Northern Here you get history and here you get the
beach. Ancient artifacts have been found in Del Mar Mesa. La Jolla is
a seaside resort community with plenty to be famous for. University of
California – San Diego is here, as is that harbor seal haven, the
Children’s Pool Beach, and Mount Soledad. Pacific Beach is a rather
wild community of surfers and college students. Mission Beach is home
to SeaWorld, the unusually historic amusement park Belmont Park, and
plenty of softball tournaments and
bars. Northeastern Mira Mesa is a center of
Filipino and Vietnamese culture, and military culture as well. Rancho
Penasquitos is all about deserty natural glory, home to Black Mountain
Open Space Park and Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve. Agriculture
(citrus and dairy) nests further up north in San Paqual Valley, which
is also home to San Diego Wild Animal Park and was the site of the
Battle of San Pasqual. Eastern Allied Gardens is
full of parks and Mission Valley is one massive shopping and
entertainment center. Those interested in San Diego’s culture should
check out Mission Trails Regional Park in Tierrasanta. And those
interested in Asian culture may want to swing by Convoy Street in
Kearny Mesa for some authentic restaurants and
shops. Western Western San Diego is a little bit of
everything, from the live music madness of Ray Street in North Park
(which also has plenty of other live music in the form of Birch North
Park Theater and Clare De Lune). Ocean Beach is seaside and hip;
expect lots of independent businesses here. Old Town is a little less
hip and a little more, well, old. Many of the cultural/historic
attractions of San Diego are here, from Junipero Serra Mission to
Whaley House to Mason Street School. Central This
is San Diego’s downtown and its skyline is nothing like Los Angeles’s.
Indeed, its rather smaller, rather more eclectic buildings have
spurred comparisons with Seattle – if Seattle were a Mediterranean
city. and home to one of its most distinctive areas, the Gaslamp
Quarter. Today, the Gaslamp, as well as preserving the lights for
which it is named, has plenty of eateries, shops, and nightclubs, as
well as some massive events. Little Italy likewise is home to any
number of unique events. |
