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San Diego's Mediterranean-style and Spanish street names celebrate its Spanish missionary founders. Today the city is a web of several distinct neighborhoods, each offering visitors a unique and individual experience. Near downtown San Diego, Balboa Park offers a 1400-acre urban haven of beautiful gardens, numerous museums and a zoo constructed around natural canyons. The city's warm weather, many inviting coves and beaches are ideal for sunbathing, swimming, surfing and even whale watching. Visitors interested in the arts may visit the San Diego Musuem of Art which has an impressive collection of Spanish Baroque and Renaissance paintings, including works by El Greco, Goya and Rubens.
San Diego Attractions
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
1001 Kettner Boulevard, San Diego, California 92101
Tel: +1 619 234 1001
Balboa Park
6th Avenue and Laurel Street, San Diego, California 92101
Tel: +1 619 239 0512
Cabrillo National Monument
1800 Cabrillo Memorial Drive, San Diego, California 92101
Tel: +1 619 557 5450 Fax: +1 619 557 5469
La Jolla Cove
La Jolla, California 92037
San Diego Museum of Art
1450 El Prado (Balboa Park), San Diego, California 92101
Tel: +1 619 232 7931 Fax: +1 619 232 9367
Seaport Village
San Diego, California 92101
Tel: +1 619 235 4014 Ext.103 Fax: +1 619 696 0025
Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
San Diego, California 92110
Tel: +1 619 220 5422 Fax: +1 619 220 5421
Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater and Science Center
1875 El Prado (Balboa Park), San Diego, California 92101
Tel: +1 619 238 1233 Fax: +1 619 234 2627
Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum
2300 Expedition Way, La Jolla, California 92093
Tel: +1 619 534 3474 Fax: +1 858 534 7114
Maritime Museum
1492 North Harbor Drive, San Diego, California 92101
Tel: +1 619 234 9153 Fax: +1 619 234 8345
San Diego Museum of Man
1350 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, California 92101
Tel: +1 619 239 2001 Fax: +1 619 239 2749
Museum of Photographic Arts
1649 El Prado, San Diego, California 92101
Tel: +1 619 238 7559 Fax: +1 619 238 8777