The San Diego Traveler

Wandering around Flickr this week, I came across these wonderful images of San Diego that I thought you should see:

Any one of these would make a great postcard, don’t you think? Thanks to these fine photographers:
Photo #1 credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/purpletwinkie/2912852590/Photo #2 credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/dirkhansen/2904285928/Photo #3 credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/nathaninsandiego/2914990327/Photo #4 credit: Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/salondemaria/2908015595/

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The Omni San Diego Hotel (opened in 2004) is located adjacent to Petco Park, which is just across the street from the San Diego Convention Center. This is all conveniently situated right in the Gaslamp District, so visitors can walk to  restaurants and nightclubs from there, or take a short drive to Seaport Village for shopping and more restaurants.
One of the things that makes this hotel completely unique is that it is connected to Petco Park by a skybridge. In fact, it’s the only hotel to directly link to a major league facility in the U.S. If you’re a …read more

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The Marriott has canceled their plan to build the West Coast’s largest hotel – with 1,929 rooms – at Ballpark Village, just east of Petco Park.
San Diego would have received an estimated $18 million a year in hotel taxes from the project, which would have more than covered the city’s $11 million annual debt payment on the ballpark.
This hotel would have been welcome relief for the larger conventions, such as Comic-Con, which regularly sells out all of the local hotels each year.
It’s unclear whether there are any other developers ready to step in, but if not, how will San …read more

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