Glorietta Bay Inn

Glorietta Bay Inn is in elegant 1908 mansion, former home of John Spreckels, and an adjacent contemporary innPraise for the Glorietta Bay Inn is almost unanimous. It's rated high for couples and romantics. The Glorietta Bay Inn has received awards for its guest relations, been declared a best value by ABC-TV's "The View" and been praised by the New York Times as "charming."

• $$$
• 100 rooms
• 1630 Glorietta Blvd
• Coronado
• Phone: (619) 435-3101
• Toll Free: (800) 283-9383
• website
• Local hotel tax is 8%

• Expanded continental breakfast, afternoon refreshments
• Parking fee. Limited, free street parking is also available.
• Free high-speed Internet access
• Pool
• Fitness center passes $5 per day
• Non-smoking hotel

Coffee makers, refrigerators, microwaves, hair dryer, iron and ironing board

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Just because you're not a millionaire doesn't mean you can't live like one, at least for a few days. On San Diego's Coronado Island, the 1920s mansion built by John D. Spreckels (who once owned all of Coronado) is the centerpiece of the Glorietta Bay Inn. It's a lovely, elegant, white mansion, situated on high ground with a great view of the bay and marina below. Thanks to meticulous renovation that created 11 guest rooms, you can enjoy Spreckels' house in its original 1920s splendor.

With fewer rooms to look after than larger hotels and an obvious zeal for making people happy, the Glorietta Bay Inn staff have time to provide the personalized, attentive service that has won them awards. Rooms are spotlessly clean, and the pillow-topped mattresses comfortable. To top it all, if the place weren't so great in every other way, the views would steal the show.

Surrrounding The Mansion are 89 contemporary rooms, added in the early twentieth century. They have individual balconies or patios, are clean, well-maintained and a good value for the money, but the Mansion rooms are the real treat here. Reserve the Spreckels Suite if you have the budget, or for an even bigger splurge, Spreckels' third floor solarium is now a 1,000-square-foot penthouse with some of the best views on Coronado Island.

With competitive (if not downright low) prices for a hotel of its quality and taking into account Coronado's hotel tax rate which is lower than the comparable tax in San Diego, we rate the Glorietta Bay Inn a Best Buy.

As is common in the travel industry, the writer was provided with complimentary accommodation for the purpose of reviewing the Glorietta Bay Inn. While it has not influenced this review, About.com believes in full disclosure of all potential conflicts of interest. For more information, see our ethics policy.