Rated Resorts in the San Diego Area

This Spanish-style luxury resort sits close to the ocean in La Jolla, across from the San Diego UC campus. The accommodations are in low-rise buildings, and some have private balconies and patios. All are beautifully designed with luxurious finishes and amenities. The resort has Adobe El Restaurante, a high-end Mexican restaurant, and Mustangs & Burros, a more casual Mexican option.

This marina-front resort sits on Mission Bay, about 15 minutes from San Diego Airport. The rooms and suites at this large hotel offer either ocean or marina views, and each has its own private balcony to enjoy them.

This large resort is in Carlsbad, close to LEGOLAND, and has just over 600 rooms, suites, and villas. The accommodations are modern and stylish, but the resort is large, and some are quite a distance from the lobby area (consult a resort map on check-in). They all have marble bathrooms and private balconies or patios.

This San Diego resort is close to the I15 freeway, north of the city. All the rooms and suites have private balconies or patios, and they each feature unique, original artwork. Little touches separate Rancho Bernardo from the typical, corporate luxury resort.

Only two miles from SeaWorld, this San Diego resort is on its own 44-acre island in Mission Bay with a mile of wide, flat beach. The beach is on the bay, so the waves are calm, and it's great for families.

Formerly a Four Seasons property, the Park Hyatt is a 200-acre luxury resort with its own Arnold Palmer-designed championship golf course.

In La Jolla, the five-star Lodge at Torrey Pines sits atop the cliffs at Torrey Pines State Beach. Modeled after early 1900s Craftsmen-style architecture from Pasadena, the design is impressive, with shingle and sandstone-bluff exteriors, natural stone, post-and-beam construction, and beautiful woodwork.

Located in the middle of the city's Historic Gaslamp Quarter, Pendry San Diego is a trendy five-star sleep.

Located on 45 acres of gardens and olive groves in Rancho Santa Fe (about 35 minutes north of downtown San Diego), the Rancho Valencia Resort is Southern California's only Relais & Chateaux luxury property.

This elegant 400-acre luxury resort is only 20 minutes north of downtown San Diego in Del Mar. The Fairmont, which includes a championship golf course, is about five miles from the ocean.