Mar · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Del Mar Race Track
Mei-Lin Zhou Japan
These are my five favourites in Mar, out of the 14 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.703133 down to 4.4.
All five are within 1.8 km of Del Mar Race Track.
Highest rated of the five
Winners Circle Solana Beach Del Mar Resort
★★★★★4.703133 from 766 reviews
Winners Circle Solana Beach Del Mar Resort comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.703133 from 766 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.
It is found under poi and around $243 a night on the dates we checked.
14 hotels in Mar qualified for this list and five made it. Sand Pebbles Resort is the one I would book if the first is full.
All five, ranked
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Winners Circle Solana Beach Del Mar Resort
★★★★★4.703133 from 766 reviews
400 m from Del Mar Race Track, about a 5 minute walk
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2Sand Pebbles Resort
★★★★★4.6 from 307 reviews
1.3 km from Del Mar Race Track, about a 16 minute walk
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3Del Mar Beach Hotel
★★★★★4.4 from 361 reviews
1.6 km from Del Mar Race Track, about a 20 minute walk
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4Winners Circle Resort
★★★★★4.4 from 716 reviews
600 m from Del Mar Race Track, about a 8 minute walk
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5L'Auberge Del Mar
★★★★★4.5 from 1,267 reviews
1.8 km from Del Mar Race Track, about a 22 minute walk
How this list was put together
14 Mar hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Del Mar Race Track second, then took the top five.
Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.
The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.
What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.
Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.
Mei-Lin Zhou Japan
Works agency hours in Vancouver and spends all 18 vacation days abroad. One new country and one repeat visit per year. Five trips to Japan and a running list of ramen shops.
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