Planning a vacation in San Diego California? Whether you are looking for beach vacations, golf vacations, cheap vacations, luxury vacations or family vacations, San Diego is a popular vacation destination choice. Let us help you discover what to do in San Diego.
San Diego Harbor
San Diego weather is legendary, even within California, with near perfect weather conditions year round. Not only does this make San Diego a great and highly desirable place to live, but also a relatively reliable vacation destination for family holidays and tourists. Both indoor and outdoor attractions in San Diego are open and enjoyable activities all year round. The greater San Diego county encompasses beaches, farm land, mountains and deserts, with varied opportunities for outdoor pursuits from walking and cycling through sports such as golf and sailing, to more exotic adventures such as sky diving. San Diego offers a rich variety of outdoor activities as well as things to see such as gardens and numerous museums, with interesting attractions that cater to most interests.
First, the top things to see in San Diego are the most famous San Diego attractions. Popular Balboa Park is one of the great public parks of the world, set in attractive gardens and including many fine museums and cultural performance venues. The San Diego Zoo, also located in Balboa Park, is a leading San Diego destination, featuring an exceptionally well housed and varied collection of animals, notably the very popular pandas. Sea World in San Diego is another top San Diego attraction, especially the amazing live Orca whale performances. The Wild Animal Park is a popular safari-like family day out. Continue reading 'What To Do In San Diego'
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Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala
There can be no better place to start a tour of San Diego than where San Diego began - Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala, the original Spanish mission in the area and the first Christian church in California.
San Diego was named by Spanish explorer Sebastian Viscaino in 1602 after his flagship, the San Diego, a reference to Saint Didacus of Alcala. In fact the earlier Spanish explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo had visited in 1542 and had given the bay the name San Miguel, but the later name of San Diego persisted.
The mission was founded in 1769 as part of Spain's efforts to establish settlements in California, and remains an active parish today, over two centuries later.
There is a museum and gift shop, and group tours can be booked. See details at the Mission website.
