San Diego Tourist Attractions

If you're coming to the area, there are many more San Diego tourist attractions to check out besides the well-known spots, like Legoland and Sea World. Activities that are fun for most kids are marked with a .

Famous San Diego Tourist Attractions

There's a reason these parks are so popular; they're fun and in most cases, also educational. Grownups and kids will enjoy any of these destinations, so make sure to include at least one in your trip to San Diego.

• Sea World San Diego

• San Diego Zoo

• San Diego Wild Animal Park

• Legoland

What's Happening at Balboa Park

You can easily spend a day exploring the park's 1200 acres, filled with gardens, museums, and art.

• Balboa Park
• Botanical Building
• Japanese Friendship Garden

• Old Globe Theater
• House of Pacific Relations International Cottages

• San Diego Air and Space Museum

• Mingei International Museum of Folk Art
• San Diego Automotive Museum

• Museum of Photographic Arts
• San Diego Art Institute
• Balboa Park Carousel

• Balboa Park Miniature Railroad

• Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater

• Hall of Champions Sports Museum

• San Diego Model Railroad Museum

• San Diego Museum of Man

• San Diego Natural History Museum

• Reuben H. Fleet Science Center

• Spanish Village Art Center
• Spreckels Organ Pavilion
• Timken Museum of Art
• Starlight Musical Theatre
• San Diego Museum of Art

Downtown San Diego

From the baseball stadium, to terrific restaurants, and kitchsy shopping, there is lots to do in the revitalized downtown area.

• Gaslamp Quarter Shopping and Restaurants

• Museum of Contemporary Art Downtown
• Firehouse Museum

• Horton Plaza

• Children's Museum of San Diego

• Our Lady of Angels

San Diego Bay Area

Enjoy the ocean, literally at your footsteps. You can walk or ride bikes along Mission Bay's extensive trail system.

• Mission Bay

• USS Midway Museum

• Maritime Museum of San Diego, with Star of India and tallship Californian

• Seaport Village

• Villa Montezuma Museum

More to come...

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