San Diego
Sunny San Diego, nestled in the southern Californian coastline, offers beautiful weather, great surfing and fantastic beaches. California’s second largest city and the eight biggest in the USA, San Diego is home to around 1.3 million people.
Despite all this, San Diego has a small-town feel with a relaxed and friendly ambience. A typical south Californian beach city, it enjoys year-round sunshine and surf, a fabulous coastline, easygoing people, and endless family attractions. It is no surprise that many consider San Diego to be ‘America’s finest city’.
A surfer’s paradise, San Diego has 70 miles of pure white sandy coastline along the Pacific Ocean. Visitors can enjoy year-round watersports including surfing, boating, sailing and swimming. It is also used for important scientific research at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
The diversity of San Diego County can be seen in the 18 incorporated cities and other charming neighbourhoods from the historic Gaslamp Quarter and Little Italy to Coronado.
The East County terrain comprises of gentle foothills, majestic mountains, historic mining and 600,000-acre Anza Borrego Desert State Park giving nature-lovers plenty of options be it hiking, camping, fishing or admiring the wildlife.
The scenic beauty in the North County is just as fascinating with a booming agricultural community. Flowers and grape vines decorate the landscape with the later responsible for superb wines, which are available at the best restaurants in the region.
San Diego is also home to infinite family attractions including the world-famous San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park, Sea World and Legoland California. There is something for all tastes with Balboa Park being a popular tourist attraction. The largest urban cultural park in the U.S., it is home to 15 museums, numerous art galleries, beautiful gardens and the Tony Award-winning Globe Theatres.
Award-winning restaurants can be found among the regions 6,400 eating establishments. San Diego also features 92 golf courses, luxury spas, gaming, a dynamic downtown district, multicultural festivals and a rich military history and much more so visitors can always find something to entertain them.
