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Room With a Killer View: Down on the Boardwalk at San Diego
March 13, 2008 at 11:20 AM | 1 Comment
We are suckers for a room with a killer view. We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool, or by sending the photo along to us. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.
San Diego's Tower 23 bills itself as the only luxury hotel on the beach around San Diego and as an urban beach resort, and when we see killer views like this one that our punk koala dropped in the HotelChatter Flickr pool, we are happy to agree that it's a true beach hangout.
Even the name is 100% entwined with the beach: Tower 23 is the number of the Pacific Beach lifeguard tower in front of the hotel. At Tower 23, however, this is not your Pacific Island beach view with nothing but rolling waves to watch--more likely there'll be hundreds of boardwalk visitors and beachcombers--so don't expect privacy and calm to go with the beautiful view. If you're happy with a bit more excitement and action, then you're in the right place.
[Photo: our punk koala]
Killer View
Room with a Killer View: Tower23
May 18, 2006 at 9:20 AM | 0 Comments
We are suckers for a room with a killer view. We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer views to the HotelChatter/Flickr photo pool, or by sending the photo along to us. We will feature our favorites in this space from time to time. Remember to tell us the name of the hotel and the room number of the hot view.
There's really not much to hate about this view from the beachfront hotel, Tower 23 in San Diego.
However, we know for a fact that the other side of the building overlooks a Smart & Final parking lot so be sure to request a Surf Room.
Related Stories:
· Tower23 reviews [TripAdvisor]
· San Diego Style: Tower23's Beach Vibe [HotelChatter]
Hotels
Angeleno Hotel: Can it open this month?
February 3, 2006 at 9:20 AM | 0 Comments
Yesterday, we took these photos of the new Joie De Vivre property, Hotel Angeleno, which was scheduled to open early this month. Though we didn't check out the inside, our guess would be that Angeleno saw its shadow yesterday and may not be open for another six weeks or so.
The penthouse floors, which are to include a restaurant, were boarded up, construction crews were all over the place and they didn't look like they would be packing up anytime soon.
Now we know hotels have pulled off soft openings while construction is still going on, and we hope Angeleno shows up up and hands out key cards in the next two weeks, but in the meantime, people looking to stay in Los Angeles near the Getty musuem can settle for the Luxe Hotel across the street (and just a few feet further from the freeway exit that surrounds the Angeleno property.) Stay tuned.
More photos post-click.
Hotels
San Diego Hotel Scene: Tower 23's Beach Vibe
February 3, 2006 at 9:05 AM | 0 Comments
Tower 23 Hotel is not in San Diego proper but about a 10-minute ride from downtown in Pacific Beach.
For those looking for more of a beach experience than a city experience, this is the place to be. The hotel sits literally at the edge of the beach, near the pier and in the middle of everything--beachgoers, bikers, joggers, skaters, rollerbladers, etc. The inside decor of the hotel is minimalist (no furniture accents like at the Hotel Solamar here) and white. It's so white, it almost feels institutional.
All of the hotel's 44 rooms are given different names depending on the view. Surf has ocean views, sky rooms have partial views of the ocean and spirit rooms have the "non-ocean" views or put more bluntly, the view of the Smart&Final parking lot.
More on Tower23 and pictures after the jump.
Hotels
Tower23 in San D
June 27, 2005 at 10:45 AM | 0 Comments
The LA Times calls the soon-to-be-opened Tower23 Hotel in San Diego an aspiring "uber-hip habitat."
The 44-room hotel is set to open near the Crystal Pier at Pacific Beach on July 15.
"With room categories such as Sweet Suite and Surf Pad and a restaurant menu with headings such as 'way cool' and 'getting warm,' Tower23 Hotel sounds a bit like '50s beatnik meets the beach.
On the web site the hotel says its a mixture of plenty things from "london chic" to "sydney vibe" to "south beach sizzle."
Staying true to its location, the hotel was named after a nearby lifeguard tower and uses lots of glass windows so that the beach and ocean are always in view.
Instead of a nightclub or regular swimming pool, the hotel will have " a wading pool with a waterfall and fiber-optic illumination at night, teak tables and chairs, and food and bar service."
Another thing the hotel will have is exclusivity. The pool/bar areas is only open to hotel guests and their friends.
Is the velvet rope coming to San Diego?
Hotel Deals
First Night San Diego, beachside for $109
December 28, 2004 at 9:28 AM | 0 Comments
Sure, sure, maybe the guest rooms are due for a bit of updating, but the Catamaran Resort occupies an envious spot of land directly on Mission Bay in San Diego. The grounds are beautiful, and the property is right on the beach, what more could you ask for?
With New Year's Weekend rates still available at a price of $109 a night on Hotels.com, why not get yourself to San Diego and take advantage of this offer?
Our price check was for Friday and Saturday nights, December 31st and January 1.
