• Gas Lamp Quarter.  "The Gaslamp Quarter is Southern California's premier dining, shopping and entertainment district, where you'll find a truly eclectic blend of food, fun and culture -- all within one of San Diego's most historic areas. Stroll past the Gaslamp's, charming Victorian-style commercial buildings constructed between 1873 and 1930."
• Mingei International Museum.  The "Mingei International Museum is dedicated to furthering the understanding of world folk art. Mingei is a special word used transculturally for "art of the people." It was coined in the early twentieth century by combining the Japanese word for all people, min, and art, gei. Mingei refers to essential arts of people—living in all times throughout the world—that share a direct simplicity and reflect a joy in making, by hand, useful objects satisfying to the human spirit. Mingei International Museum opens a window to a broad yet intimate view of our magnificent world through the timeless arts of people."
• Mission San Diego.  "First of the 21 missions and known as the Mother of the Missions, Mission San Diego de Alcala was founded on July 16, 1769 by Blessed Junipero Serra. It was designated as a Minor Basilica in 1976 by Pope Paul VI. The Mission today is an active Catholic Parish in the Diocese of San Diego."
• Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.  "The Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, founded in 1941, is one museum with two distinct, complementary locations, in La Jolla and downtown San Diego. The 60,000 sq. ft. flagship building, located on an oceanfront site in La Jolla, was designed by early 20th century architect Irving Gill, and expanded by Robert Venturi in 1996. MCASD Downtown is a 6,000 sq. ft. exhibition space in the heart of downtown San Diego; it opened in 1993.
  
  MCASD is a cultural center dedicated to the collection, exhibition, and interpretation of contemporary art, and presents approximately a dozen exhibitions annually, most of which are organized by MCASD curators (e.g., Francis Bacon: The Papal Portraits of 1953; Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Twentieth-Century Mexican Art: The Jacques and Natasha Gelman Collection, and Ultrabaroque: Aspects of Post-Latin American Art, traveling to museums in the U.S. and abroad). The 3,000-work permanent collection of works created since 1950 includes major examples of Minimal, Conceptual, Site/Installation, and contemporary Latin American art.
  
