San Diego Zoo
San Diego Zoo is undoubtedly the city of San Diego's most famous attraction. Located in the beautiful Balboa Park, just northeast of the city centre, the San Diego zoo is considered to be one of the most impressive in the world with the largest collection of animals, birds and reptiles in North America.
The San Diego Museum of Art
The San Diego Museum of Art is known in the art world for its Spanish Baroque and Renaissance paintings, including works by El Greco, Goya, Rubens, and van Ruisdael, San Diego's most comprehensive art museum also has strong holdings of South Asian art, Indian miniatures, and contemporary California paintings.
Balboa Park Travel Guide
Balboa Park covers a huge 1,200 acres and it's minutes away from downtown San Diego. It has over 85 cultural and recreational organizations here, including fifteen museums and various performing arts groups, like the Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theatre and the world-famous Old Globe Theatre, which presents at least 14 productions and 550 performances a year. And speaking of "world famous," Balboa Park is also home to the San Diego Zoo, where you can stroll around the 100-acre grounds, discovering colorful and exotic species of animals displayed in spacious natural habitats.
San Diego Travel
San Diego is a big city, where locals take pride in its small-town feel. With more than 1 million people living within the city limits, San Diego is second only to Los Angeles in population among California cities and ranks as the seventh-largest municipality in the United States. It also covers a lot of territory, roughly 400 square mi of land and sea.
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