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| San Diego Attractions |
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| Anza-Borrego | Balboa Park | Cabrillo | Coronado |
| Anza-Borrego Desert and State Park is 3 hours drive east of SD and well worth a visit. Jeep tours. | The large Balboa Park in downtown San Diego was the site of 1915 Exposition. Several art and history museums & the Zoo |
Cabrillo Monument in the southern tip of Point Loma where Juan Rodriquez Cabrillo stopped in 1542. Vista point and a visitors center. Daily 9-515 619 557-5450 |
Beach resort on a peninsula across the
Coronado bridge. Scenes in Some Like It Hot were filmed in
the 1888 Hotel del Coronado.
Coronado Visitors Bureau
1 800 299-2032 Crowncity |
| Ensenada | La Jolla | Legoland | Mission |
| Mexican beach resort in Baja California,
an hour and a half south of the border, offers surfing, sailing, sport
fishing, diving as well as golf, tennis, and horseback riding Visitors Bureau |
A beach resort north of and within the
city limits of San Diego offers a rocky coast and fine beaches. Try
La Jolla Cove for swimming, scuba etc. 619 454-1444 Town Council |
Legoland
California open daily from
9AM-6PM (9PM in summer) at One Lego Drive in Carlsbad
(on I-5 north of San Diego, take Palomar Airport Road exit) 760 918-5346 info |
First of California's 21 Spanish missions
was founded by Junipero Serra in 1769. 10812 San Diego Mission Rd
in Mission Valley. Daily 9-5. 619 281-8449 |
| Mt. Palomar | Navy | Old Town | Pacific Beaches |
| Hale Telescope on Mt. Palomar is the world's
second largest telescope. Museum and visitors gallery open daily 9-16. 7km north on CR S6. 760 742-2119 Palomar Downhill Bicycle Tour 760 742-2294 1 800 985-4427 |
Largest US Navy Base in the Pacific Ocean includes Naval Air Station on North Island & Amphibious Base in Coronado. Tours of aircraft carriers have to be prearranged. |
Six block historic park has many of San Diego's original buildings.Daily 10-5. Tours depart Robinson-Rose Building at 4002 Wallace St daily at 2. 619 220-5422 |
Fine beaches for miles, a boardwalk, hotels and restaurants. A classic California experience. Ocean swimming best from June through November. Surfing, water skiing, fishing. |
| Seaport Village | Sea World | Temecula Valley | Tijuana |
| Dining, shopping and entertainment complex
in the harbor close to downtown. Kettner Boulevard & West Harbor
Dr. Daily 10-10. (till 9 in winter) 619 235-4014 |
Sea
World, A marine zoological park with shows and aquariums. Killer
whales (Shamu and Baby shamu), dolphins, sea lions, otters and walruses.
Open 9 or 10 AM daily, closing times vary. Mission Bay southshore.
619 226-3901 or 714 939-6212 |
Southern California's largest wine- producing
area lies an hour's drive north of San Diego on I-15. 12 wineries
offer tasting. Vintner's Association 1 800 801-WINE |
Tijuana
is a Mexican border town for shopping leather, handicrafts,
tequila. Jai alai games and bullfights. 1/2 hour south on I-5. Bring
a valid passport. Park your rented car on California side and walk in. Red trains from San Diego. |
| WildAnimalPark | Wineries | Zoo | |
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in Escondido 619 234-6541 |
Bernardo Winery Temecula Valley Wineries |
San
Diego Zoo is one of the largest zoos in the world with
over 4,000 animals. Pershing Dr exit from I-5 in downtown San Diego.
Daily from 9AM, closing times varies. 619 234-3153 |
EuroUSA guides available for all San Diego and Southern California attractions and tours |