San Diego marks Independence Day with a whole lot of gusto, and you should be part of the celebration! Come join us at the Sofia Hotel for the 4th of July: You couldn’t ask for a better launchpad for enjoying the full-tilt festivities.
And those festivities don’t get any more full-tilt than the annual Big Bay [...]

Even as the San Diego Zoo celebrates its centennial year (as we wrote about last month), there are some brand-new faces on display over at its famous Safari Park!
Last month, three Sumatran tiger cubs made their first public entrance at the Safari Park, and you can pay them a visit during your next stay with [...]

Mid- to late spring’s a perfect time to go commune with blooming cacti and shrubs in San Diego’s sort-of-backyard desert wonderland, Anza-Borrego!
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park’s the biggest in California (and one of the largest in the Lower 48), a spectacular tract of Colorado Desert lowlands and rugged encircling ranges. There’s precious and biologically diverse wilderness [...]

Looking for an appropriate way to pay homage to our splendid blue planet this coming Earth Day? We’ve got the perfect idea: the Maritime Museum of San Diego’s “Earth Day on the Bay” event!
Actually, the fete isn’t on Earth Day proper—rather, the Sunday following, April 24. From 10 AM to 4 PM, the Museum will [...]

The San Diego Zoo, among the most venerable zoological organizations anywhere, celebrates 100 years in 2016, and the calendar’s jampacked with events. Come stay at the Sofia Hotel (another historical fixture of the city) and pay tribute to a real San Diego treasure!
The Foundational Roar
It was on September 16 of 1916 that the seeds for [...]