San Diego Hotels
Carlsbad Inn Beach Resort
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This four-acre compound combines lodgings and a mini-mall, with the biggest buildings (except for the Mexican restaurant) done up in Tudor style. There are 62 hotel rooms, many with kitchenettes, and rentable time-share condos, a grassy courtyard, pool, pingpong, Jacuzzi-style tubs, Norte's Mexican restaurant and sun-splashed Daily News Cafe, for breakfast and lunch. To reach the beach, cross Ocean Street and descend a staircase -- perhaps 50 steps. I'm not a fan of the architectural style, but the family-friendliness is formidable. Next time I head this way, this is the first place I'll call. Rooms have kitchenettes. As a walk-up customer on a spring weekday night, I negotiated a $169 rate for an ocean-view room. Rack rates begin at $195.
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