Best Hotels for July 4th Fireworks

Manchester Grand Hyatt, San Diego

Ask For: Bay views.

As the tallest hotel in downtown San Diego (and the city’s third-tallest building), the 40-story Manchester Grand Hyatt has unrivaled vistas of the San Diego Bay, over which the Big Bay Boom takes place—not only from water-facing rooms but also from its pool and the Top of the Hyatt bar (fireworks plus one of its strawberry lemon-drop cocktails equals perfection). A close second-best: the Altitude Sky Lounge, which sits atop the San Diego Marriott Gaslamp Quarter.

Bonus View: You probably won’t catch any fly balls, but the Altitude Sky Lounge also has a great view into Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres. The Manchester Grand Hyatt is towering enough that you have a decent chance of catching the SeaWorld fireworks, which go off nearly every summer evening.