San Diego

Fun Facts

• San Diego is the second largest city in the state of California after Los Angeles.
• the San Diego–Tijuana conurbation is the second most populous transborder metropolitan area in the Western Hemisphere (after Detroit–Windsor)
• SAN airport is the busiest single-runway airport in the world.
• the San Ysidro Port of Entry, is the busiest international land border crossing in the world outside of Asia

Things to do

• Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
• La Jolla, San Diego California Temple.
• La Jolla Beach, sharks in August

Downtown

• Gaslamp Quarter: a downtown neighborhood; nightlife, clubs, bars, theatres.
• Seaport Village: shopping / food.
• USS Midway Museum: a historical naval aircraft carrier museum.
• Maritime Museum of San Diego: vintage ships.
• Hornblower harbor tour

Theme parks / Zoos

• San Diego Zoo
• San Diego Zoo Safari Park
• San Diego Sea World
• LEGOLAND California, in Carlsbad, CA.
• Sesame Place San Diego
• Birch Aquarium: https://aquarium.ucsd.edu/ (Advanced reservations are required)

San Diego Balboa Park

• San Diego Zoo
• San Diego Air & Space Museum
• San Diego Natural History Museum
• San Diego Model Railroad Museum
• Museum of Us
• The San Diego Museum of Art
• Museum of Photographic Arts Vast photo collection
• San Diego History Center
• San Diego Automotive Museum
• Comic-Con Museum

Coronado Island ("Coronado" means "Crowned")

• Ferries to Coronado Island https://www.flagshipsd.com/cruises/coronado-ferry
• Coronado Bridge
• Coronado Beach

Near Legoland

• Museum of Making Music

North County

• San Diego Archaeological Center

Craft Beer

• Stone
• Ballast Point
• AleSmith

Transportation

• Transit: MTS https://www.sdmts.com/ Trolley (3 lines) + Buses.
• Commuter Rail:
  • COASTER: north-south through San Diego County, from Oceanside to Santa Fe Depot.
  • SPRINTER: east-west, from Oceanside to Escondido.
• Oceanside Transit Center: a major railway interchange.
  • Amtrak - Pacific Surfliner
  • North bound: Orange County Line, Inland Empire–Orange County Line
  • South bound: COASTER, SPRINTER
• Cross Border Xpress:
  • walk to Tijuana airport.
  • https://www.crossborderxpress.com/en/

Take Trolley from / to the airport:

• option 1: take bus 992 from / to downtown
• option 2: take rental car shuttle from / to Admiral Boland Way and Palm St stop, 1 block away from Trolley's Middletown station.
• option 3: take Flyer bus from / to old town.

Naval Base San Diego

the second largest surface ship base of the United States Navy