Northern costal resort of Mission Beach. BB is a hostel right on the beach with a beautiful and large deck out the back where you can just kick back and enjoy the view. After settling in (staff were way friendly) we decided to explore the local area. Misison Beach is very much a residential resort that is making the most of its beach... Read review

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