How to Spend a "Grown-up" Weekend

If you have the option, choose a bed & breakfast or a boutique hotel for your stay. Find one that is in the area that you will be in or near the most during your stay and enjoy the quiet comfort that can only be afforded in such intimate quarters. Once you are settled in your quarters (hopefully kid-free quarters!), you can not go wrong with any of the following suggestions for your weekend stay in San Diego.

 

·        Balboa Park is the Central Park of San Diego. It covers 1,200 acres and is one of the largest parks in the United States. Many theater and outdoor events happen weekly in the park, like organ performances at the Spreckels Organ Pavilion, which is believed to be the largest outdoor pipe organ in the world. The world famous San Diego Zoo is in the park, as are 15 fabulous museums and a myriad of other things to do. Spend your day perusing the many museums, from the Timken Museum of Art to the Fleet Science Center or the Natural History Museum and the Automotive Museum. There are actually a myriad of choices to take into consideration!

·        Old Town – just north of downtown and Mission Valley lays the historic Old Town of San Diego. You’ll find excellent places to dine, beautiful antique stores and the magnificent mission-style Junipero Serra Museum.

·        Padres Game/Chargers Game – San Diego has more opportunities for professional sport than one could hope. Regardless of the season, you’ll usually be able to find a game to take in at Petco Park (home of the San Diego Padres) or Qualcomm Stadium (home of the San Diego Chargers).

·        Gaslamp Quarter – spend an afternoon walking the streets of the famed Gaslamp Quarter which was once San Diego’s gambling and red-light district at the end of the 19^th century. It has since been transformed into block after block of cultural hot-spots, water holes and eateries.