Hotel Solamar, Just Steps from All to See and Do in Downtown San Diego
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San Diego is a great place to explore…
Arts & Culture
- Horton Grand Theater, 2 blocks
- Pacific Gaslamp Theaters, 3 blocks
- Lyceum Theatre, 5 blocks
- United Artists Horton Plaza Theaters, 5 blocks
- Balboa Theater, 5 blocks
- Copley Symphony Hall, home to the San Diego Symphony, 6 blocks
- Children's Museum, 7 blocks
- Civic Theater, 10 blocks
- Spreckels Theatre, 11 blocks
- USS Midway historic aircraft carrier, 15 blocks
- Museum of Contemporary Art, 16 blocks
- Star of India historic ship, 23 blocks
- San Diego Civic Theatre, a premier venue for performances of the San Diego Opera, California Ballet, La Jolla Chamber Music Society and Broadway of San Diego
- Balboa Park, featuring 12 distinctive museums, beautiful botanical gardens and an IMAX theater, 2.2 miles
- Aerospace Museum
- Automotive Museum
- Fleet Science Center
- Globe Theatres
- Hall of Champions Museum
- Historical Society
- Museum of Art
- Museum of Man
- Natural History Museum
- Marston House, a craftsman-style house museum featuring a formal English garden
- Whaley House Museum, 3 miles
- Old Town, reflecting the rich and colorful history of San Diego, 3 miles
Attractions
- Gaslamp Quarter, historic area filled with over 80 restaurants, bars, boutiques and nightclubs
- Coronado Island, 1.5 miles
- San Diego Zoo, 2.2 miles
- Stephen Birch Aquarium at Scripps, an aquarium overlooking the ocean and featuring more than 3,000 fish, 2.5 miles
- La Jolla, an upscale seaside town with striking cliffs and beaches, cosmopolitan boutiques and restaurants and unique art galleries, 5 miles
- SeaWorld, 5.5 miles
- Cricket Amphitheater, 5.6 miles
- Cabrillo National Monument featuring magnificent views of San Diego Bay, 10 miles
- Knott's Soak City U.S.A., a 1950-style California beach-themed water park, 10 miles
- Bernardo Winery, Inc. the oldest operating winery in Southern California, 23 miles
- Viejas Casino, a premier shopping and entertainment district, 25 miles
- Tijuana, Mexico, 25 miles
- San Diego Wild Animal Park, 32 miles
- Legoland Theme Park, an interactive theme park dedicated to kids ages 3-11, 33 miles
- Carlsbad Flower Fields, 35 miles
Outdoor Recreation
- San Diego Bay, 6 blocks
- Coronado Golf Course, 1.5 miles
- Port of San Diego, 2 miles
- Riverwalk Golf Course, 4 miles
- San Diego Sportfishing, 4 miles
- Mission Bay Aquatic Center, 7 miles
- Mission Beach, 9 miles
- Mission Trails Regional Park, 12 miles
- Torrey Pines Golf Course, 16 miles
- Torrey Pines Glider Port, 13 miles
- Auld Golf Course, 16 miles
- Skydive San Diego, 18 miles
- Carmel Mountain Ranch Country Club, 21 miles
Shopping
Sports
Transportation
Universities
Tours
Military & Business
- Arrowhead General Insurance, 6 miles
- Charles Schwab, 18 miles
- College Loan Corporation, 18 miles
- Ernst & Young, 13 miles
- Grubb & Ellis, 7 miles
- Hitachi Home Electronics, 13 miles
- JP Morgan Chase, 15 blocks
- KPMG, 12 blocks
- Marine Corp Base Camp Pendleton, 39 miles
- Marine Corp Recruit Depot, 4 miles
- Merrill Lynch, 12 blocks
- Metropolitan Life Insurance, 5 miles
- Morgan Stanley, 15 blocks
- NAS North Island, 1.5 miles
- Naval Medical Center Balboa, 4 miles
- Naval Station San Diego, 4 miles
- Naval Submarine Base, 1.4 miles
- Naval Training Center, 5 miles
- NBC, 12 blocks
- Nordstrom, 5 blocks
- North Island Naval Amphibious Base, 5 miles
- San Diego Convention Center, 6 blocks
- San Diego Padres Corporate Headquarters, 1 block
- Spawar Space & Naval Systems Center, 5 miles
- Union Bank of California, 8 blocks
For more information, visit the San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau.