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Things to Do in San Diego

Attractions

San Diego Zoo
2920 Zoo Drive in Balboa Park
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 239-0512

The world famous San Diego Zoo is home to more than 4,000 rare and endangered animals. Visitors can get up close to many rare species and see them in their natural environments.

Hours of Operation:
The zoo is open every day, from 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Zoo Admission:
1 day pass; $37 for adults and $27 for children ages 3 - 11

For information on the San Diego Zoo please visit http://www.sandiegozoo.org/

Sea World San Diego
500 SeaWorld Drive
San Diego, CA 92109
Phone: 1(800) 25-SHAMU

Spend a day at one of the largest aquariums and sea life exhibits! Sea World gives visitors a chance to get an up close encounter with some of the world's rarest species and learn about their daily care on one of the behind-the-scenes tours.

Hours of Operation:
The park is open daily and hours vary depending on time of year.

Single Day Admission:
Adults: $69
Children (3-9) $59

For more information on Sea World San Diego please visit http://www.seaworld.com/sandiego/

Museums and Historical Sites

USS Midway Museum
910 N. Harbor Dr.
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 544-9600

The USS Midway is one of San Diego's newest attractions! It has over 60 exhibits including the ship galleys, sleeping quarters, restored aircrafts and the engine room of the Navy's first ship, too large for the Panama Canal. Visitors can walk around its 4 acre flight deck while enjoying views of downtown San Diego. You will be amazed by the 4-acre flight deck and the 360 degree panoramic view of downtown San Diego.

Hours of Operation:
Open daily 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Admission:
Adults: $18
Children (6 - 17) $10

For additional information on the USS Midway Museum please visit http://www.midway.org/

Balboa Park
1549 El Prado, Balboa Park
San Diego, California 92101
Phone: (619) 239-0512

Balboa Park is the nation's largest urban cultural park and is just minutes from downtown San Diego. This scenic 1,200 acre cultural complex holds over 85 cultural and recreational organizations, including 15 museums, various performing arts venues, beautiful gardens and is home to the San Diego Zoo.

Hours of Operation:
The Balboa Park grounds are open 24 hours a day
The Visitors Center is open 9:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. daily
Museum hours vary by institution.

**Admission to the park's grounds and select attractions are free. Individual venues will have separate fees.

View information on all of the Balboa Park attractions by visiting: http://www.balboapark.org/

Old Town San Diego Historical Sites and Museums

Walk through California history and visit some of its original and reconstructed buildings dated back to the 1800's. For more information on Old Town attractions please visit http://www.oldtownsandiegoguide.com/

Some of the buildings you'll see are:

Alvarado House
A reconstruction of an original 1824 house which was once home to the sister of the last California governor appointed by Mexico.
Phone: (619) 298-7443

Hours of Operation:
Daily 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Casa de Carrillo
4136 Wallace (Presidio Hills Golf Course)
Phone: (619) 295-9476

Casa de Carrillo is the oldest building in California, built with adobe in 1821.

Hours of Operation:
7:30 a.m. until dusk

Whaley House/SOHO
2482 San Diego Ave. San Diego, 92110
Phone: (619) 297-7511 or (619) 297-9327
The Whaley House was built in 1841 and is the number one most haunted house in the United States, according to the Travel Channel's America's Most Haunted.

Hours of Operation:
Sunday - Tuesday 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Wednesday Closed
Thursday - Saturday 10:00 a.m.- 9:30 p.m.
(Last tour begins at 9:30 p.m.)

Admission:
Daytime Admission
(10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
$6 for adults
$4 for children, ages 3-12

Evening Admission
(5:00 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.)
$10 for adults
$5 for children (3-12)
Free for children 2 and under

For more information on the Whaley House please visit http://www.oldtownsandiegoguide.com/historic_sites/whaleyhouse.html

San Diego Natural History Museum
1788 El Prado, Balboa Park
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 232-3821

The museum's exhibitions focus on the unique biodiversity of the southern California region. There are also several traveling exhibits each year that focus on the natural world, past and present. Visitors can also learn about earth science by viewing one of the museum's films shown in the museum's digital Dolby 3D theaters.

