San Diego Sightseeing

Things to See in San Diego

Balboa Park

  • San Diego Zoo

  • Museum of Photographic Arts

  • S.D. Museum of Art

  • S.D. Museum of Man

  • S.D. Air and Space Museum

  • S.D. Automotive Museum

  • S.D. Model Train Museum

  • S.D. Natural History Museum

  • S.D. Art Institute

  • Timken Museum of Art

  • Mingei International Museum

  • Japanese Friendship Garden

  • Botanical Building

  • Model Railroad Museum

  • Spanish Village Art Center

  • Old Globe Theater

  • Spreckels Organ Pavilion

  • Veterans Museum at Balboa Park

  • WorldBeat Center

Downtown

  • The New Children’s Museum

  • Gaslamp Quarter (restaurants and night life)

  • USS Midway Aircraft Carrier Museum

  • Petco Park (baseball field for San Diego Padres)

  • Seaport Village (shops on the Harbor)

  • Maritime Museum of San Diego (collection of floating vessels)

    • Star of India, 1863 merchant bark (Oldest ship still sailing)
    • Berkeley, 1898 ferryboat from the San Francisco Bay area
    • Californian, 1984 replica of 1847 cutter
    • America, 1995 replica of the 1851 yacht America
    • Medea, 1904 steam yacht that served in both World Wars
    • Pilot, 1914 harbor pilot boat
    • HMS Surprise, a 1970 replica of a Royal Navy frigate.
    • B-39, Soviet Foxtrot class submarine
    • USS Dolphin, diesel-electric submarine
    • PCF-816 1968 Patrol Craft Fast
    • San Salvador, replica of Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo’s 1552 galleon

Other Attractions

  • The Beaches on the Pacific Ocean

  • Seaworld

  • Old Town State Park

  • San Diego Zoo Safari Park

  • Cabrillo National Monument

  • Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala (California’s first Catholic mission)

  • Legoland

  • Del Mar Race Track

Colleges and Universities

  • University of California - San Diego

  • San Diego State University

  • University of San Diego

  • San Diego City College

  • Alliant International University

  • Point Loma University

Top Tourist Attractions & Map of Downtown

###11 Top Tourist attractions in San Diego.

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See them all! Most can be reached by public transportation from the Town and Country Resort.

Check out the map of Downtown San Diego at the end.