Happy 100th Birthday Grande Colonial Hotel La Jolla!

Happy 100th Birthday Grande Colonial Hotel La Jolla!  The oldest hotel is La Jolla is celebrating its centennial this year. As part of the year-long Centennial celebration, the hotel will offer:

• A Time Capsule Contest

• Specials and packages for overnight guests

• Centennial merchandise for sale

• Throw-back cocktail menus at NINE-TEN Restaurant

• Weekly social media contests on Facebook 

• A historic video montage, which can be seen on the hotel's YouTube Channel.

History buffs will enjoy a special booklet prepared by the hotel. The booklet highlights five chapters of the hotel's history:

•La Jolla: A Jewel from the Start

•A Landmark for La Jolla

•Putnam’s Legacy

•Hollywood and the Hotel

•Guests or Ghosts?

The Grand Colonial may be 100, but it doesn't look its age. The hotel features a five-story main building and three adjacent private buildings, all encompassing guest rooms and suites updated with every contemporary comfort. Also offered are 5,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor event space - most with ocean views - for weddings, meetings and special events. The award-winning ZAGAT-rated NINE-TEN Restaurant is a La Jolla dining landmark - boasting nationally acclaimed chefs, "Evolving California Cuisine" and a Wine Spectator-recognized wine list.

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A To-Die-For Breakfast in San Diego at Grande Colonial Hotel La Jolla

Breakfast fans, it doesn't get much better than this. Fresh, homemade pastries and breakfast breads, salmon smoked right in the restaurant kitchen, authentic New England maple syrup, fresh-made smoothies and juice drinks... NINE-TEN, celebrating its 10th year as one of San Diego's first (and finest) farm-to-table restaurants, has a killer breakfast and brunch spread. And when you book the "San Diego Bed and Breakfast" package at the Grand Colonial Hotel La Jolla, you'll get breakfast for two included with your room. (Rates from $229 based on availability.)

So you're not the breakfast type? Sleep in (and savor those ocean views) because you can get an extra night on the house. The Grande Colonial Hotel La Jolla is letting you stay three nights but pay for only two with a special package.

Located only a short distance away from beautiful Torrey Pines State Park, The Grande Colonial also has its share of picture-perfect California coast nearby, with Blacks Beach, Windansea Beach, and La Jolla Cove all within close range of the hotel.