Hilton San Diego Resort and Spa

Styled after a Mediterranean village, awash with colour, style and texture, the resort offers impeccably appointed rooms on an 18-acre bayfront park. Guests can enjoy lush green gardens, rolling lawns and sandy bayfronts just steps from their door. This club resort consists of a total of 357 rooms. Guests are welcomed in a lobby with 24-hour reception and check-out service. Facilities include air conditioning, a hotel safe, lift access, a newspaper stand, hairdressing salon, kids' club (for a fee), conference facilities, as well as room and laundry services. Internet access is available for a fee. Self parking is also available for a daily fee. Guests are invited to wine and dine in the bar or restaurant.

Each room features a large balcony or patio, king-size or two queen-size beds, high-speed Internet access, a minibar, coffee maker, 27-inch television with in-room movies, hairdryer, iron and ironing board, voicemail and dataports. All are en suite with a shower and bath. A radio, safe, and individually regulated air conditioning and heating also come as standard in all rooms.

In Acqua, American cuisine comes to life in this newly renovated restaurant overlooking Mission Bay. It is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Fresco's offers snacks and refreshing cocktails for lunch; open from mid-July until Labour Day. The Aroma coffee house offers coffee in the early morning and as an afternoon treat. The Olive has an extensive bar and martini menu, and serves New American cuisine. It is open for lunch and dinner. Both lunch and dinner are available either à la carte or from a set menu.

Just some of the hotel amenities include a full-service spa offering massages and treatments, an outdoor swimming pool with poolside snack bar, wave runners, pedalos, wind surfboards, kayaks, scuba diving, and bike rental. Sun loungers and parasols are laid out ready for use and guests can also enjoy a workout in the gym or relax in the steam room. Many of these are at an additional cost. The water sports that incur fees include waterskiing, jet skiing, motor boating and sailing. Guests can also play tennis, basketball or volleyball. Sun loungers with parasols are also laid out on the sandy beach (for a fee).

Hilton San Diego now offers a daily shuttle services to and from SeaWorld and Old Town, the scheduled shuttle times are at 10am, 4pm and 10pm (may vary / currently the closing time of SeaWorld). Reservations are required and can be made with the bell staff, front desk and/or concierges. The transportation shuttle fee is $3 per person each way and can be charged to the guests? room.

Driving directions from San Diego International Airport (SAN): head west on N Harbor Drive towards Airport Terminal Road, then turn right at Laning Road, after that turn right at Rosecrans Street. Turn right at Taylor Street, and take the 1st left onto Pacific Highway. Continue onto E Mission Bay Drive, the hotel will be on the left.