We were somewhat of a last minute booking with Miles, and he responded promptly to us about his place. We found out from a local that place is located in the Point Loma Heights neighborhood, just east of Ocean Beach and just South of Mission Beach. We extensively used the city's transit system, including bus #35 (with a bus stop just a few minutes away) to access the city. The bus turned the 35 minute walk to the Ocean Beach Pier down to a 20 minute bus ride; where we were able to relax on the fantastic beaches and visit the great shops and restaurants in the neighborhood (the OB Noodle House is a must). We were also able to get to Belmont Park and Mission Beaches in about 30 minutes on the busses, and with the trolley trains out of Old Town we were able to explore downtown and Balboa Park easily. If you aren’t wanting to rent a car, I highly recommend the MTS day passes (we got a 4 day pass for $15).

I know it is typical for places in San Diego to not have air-conditioning, but with the unit being upstairs it got uncomfortably hot (again I realize it’s hot in San Diego;). There was one fan, which we used in our attempt to cool down the apartment. When we would get home in the evening we would open up the house while the fan was going we hung outside at the picnic table until the apartment cooled a bit. There a nice TV, and the Internet worked. Just a heads up: there is a good amount of airplane traffic overhead; luckily we packed ear plugs because we wanted to keep the windows open at night to cool down the place. If you plan on going to the beach pack some beach towels unless you want to buy them when you go to the beach. It was nice to have a microwave because in the heat we didn't want to do any cooking, but it was nice to heat up our OB Noodle House leftovers. Conveniently there's a CVS a few blocks away, along with a great little grocers named Baron Market just down the street.

Although Miles’s place isn’t on the beach, it was close to great beaches and an affordable jumping-off location for exploring the city.