El Cajon Hotels

The Courtyard is the only Marriott hotel in El Cajon - located along Magnolia Avenue, opposite the Plaza shopping center. The nearest Interstate 8 exits are half a mile north and one mile west. The hotel has 120 guest rooms and 2,000 sq ft of function space, with leisure amenities of an indoor pool, whirlpool and fitness center. The onsite Bistro restaurant is open for breakfast, dinner & evening drinks; for other meals there are numerous restaurants within walking distance, most along Main Street one block south.

Hampton Inn El Cajon backs on to the San Vicente Freeway (Hwy 67), north of the I-8 intersection - along Fletcher Parkway, just across the street from the many shopping and dining outlets at Parkway Plaza Mall. Cuyamaca Business Park is also nearby, and all the neighborhood is busy, and developed, though unspoilt wilderness is a short drive east, including Cuyamaca Rancho State Park, 28 miles. The hotel features a welcoming fireplace lobby, free full breakfast, and the usual range of facilities for events, business and recreation.

One of several mid range hotels along Interstate 8 on the north side of El Cajon, the well reviewed Days Inn offers the standard amenities of free continental breakfast (including hot waffles), free internet access, an outdoor pool and a microwave/refrigerator in all rooms. The inn has the older, two floor, exterior corridor design, with half the rooms looking inwards over the courtyard and pool. There are several restaurants and gas stations close by, and a good selection of shopping centers in the neighborhood including Parkway Plaza, one mile west.

The Travelodge is typical of several small motels in El Cajon, offering simple, exterior corridor lodging with only the basic amenities of complimentary continental breakfast and free wi-fi. All guest rooms contain a microwave and refrigerator and have views inwards over the palm tree-lined parking lot, and across to an outdoor pool at the front, beside the access road (Main Street). This location is close to the center of El Cajon, within a short walk of many restaurants, bars and shops. The nearest Interstate 8 exits are 16 and 17.

Just south of the major I-8/CA 67 intersection in the middle of El Cajon, the Super 8 provides simple, cheap accommodation within half an hour's drive of most attractions in the San Diego area. The immediate neighborhood is a busy commercial district with many restaurants and shops, including Parkway Plaza on the far side of the interstate. The inn has a typical L-shaped, exterior corridor motel design, the 47 rooms (on three floors) overlooking the carpark with a small outdoor pool at one side. The standard free continental breakfast is available.