Advantages: Gorgeous scenery, sunshine Disadvantages: transport links
was sold as one fare (rather than book individual internal US flights myself) as I would be covered should one of the flights be delayed.
Where we stayed
Having researched extensively we decided to stay in the Gas Lamp quarter in downtown SanDiego as this has the vast majority of restaurants and shops and also has good transport links to and from the airport. We stayed in a hotel called the Gas Lamp Plaza Suites and I thought the service there was excellent. The rooms were basically mini apartments and contained a double bed, sofa (which can be turned into a sofa bed), television with cable, a small kitchen with a microwave but no other cooking facilities, and an ensuite bathroom. The staff were very friendly and approachable and were always on hand to plan trips, hire cars and advise us on where to go and what to avoid. Continental ...
SanDiego 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 SanDiego 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 SanDiego is a must! ...
Advantages: We were treated like stars. Disadvantages: Nothing really.
***Background***
When we were looking for hotels before going to Thomas Cook, The Handlery in San Francisco was on our shortlist. Of course we decided on the much more luxurious Westin St Francis to start off our honeymoon trip but when we were informed in Thomas Cook that there was one in SanDiego, we were more than happy to give it a go.
We wanted a king size room for two nights and noticed that there was actually a space on the booking form our travel agent used to write in any special requirements. She told us that they were very good at looking after honeymoon guests and always gave you a few extras so we were happy to go along with this.
***Arriving***
We found the drive from Palm Springs quite quick along the major freeways and this was one section of our trip that we wanted to get out of the way, as we had plans to ...
