The penthouse is a place for urban adventure, with all the hustle and bustle and energy and noise of downtown. The location is great: a short equidistant walk to the Gaslamp, waterfront and Balboa Park, and of course right in the heart of Little Italy. You are just blocks away from some of the finest dining in town.
As many have noted, you are almost directly in the approach path of planes landing at the airport and right next to the freeway. If quiet is what you’re after, then maybe you want to stay elsewhere. But we loved it. We downloaded flight tracking apps and made a game of predicting flights and critiquing pilot skills on landings. We sleep with eye-masks and ear plugs anyway, and we managed to sleep very well in spite of everything in the comfortable bed.