Greetings,
We stayed at homewood suites in del mar for one week at end of June.
Family of four including two teenagers.
We booked a king bed suite adjacent to the pool using the hilton web site for 200$ plus tax a night.
The suite was quite nice (ground floor) with bay window that opened on a small table + chairs area with view on the pool.
The masters room was quite nice, great king bed, comfy bed, great pillows, i had great nights of sleep no problem. Very little noise from the outside. Rooms are well insulated.
The living area was nice as well, altough the sofa bed was a bit rudimentary. The two teenagers slept on it but complained a bit on the comfort of the sofa bed so i would not recommend it for adults.
The pool is nice, there is a jacuzzi as well (small) but quite handy after a full day of sightseeing in order to relax.
The staff was very helpful and friendly, the self-parking around the hotel, very easy to go by. There are no restaurants at the hotel but you can walk across to the hilton garden inn and you have a quite decent restaurant - we tried it one evening - with decent food and prices.
There is as well a snack bar at the hilton garden inn where they have great sandwiches, we always loaded up with food to go at the snack bar before we hit the road towards the beaches, parks, etc...
You must have a car to visit around.
There is a von's grocery store less than five minutes drive, so you can get all you need as well for snacks or if you want to use the kitchenette area in the suite to cook your own meals.
The breakfast buffet was quite OK and it's included with your room fee. If you are back at the hotel between 17h and 19h from monday-thursday evening, you even have the managers reception free of charge. On Thursday evening they had a nice BBQ and salad bar outside by the pool area... free of charge... so we loaded up before hitting the road to go to the padres baseball game downtown.
It is a very nice hotel and i would say very convenient for a family.
The only drawback is that the hotel is a bit remote from the main san diego areas, it's location is however easy access from highway 5.
Our favorite beach from our trip : La Jolla Shores (beautiful beach!).
Our favorite nature hike : torrey pines state reserve (10 minutes drive from the hotel) a must see i would say.
Our favorite attraction : san diego zoo and balboa park.
It's a great area.
I definitely recommend both the destination and the hotel.
/Montrealer2
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