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During your San Diego vacation, don't miss these great establishments and attractions:
San Diego Harbor Excursion
This company also offers daily 1- and 2-hour narrated tours of the bay, using its fleet of seven boats ranging from a 1940s passenger launch to a modern, paddlewheel-style vessel. The 1-hour itinerary covers 12 miles, including the Star of India, the U.S. Navy surface fleet, the San Diego-Coronado Bridge, and shipyards; the 25-mile 2-hour route adds the Submarine Base and North Island Naval Air Station. In winter, whale-watching excursions feature naturalists from the Birch Aquarium. The 2-hour Sunday brunch cruise aboard a sleek yacht is popular; dinner cruises sail nightly.
Balboa Park Municipal Golf Course
Everybody has a humble municipal course like this at home, with a bare-bones 1920s clubhouse where old guys hold down lunch counter stools for hours after the game -- and players take a few more mulligans than they would elsewhere. Surrounded by the beauty of Balboa Park, this 18-hole course features pure greens, fairways sprinkled with eucalyptus leaves, and distractingly nice views of the San Diego skyline. It's so convenient and affordable that it's the perfect choice for visitors who want to work some golf into their vacation rather than the other way around. The course even rents clubs. Nonresident greens fees are $35 weekdays, $40 weekends; the twilight rate is $20; cart rental is $24, pull carts $5. Reservations are suggested at least a week in advance.You don't have to be a golfer to enjoy Tobey's 19th Hole, the clubhouse's simple café, offering splendid views of Point Loma, downtown, and the park from a deck. The food is cheap and diner-esque -- omelets, biscuits and gravy, corned beef hash for breakfast; chiliburgers and sandwiches for lunch -- but this local hangout is a nice find for visitors.
San Diego Museum of Man
Located under the iconic, rococo, tiled California building and bell tower just inside the park entrance at the Cabrillo Bridge, this museum is devoted to anthropology, with an emphasis on the peoples of North and South America. Favorite exhibits include life-size replicas of a dozen varieties of Homo sapiens, from Cro-Magnon and Neanderthal to Peking Man, and a small room featuring Egyptian mummies and artifacts. Don't overlook the annex across the street, which houses more exhibits, and the lady making fresh tortillas and quesadillas Wednesday through Sunday. The museum's annual Indian Fair, held in June, features American Indians from the Southwest demonstrating tribal dances and selling food, arts, and crafts. Allow at least an hour for your visit.
Comfort Inn Gaslamp
The Comfort Inn Gaslamp is one of downtown San Diego's best values. Located in the heart of the historic gaslamp district, featuring nightlife, shopping and dining. Walking distance to San Diego Convention Center. Minutes from Horton Plaza shopping center, San Diego Trolley, Hard Rock Cafe, and Pacific Theaters, Sea World, The San Diego Zoo, and Balboa Park. Lavish continental breakfast featuring homemade waffles. Wide screen plasma television and guest laundry on premises. 25 inch TV, high ...
Kings Inn - San Diego
The Kings Inn San Diego is 100% non smoking hotel.We offer the best service, comfort and amenities that can be found in the Hotel Circle area. If you are coming to San Diego, stop by and see why we are the city's favorite Mission Valley spot. Feeling like home while on the road, the Kings Inn (a 100% Non Smoking Hotel)offers all the amenities and comforts that you want, two great family restaurants both adjacent to the property, the World famous Waffle Spot, not ...
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