Accolades: HOTEL Top 10 Resorts In The World, USA Today 500 Greatest Hotels in the World, Travel & Leisure Magazine Top 100 U.S. Resorts, Travel & Leisure Magazine Readers Poll #2 Best Place in the World to Get Married, Travel Channel Top 15 Family Resorts, Travel & Leisure Family Magazine America's 10 Best Family Resorts, Family Life Magazine BEACH Top 10 Beach Icons, USA Today #1 Best Beach in the Southern California, Travel Channel #2 Best Beach in the United States, Travel Channel America's Best Beaches, Wall Street Journal DINING: Restaurants: Eno – A new restaurant in The Del serving wine, cheese and chocolate Crown Room – Have Sunday Brunch in the Crown Room - consistently voted “The Best in San Diego”.  The historic space has hosted receptions for the Prince of Wales in 1920 and aviator Charles Lindberg after his solo flight across the Atlantic Spreckels at The Del – candy from our brand new candy store Moo Time – Ice cream ACTIVITIES: Rent a Surrey Bike Ice skate by the sea during the holidays 18 miles of white sand beaches voted #2 in the country by Conde Nast. Ride Otis Elevator #61, one of the first fully-functioning electric elevators manufactured in America. It has been in the hotel’s lobby since 1888. Surfing lessons The Del is great for the Holidays. From Thanksgiving to New Year’s – it is an amazing Victorian Holiday wonderland – complete with outdoor oceanfront ice skating rink! Crown City Photography  800-356-1755 – for family portraits on the beach, etc. Indulge in the new spa The Toy Castle – new children’s store Babcock & Story – great store with seasonal gifts, houseware, etc. Get a Feng Shui haircut by Stylist, Billy Yamaguchi Birch Aquarium at Scripps:  Get up close to sharks, octopi and stingrays while learning about tide pools, coral reefs and underwater earthquakes. Balboa Park:  The nation’s largest urban cultural park made up of 15 museums, a performing-arts and concert venue and gardens galore. Legoland: The only one in the US with 50 rides, shows and attractions. Wild Animal Park:  An exclusive African safari experience.  World Famous San Diego Zoo SeaWorld DisneyLand is 90 miles away