Baseball season has arrived, and that means lots of mitt-slapping, bat-cracking, base-sliding, and gum-chewing action down at the San Diego Padres’ Petco Park!
With spring training soon to be in the rearview mirror, the Padres have some super-exciting home games coming up in April. As a guest of the Sofia Hotel, you’re well poised to enjoy the drama firsthand: [...]

Nothing says spring like flowers, and even though San Diego winters are pretty tame affairs, that doesn’t mean we don’t like embracing the vernal season with plenty of blooms! When you stay with us at the Sofia Hotel, you’re within shouting distance of one of the finest spreads of gardens in the region: those in [...]

Now’s one of the very best times of year to watch whales along the San Diego coast. That’s because the northbound leg of the mammalian migration on Earth is underway right now in our watery front yard!
Thousands and thousands of gray whales are cruising up our coast between their Baja Californian nursery waters and Alaskan feeding grounds, a 10,000-mile [...]

What better way to close out an afternoon on one of our grade-A San Diego beaches than with a bonfire?
There’s something that’s just about universally appealing about a (controlled) blaze on a beach: the flames dancing to the soundtrack of Pacific surf, the sunset making its own fiery display over the ocean skyline. When you [...]

One of the great things about San Diego is the international element: