San Diego’s White-Sand Paradise: Discover New Hotels & Vintage Charm This Summer

If you consider white-sand getaways, Southern California might not come to thoughts. Identified extra for chill vibes, splendid sunny climate all yr, chiseled abs (sorry to disappoint), and iconic browsing tradition, SoCal sometimes attracts guests for its laid-back ambiance.

In fact, there is not any higher West Coast metropolis for a year-round seaside escape than San Diego, and I am not simply saying that as a result of I reside right here.

One in all my favourite locations to play “vacationer” was featured on a list of the ’25 Image-Excellent Seashore Trip Concepts’, and we at Travel Off Path definitely aren’t placing up a struggle about it.

Locals might mislabel this peninsula as an “island”, but it surely definitely looks like one when you cross the staggering bridge providing panoramic views of San Diego’s vibrant skyline, the glistening bay stretching to the Pacific, and even glimpses into Baja.

Boasting classic allure on a conventional predominant strip in a city the place there’s truly a metropolis code encouraging no home to look an identical, Coronado is genuinely one in all San Diego’s most original locations, anchored by a world-famous resort with ties relationship again to Marilyn Monroe’s heyday.

Although with a current glow-up and Hilton rebrand, together with one other thrilling new resort opening, Coronado completely blends previous and new and should not be passed over in your subsequent San Diego getaway.

New Locations To Keep & Coronado’s First Rooftop Bar

Resort del Coronado:

Let’s begin with a spot that we have held pricey to us for a very long time. I joined Journey Off Path in January 2023, however I did not need to fill in the remainder of the staff about Resort del Coronado, inarguably San Diego County’s most legendary resort.

We awarded San Diego’s iconic beachside keep as a ‘Prime U.S. Resort’ for our 2024′ Greatest In Journey Awards.

Circling again to Marilyn Monroe, this was the place she filmed Some Like It Scorching in 1958. Since then, it has been a marvel for anybody trying to splurge on a quintessential SoCal trip mere steps from open white-sand shores with sweeping views of the Pacific, together with Level Loma’s cliffside and Tijuana’s skyline.

I paid a go to this week since a lot of San Diego’s seashores are now not on high alert for micro organism, and hopefully will not be for much longer since there’s FINALLY been an settlement reached between the U.S. and Mexico to cease polluted waters from crossing into California.

Time will inform…

The purpose being, when the situations are proper, they usually definitely at the moment are, Coronado is a must-visit. When you can squeeze the value, “The Del”, as us locals name it, is definitely worth the splurge.

Rebranded as a Hilton property, this basic resort has undergone a whopping $550 million renovation.

Talking of icons, Nobu has entered the chat and now anchors the property’s already spectacular eating scene.

The Bower:

The Bower is Coronado’s latest resort. Set on Orange Avenue, a stone’s throw from The Del, this new boutique keep patched up this charming city’s gaping gap — no rooftop bars!

How might such a fairly trip spot with ocean views on one aspect, and bayside views of San Diego’s skyline on the flip aspect, not have a rooftop bar?

I haven’t got the reply besides to now say The Bower is the reply. Take a look at The Dive, serving something from weekend brunch to a handcrafted cocktail to absorb a fiery sundown.

There are 39 meticulously designed rooms on the location of this former Japanese tea backyard, in addition to a welcome drink, 24/7 health heart, and free bicycle leases, good for driving down the paved path alongside Silver Strand all the way in which to Imperial Seashore, America’s southernmost seaside city.

Do be aware there’s a $50 resort fee cost.

Journey Tip: If The Dive is simply too crowded, try Stake a block away, with a rivaling second-level patio and superior Blissful Hour (get the ceviche tostadas!).

Coronado’s Classic Allure

Do not get me mistaken — there is a sure stage of elitism in Coronado. As a vacationer, although, you will not really feel it as a lot as in the event you had been to reside right here.

Whether or not or not it’s that each house appears to be like totally different, irrespective of if it is a new construct or a century-old cottage, the village-like Ferry Touchdown retailers alongside the bay and Orange Avenue neighborhood staples, the historical past of The Del, or basic diners, Coronado proves genuine small city allure can nonetheless exist, and is a real vacationer vacation spot.

Though, I assure you there’s one spot vacationers overlook — The Village Theatre. To me, there is not any higher place to see a film in all of San Diego.

Aside from accepting Fandango, this place hasn’t modified a bit through the years, together with concession costs. Popcorn and soda for $5 every (with limitless refills) — the place else can you discover that?

You will love the comfy seating and decades-old graphics earlier than the film begins. It is really a time capsule.

Hold a watch out for the annual Coronado Island (see what I used to be sayin’?) Movie Competition in November.

Talking of upcoming occasions, it was just lately announcedthat NASCAR is taking on Coronado’s navy base in 2026 for an unprecedented, first-of-its-kind race coinciding with the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Navy.

Sam Sears

Sam, our Lead Author & Journalist primarily based in San Diego has visited 36 international locations and written over 1000 articles with a concentrate on sharing his personal journey experiences and shining a light-weight on lesser-known gems.