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May 19, 2013 at 10:42 pm #155002
David LorberbaumParticipantI am heading out to San Diego for a wedding at the beginning of June and wanted to see what suggestions of different sites I should try and visit while out there.
May 20, 2013 at 9:17 am #155006
landplannerParticipantThe must sees are the obvious and not-so:
Obvious:
- Balboa Park- allow 1 1/2 days
- San Diego Waterfront-around convention center and linear park
- Gaslamp District and PetCo Field
- Wild Animal Park (Escondido)
- Old Town
- Little Italy
Not-So-Obvious
- Mission Trails Regional Park
- La Jolla Cove
- Downtown Solano Beach/Encinitas
- The great brewhouse near San Marcos with the award winning (ASLA) outdoor dining area and associated landscape.
- UCSD
That should take care of a full week or more for you.
May 20, 2013 at 1:01 pm #155005
Trace OneParticipantI second the La Jolla Cove, the childrens pool – esp. if you have kids, its a great spot, and you can walk all along the coast, over from the seals at the Childrens Pool up to the sea lions and pelicans area, ant then up the hills along the coast behind the rich people’s houses – also can easily walk to nice restaurants..Bring you swimsuit, if you can. and take a swim at the swimming cove just down from the seal cove, lifeguards are there and ten feet out you will be swimmng with garibaldi in gorgeous blue water..Great place to khayak also. I’ve seen whales just standing on the cliffs there..
The rest of SD is real metza-metza fot me – I mean not that great..
I geuss the zoo is an internationally famous botanical exhibit, it’s pretty cool.
And the Del – take the ferry across to Coronado and rent a bike (right there at the ferry landing) and bike over to the Hotel Del Coronado, it is bike path almost the whole way, going under the Coronado bridge..
But you have to go to some event, or something? Just bag that!
(Kidding!)
May 20, 2013 at 1:04 pm #155004
Trace OneParticipantHere’s a live cam link to the Childrens Pool, the seal cove..
May 23, 2013 at 1:48 am #155003
idaParticipantLouis Kahn’s Salk Institute is a must see especially during sunset when the whole space glows
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