Hours of Operation:
Open Daily, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Admission:
Adults: $17
Children (3 - 12) $11

For more information on the Natural History Museum please visit http://www.sdnhm.org/index.php5

Arts

San Diego Museum of Art
1450 El Prado (Located in Balboa Park)
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 232-7931

The San Diego Museum of Art is the region's oldest and largest art museum located in the heart of beautiful Balboa Park. The Museum's permanent collection includes Spanish and Italian old masters, South Asian paintings, and 19th and 20th century American paintings and sculptures. The Museum's research library offers access to an extensive collection of art history publications.

Hours of Operation:
Tuesday through Saturday
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday
12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

For information on the San Diego Museum of Art please visit http://www.sdmart.org/

Museum of Photographic Arts
1649 El Prado (Located in Balboa Park)
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 238-7559

The Museum of Photographic Arts is the region's leading photographic art institution and its permanent collection of 9,000 images offers photographs based on heritage, culture and historic representations.

Hours of Operation:
Tuesday - Sunday: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Admission:
$8 adults

For more information on the Museum of Photographic Arts please visit http://www.mopa.org/

La Jolla Playhouse
2910 La Jolla Village Drive
La Jolla, California 92037
La Jolla Playhouse Box Office: Phone: (858) 550-1010

The Tony Award-winning, professional non-profit theatre located in La Jolla, California, sees its theater performances as a true art form and provides creative opportunities for its young and energetic artists to use an artist-driven technique when performing which has created a local and national following. Performances are scheduled year round.

For additional performance information please visit: http://www.lajollaplayhouse.org/

Shopping and Site Seeing

Horton Plaza

Horton Plaza is a multi-level colorful outdoor shopping center that houses 130 shops, several restaurants, a movie theater and a performing arts theater.

Gaslamp Quarter

Located in the heart of downtown San Diego, the Gaslamp Quarter is a 16½ block neighborhood that is filled with boutiques, theaters, art galleries and premiere restaurants. Visitors come from all over to enjoy this neighborhood's night life.

Hillcrest

The Hillcrest neighborhood has many urban style boutiques and vintage shops where shoppers can browse through clothes, records and books.

Seaport Village

Visitors of Seaport Village can enjoy 14 acres of water front shopping and dining while strolling through beautiful gardens and lush landscape.

A Taste of San Diego

"Foodies" will love this tour! This food tour will take visitors to some of San Diego's oldest authentic restaurants, family owned establishments, diners and neighborhood restaurants. There are four different tours visitors can choose from. Each tour focuses on restaurants in different areas of San Diego.

Tour Hours:
These tours are available Monday - Friday from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. and on Saturday from 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.
For more information on Taste of San Diego tours please visit:
http://www.atasteof-sandiego.com/index.html

Vizit Tours San Diego

This tour company offers several different looped 'Hop-On Hop-Off' tours that go through different San Diego neighborhoods. On this tour, visitors can enjoy San Diego's beautiful sites from on top of a vintage Double Decker open top bus.

For additional tour information please visit http://www.vizitsandiegotours.com/

San Diego Harbor Excursion

San Diego Harbor Excursion offers some of the best sightseeing on the bay and features 1 and 2 hour narrated harbor tours, nightly dinner dance cruises, weekend champagne brunch, winter whale watching adventures, ferry service to Coronado and San Diego Bay's only on-call Water Taxi.

*Tours run daily year 'round.

For additional information on the harbor tours please visit http://www.sdhe.com/san-diego-harbor-tours.html

Old Town Trolley Tours of San Diego, Inc.

Old Town Trolley Tours provide sightseeing tours that highlight the best of San Diego. Visitors can hop aboard one of the trolleys and experience Transportainment, a combination of transportation and entertainment. Trolley conductors narrate the tour with a fascinating and fun mix of trivia and humorous stories. Tourists can hop off at any site and go at their own pace. The trolleys make frequent pickups at all stops.

For more information on the Trolley Tours please visit
http://www.trolleytours.com/san-diego/