This European boutique-style hotel in La Jolla, California is just a 10-minute walk to the Pacific Ocean It features an Italian restaurant, free Wi-Fi and deluxe rooms with a refrigerator The elegant rooms at Empress Hotel are styled in rich dark colors Each offers cable TV, a work desk and private bathroom with bathrobes Hotel Empress provides a continental breakfast and gourmet coffee every morning Authentic Italian cuisine is served in the stylish Manhattan Restaurant Guests can arrange for in-room spa services or relax under palm trees on the garden terrace Sunny Jims Cave and the La Jolla Underwater Park are within 15 miles of the hotel The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego is also just a 5-minute walk away