San Diego. Overview. With perfect weather of 72 degrees, beaches and forests about ten minutes away, bigger than San Francisco, San Diego on the Southern California Coast is easier going than Los Angeles too. Its first claim to fame was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in World War 2 so that the US Navy had to moor in San Diego natural harbour instead. Military, educational, research, oceanography and medical centres have grown to make it an extraordinary city where success stories abound. San Diego’s Downtown is well known for its Gaslamo Quarter ,which is a nest of bars, shops, and a convention centre to the North. Coronado can be reached by a beautiful bridge. Before that is was a saucy area full of dodgy women in strip joints with even dodgier men, saloons and gambling joints. Now it is highly glamorous and where the buzz in Downtown San Diego is. Catch a Coronado Ferry to the Embarcadero waterfront which can take you to the Museum of Contemporary Art. Coronado is an Island joined to the mainland by a boomerang shaped bridge and has streets lined with beautiful Victorian architecture. Sip a cool drink in the bar of the Hotel Del Coronado which is famous for its famous autographs by Marilyn Monroe and others. Shop more if you must in the great shopping malls. Spend less money in fascinating museums such as the San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum. Mission Bay is popular as a water playground. If you head north along the coast you can enjoy yourself on Ocean Beach Mission Beach where surfing is popular. Join in the fun in Mission Bay, that gorgeous holiday playground of parks beaches and bays in the San Diego River. Grab a kite, a bicycle and let the wind take you along bike paths. The Peninsula round San Diego Bay is Point Loma where you can see the most stunning views. Watch whales there in winter, because you might well have stayed on in San Diego since the summer! Like many on US Coasts the San Diegans live for their water sports and hobbies, particularly surfing and windsurfing. Seaworld, San Diego is one of the city’s world famous attractions located in Bilboa Park along with museums and other attractions such as its vastly superior zoo.
With perfect weather of 72 degrees, beaches and forests about ten minutes away, bigger than San Francisco, San Diego on the Southern California Coast is easier going than Los Angeles too. Its first claim to fame was the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour in World War 2 so that the US Navy had to moor in San Diego natural harbour instead. Military, educational, research, oceanography and medical centres have grown to make it an extraordinary city where success stories abound. San Diego’s Downtown is well known for its Gaslamo Quarter ,which is a nest of bars, shops, and a convention centre to the North. Coronado can be reached by a beautiful bridge. Before that is was a saucy area full of dodgy women in strip joints with even dodgier men, saloons and gambling joints. Now it is highly glamorous and where the buzz in Downtown San Diego is. Catch a Coronado Ferry to the Embarcadero waterfront which can take you to the Museum of Contemporary Art.
Coronado is an Island joined to the mainland by a boomerang shaped bridge and has streets lined with beautiful Victorian architecture. Sip a cool drink in the bar of the Hotel Del Coronado which is famous for its famous autographs by Marilyn Monroe and others. Shop more if you must in the great shopping malls. Spend less money in fascinating museums such as the San Diego Aircraft Carrier Museum.
Mission Bay is popular as a water playground. If you head north along the coast you can enjoy yourself on Ocean Beach Mission Beach where surfing is popular. Join in the fun in Mission Bay, that gorgeous holiday playground of parks beaches and bays in the San Diego River. Grab a kite, a bicycle and let the wind take you along bike paths.
The Peninsula round San Diego Bay is Point Loma where you can see the most stunning views. Watch whales there in winter, because you might well have stayed on in San Diego since the summer!
Like many on US Coasts the San Diegans live for their water sports and hobbies, particularly surfing and windsurfing. Seaworld, San Diego is one of the city’s world famous attractions located in Bilboa Park along with museums and other attractions such as its vastly superior zoo.