This time of year, you can mix up the fine dining, theater- and concert- and museum-going, craft-beer tasting, historical sightseeing, and all the other cosmopolitan pleasures of San

One of those ultra-important holidays is just around the corner: Mother’s Day, when we pay respect to the very person who conveyed us into the world. That’s no small matter!
If you’re lodging with us at the Sofia this May, we’d like to recommend a trio of options for treating Mom to a brunch to remember on [...]

Ready for three days of some of the most fun you’ll ever have? San Diego’s outstanding Cinco de Mayo celebration is about to unfold (for the 31st time!) in the city’s beautiful Old Town—and you won’t want to miss it!
All the fantastic flavors, melodies, and costumes are a simple trolley-ride from the doorstep of the [...]

Who’s ready to celebrate our big, beautiful, precious, and fragile Mother Earth?
San Diego boasts the world’s biggest free yearly environmental fair, and if you’re staying at the Sofia Hotel in late April you’ll have the chance to attend. On Sunday, April 27, EarthFair 2014—put on as usual by the non-profit group San Diego EarthWorks—will teach children and adults [...]

San Diego Bay, one of the world’s most beautiful natural harbors, is San Diego’s defining feature, a marine paradise of massive economic and recreational importance that’s helped make the city what it is for hundreds of years.
At the Sofia Hotel, you’re an easy stroll from the bayfront, a wonderful place to

One of the joys of staying at the Sofia Hotel is the proximity to spectacular Petco Park, home of the mighty San Diego Padres.
And it’s time once again to “root, root, root for the home team” as our beloved Pads prepare to play an exciting string of games under Petco Park’s bright lights. Come be [...]