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1014 reviews 137 travel blogs 355 photos Attraction Type:
Playground, Garden, Golf course, Park, Urban park, Theater, Sports complex, Zoo, Museum complex
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San Diego CA
San Diego
Downtown blends old and new with mixed results, though no one can deny the value of saving the Gaslamp Quarter from probable demolition in the 1970s. Little Italy, the hot business and residential district along India Street (between Ash and Laurel Sts.), has been endangered by the building craze in recent years. Still, it's thriving … -
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San Diego
Lunch: Shades Oceanfront Bistro, 5083 Santa Monica Avenue #1f, San Diego, CA 92107
Laid back place, that serves surprisingly nice food at decent prices.
Dinner: Coronado Brewing Company, 170 Orange Avenue, Coronado
Large place, busy early, good for groups. Food was average but good, their beers are nice but pricey. The food is … -
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In the navy
This morning was a return trip back to the USS Midway Museum. We got our tickets stamped on the way out yesterday and as we both loved it so much (and we didn't get a chance to visit the Bridge, Admiral's and Captain's Quarters) we are back to visit for a second time.
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'Awe'San Diego
Hello there family, friends and stalkers! We are now on our flight to San Francisco flying United Airways. We now know that domestic flights have a surcharge of $25/ bag.. Ouch. San Diego was amazing. The people, the food and the weather were awesome. They should call it Sun Diego.. It was sunsational. Hardy ha ha
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Day Four, Sunshine and Sandwiches
Without doubt San Diego is now one of my favourite places on the planet. It has such a calm, relaxed, easy going atmosphere. Plus, it averages over 300 days of sunshine a year (and only receives around 6 to 9 inches of rainfall per year). Sure it's hot, but the gentle breeze coming off the Pacific sorts out that little problem and no mistake. …
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Related BlogsBalboa Park San Diego
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All the leaves are green, and the sky is blue
... I wanted to see somewhere hot and dirty and have kids hassling me to buy stuff I would have stayed in Cambodia. Instead I went to Balboa Park which, this being California, has more roads and car parks than grass. I thought about going into the zoo but it ...
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San Diego - Beauty close to Mexico
... and Italian music. Their food was the most authentic Italian food I've ever eaten in the United States. It didn't taste "americanized". Actually San Diego's Little Italy is the best Little Italy in the U.S. that I've visited so far, ...
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Monday 12 May
Monday 12 May We drove into San Diego this morning and went to Balboa Park. This park is beautiful with heaps of museums and the zoo right in the middle of the city. The museums would take a week to explore all in very impressive buildings built ...
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San Diego
... for tacky souvenirs and buying cheap alcohol, other than saying "no" to everyone of course. The next day I walked around Balboa Park and visited the science museum there which is one of the most visited attractions in San Diego, although hordes of ...
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Hostile Hostels (2)
... including a mesmerising hot sauce shop; and we also met up with James, a Couch surfing ambassador, who very kindly showed us around Balboa park and his new home turf, and let his pick his brain about how best to present ourselves. Hopefully soon we'll ...
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Stay classy Ron Burgundy
... base on the west coast We did a lot of exploring on foot, taking in different areas including Little Italy and Hillcrest, Balboa park and the botanical gardens. We have been carrying around a jar of pasta sauce and a box of pasta since we ...
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San Diego
... day was really really sunny and we had a picnic. We also rode the 'skyfari' which gave you views of the entire zoo, Balboa park and the San Diego skyline. Jonny had an encounter with a crazy lady, who force fed him spaghetti she had made, that was not ...
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A Couple of Years in San Diego
... were happy with. My Aunt Linda (Uncle Johnny's wife) and cousins Dianne and John came here for a visit. We went to Balboa Park and visited museums. While walking through the park, my Aunt Linda fell down a huge hill. I remember ...
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I just love SD !
... od pracy- Columbus Day, wiec duzo ludzi z dzieciakami bylo. Nad parkiem jezdzi kolejka linowa:) Jeszcze pozniej poszlam do Balboa Park- tez super miejsce- pelno muzeow, parkow... Architektura "meksykanska". Dzisiaj wybralam sie do Old Town- stare miasto ...
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Sunny San Diego
... San Diego* Gaslamp Quarter* little Italy * Downtown, Uptown ( Super intressant und arty ) * Im wunderschoenen und imposanten Balboa Park * Coronado Island, das mit der Stadt ueber die Coronado Bridge verbunden ist. Eine suesse, entspannte Insel mit ...
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- Desert Garden
- Spanish Village Art Center
- San Diego Natural History Museum
- Reuben H. Fleet Science Center
- Children's Zoo
- San Diego Model Railroad Museum
- Casa De Balboa
- San Diego Junior Theatre
- Museum of Photographic Arts
- San Diego Miniature Railroad & Carousel
- Morley Field
- Alcazar Garden
- House of Hospitality
- Botanical Building and Lily Pond
- Timken Museum of Art
- San Diego Zoo
- Japanese Friendship Garden
- Coronado Bridge
- Mingei International Museum
- SDAI Museum of the Living Artist