Best Western Plus Island Palms Hotel & Marina, San Diego

The Best Western Plus Island Palms Hotel & Marina offers a coastal oasis with rooms and suites featuring private patios or balconies and imported furnishings. Guests can select Casa Marina King Mobility Accessible Water View Guest Rooms with a private patio, an oversized bathroom that includes wide doorways, lowered counters and shelves, transfer bars, and a removable shower head. Other rooms include one king bed with a queen sofa sleeper or two queen beds along with a refrigerator, microwave, a relaxing sitting area, a wet bar stocked with place settings, and a dining table that seats up to four. Casa Del Mar Queen Mobility Accessible Water View Junior Suites are available, featuring two queen beds, a private patio, an oversized bathroom, wide doorways, lowered counters and shelves, transfer bars, and a removable shower head. The 600-square-foot marina view suite features one king bed, two full bathrooms, a private living room with queen sofa sleeper, two 42" flat screen HDTVs, a refrigerator, a microwave, and a large private balcony. Suites include a choice of 1 king or 2 queen beds, a separate living room with queen size sofa sleeper, a kitchen equipped with a full-size refrigerator, a four-burner stovetop, a microwave, a 12-cup coffee maker, cooking utensils, place settings, dishware, pots and pans, a toaster, and a blender. Rooms also include ironing facilities, heating, air conditioning, tea and coffee facilities, free toiletries, cookware/kitchen utensils, an AM/FM alarm clock, and a flat-screen TV. Deluxe air-conditioned rooms include a 42-inch LCD TV with free HBO film channels and free ESPN sports channels, coffee making facilities, a refrigerator, ironing facilities, and a private bathroom with a hairdryer. Free local calls under 30 minutes are provided.

The hotel features Blue Wave Bar & Grill, a waterfront restaurant and lounge that offers tropically inspired dishes. Guests can enjoy California Coastal cuisine either indoors or on the al fresco dining patio overlooking the marina. The Executive Chef, Andrew Mroz, creates the cuisine.

The hotel has private tennis courts and two tropical pools. Guests also enjoy access to a private outdoor heated pool, spa, and an outdoor fireplace overlooking the water and marina. Guests have access to ample amenities like water, metered electricity, cable TV hookups, high-speed Wi-Fi, access to the hotel's restaurant, fitness center, and outdoor heated pools. Several bayside paths are just outside the front door.

The Best Western Plus Island Palms Hotel & Marina is located on Shelter Island in Point Loma, known for Cabrillo National Monument, a park with trails, tide pools, and exhibits on California history. Nearby landmarks include the USS Midway Museum (5 km), Harbor Island Park (2.5 km), Shoreline Park (0.5 km), Saint Agnes Catholic Church (1 km), SeaWorld San Diego (5.5 km), Visions Art Museum (3 km), Friendship Bell (1 km), and Shelter Island (0.3 km). The hotel is minutes from San Diego's attractions and city life.

The Best Western Plus Island Palms Hotel and Marina has waterfront banquet halls and event facilities. The unique waterfront venue covers more than 6,500 feet of flexible, naturally lit meeting space that can accommodate more than 200 guests. The outdoor area comprised of marina-view courtyards and gardens are suitable for luncheons, cocktail hours, or team-building activities.