California - San Diego & Vicinity

Balboa Park

A Karen Brown Recommendation

Balboa Park: Balboa Park is without a doubt one of the highlights of downtown San Diego. Attractions within the park include the San Diego Zoo, one of the finest in the world (619-234-3153, www.sandiegozoo.org). For a good orientation of the zoo take either the 40-minute bus tour or the aerial tramway. Most of the more than 3,000 animals live within natural-style enclosures with very few cages. The Children’s Zoo is especially fun, with a nursery for newborn animals and a petting zoo. But Balboa Park offers much more than its splendid zoo. There are fascinating museums and exhibits within the 1,400-acre park: the Museum of Man, the Aerospace Museum, the San Diego Museum of Art, the Timken Art Gallery, the Natural History Museum, the Reuben H. Fleet Space Theater and Science Center, the Hall of Champions, the Museum of Photographic Arts, and the beautiful wooden Botanical Building:. Most of the museums are housed in picturesque Spanish-style buildings. (619-239-0512, www.balboapark.org)

Located along this Karen Brown Itinerary:

Leisurely Loop of Southern California

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Nearby Hotels and Bed & Breakfasts:
Listed Alphabetically, Not By Distance.

• The Bed & Breakfast Inn at La Jolla
• Crystal Pier Hotel & Cottages
• Hotel Parisi
• Rancho Valencia Resort
• Scripps Inn
• La Valencia Hotel