  MCASD reaches out to the binational, bicultural community of San Diego/Tijuana through diverse educational programming, including free English/Spanish docent tours for schoolchildren and the public, and a range of adult programs from lectures to films to teacher workshops." 
• Museum of San Diego History "features exhibitions about San Diego’s history from pioneer outpost to its current status as the nation’s sixth largest city."
• Museum of Photographic Arts.  "Museum of Photographic Arts, located in the Casa de Balboa, is one of the country's first and finest museums dedicated solely to photographic and film arts. MoPA offers changing exhibitions by the masters of the art form and critically acclaimed work by the most celebrated photographers working today."
• The Old Globe. "One of the country’s leading regional theaters and California’s oldest professional theater organization. This Tony Award-winning theater produces 14 works a year on its three stages: the acoustically excellent 581-seat Old Globe Theatre, the intimate 225-seat Cassius Carter Centre Stage and the acclaimed 612-seat outdoor Lowell Davies Festival Theatre. Continuing a tradition of Shakespeare and the classics for over sixty years, The Globe is also renowned for the production of world premieres of contemporary plays and musicals."
• Reuben H. Fleet Science Center.  The "Reuben H. Fleet Science Center promises an out-of-this-world experience! While viewing the world's largest motion pictures in IMAX®, visitors feel the sensation of moving freely through space and time. The audience is enveloped in a giant tilted dome-screen theater while thrilling visions fill their scope of view and 152 speakers deliver state-of-the-art sound. The Exhibit Galleries feature more than 100 hands-on exhibits."
• San Diego Aerospace Museum.
• San Diego Art Institute.  "A new exhibition of works by San Diego artists opens every six weeks in this 10,000 square-foot state-of-the-art floating gallery space, dedicated to the advancement of the visual arts through outreach, education and exhibition. These juried exhibits display works in mediums including oil, acrylic, watercolor, pen and ink, monoprint, collage, assemblage, mixed media, photography and sculpture. A solo artist’s work is also featured along with the main gallery exhibition. The David Fleet Young Artists Gallery showcases work from schools in the San Diego region. The gallery store offers jewelry and gift items made by artists and artisans in the area."
• San Diego Auto Museum.  "Located in lovely Balboa Park, the San Diego Automotive Museum showcases over 80 classic and historically significant vehicles from horseless carriages to 50s favorites, from muscle cars to motorcycles--even innovations of the future! Spectacular rotating special exhibits take stage throughout the year."
• San Diego Chinese Historical Museum.  "The San Diego Chinese Historical Museum is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to collect, preserve and share the Chinese American experience and Chinese history, culture and art to educate the community and visitors. The museum was founded in 1996, by the San Diego Chinese Historical Society under the leadership of its first three presidents: Sally Wong, Tom Hom, and Dr. Alexander Chuang. Charles Tyson donated the museum's current building, originally a Chinese mission located at 645 First Avenue, and in 1991, the City of San Diego graciously provided a piece of land in the original Chinatown area where the museum now resides."  
• San Diego Hall of Champions. Over 40 sports are represented in this 70,000 sq. ft. activity center which tells uplifting stories of nationally known athletes and teams with a San Diego connection. With its interactive displays the museum stimulates imaginations, teaches life lessons and offers opportunities to participate in sports. 
• San Diego Junior Theatre "is in its 55th year of providing children ages 3–18 the opportunity to express and develop their creative talents through theater."
• San Diego Model Railroad Museum "celebrates American railroads with the largest permanent operating scale model and toy train display in the United States. The 24,000 square foot museum contains four giant-scale model railroads of the Southwest, including an 'HO' 1/87 actual size replica of one of the largest timber trestles in North America."
• The San Diego Museum of Art.  " The San Diego Museum of Art is one of the country's leading art institutions, with approximately 500,000 visitors annually. Its holdings include renowned collections of Italian Renaissance, Dutch and Spanish Old Masters, Asian art, south Asian paintings, as well as comprehensive examples of American art, nineteenth-century European paintings, twentieth-century paintings and sculpture, and the Frederick R. Weisman Gallery for Contemporary California Art."
• San Diego Museum of Man.  "San Diego Museum of Man is a museum of anthropology with some of the greatest treasures in the city. Each exhibit is another chapter in the fascinating story of mankind and displays part of the Museum of Man's unique collection of artifacts, folklore, and physical remains. Learn about ancient Egypt and native cultures of the Western Americas.
• San Diego Natural History Museum.  "San Diego Natural History Museum features its own giant-screen film, Ocean Oasis, taking visitors on an incredible journey through Baja California and the Sea of Cortés."  
• San Diego Wild Animal Park.  "An African savanna awakens to the sound of elephants trumpeting, lions roaring and gazelles and antelopes trotting toward a watering hole. The beauty of the Serengeti, thousands of miles away, may seem unreachable, but seeing the beauty of this world in one day isn't difficult for those who visit the 1,800-acre San Diego Zoo's Wild Animal Park.
  Home to more than 3,500 animals, representing 429 species, the Park is a wildlife preserve that mimics the natural habitats of African and Asian animals. While the collection of animals also includes animals from other parts of the world, including North American species in Condor Ridge, it is the expansive African and Asian exhibits that remind visitors of a safari." 
• San Diego Zoo.  "Span the globe in one afternoon, viewing rare and intriguing wildlife from nearly every region of the world, in just one location, the San
  Diego Zoo. Known for its large, naturalistic enclosures, guests to the
  Zoo become immersed in lush, tropical settings called bio-climactic zones such as Tiger River, Gorilla Tropics, Ituri Forest and the Owens Rainforest Aviary.
  The 100-acre San Diego Zoo is part of the Zoological Society of San Diego, a not-for-profit conservation organization dedicated to preserving endangered species. In addition to the Zoo, the Zoological Society also manages the San Diego Wild Animal Park (more than half of which has been set aside as endangered species habitat) and maintains research, science and conservation programs that span the globe.
  The Zoological Society works in San Diego and China to learn about and conserve the endangered giant panda. In addition, the Zoological Society has been instrumental in the preservation and release of California condors into the wild."
• SeaWorld.
• Spanish Village Art Center.  "Spanish Village Art Center houses 35 art studios in a charming setting complete with a gazebo, tables and umbrellas, and a large variety of flowers–all creating the feeling of a town square in Spain." 
• Spreckels Organ Pavilion.  "Spreckels Organ Pavilion, housing one of the world's largest outdoor pipe organs, was donated to the City of San Diego by John D. and Adolph Spreckels in 1914 for the Panama-California Exposition. This unique outdoor organ, which contains over 4,500 pipes, was built by the Austin Organ Company of Hartford, Connecticut. The organ is housed in an ornate vaulted structure with highly embellished gables.
• Timken Museum of Art.  "Timken Museum of Art is devoted to the presentation and preservation of a select collection of European and American masterworks, including a small collection of Russian icons. The Putnam Collection spans five centuries of art, from the early Renaissance through the 19th century. Artists represented include Veronese, Breugel, Claude, David, Rembrandt, and Copley."  
• WorldBeat Center.  "WorldBeat Center is dedicated to African and African-American arts and culture. The center offers of music, art and dance classes including African dance and drum-making classes and also hosts reggae and African music festivals."  

Government

• The City of San Diego's Official website
• San Diego County from the State of California California Tourism Web site. 

Links

• San Diego Convention and Visitor's Bureau.  The San Diego Convention and Visitor's Bureau is the official travel resource for the San Diego region such as maps and directions, visitor safety tips, where to stay, what to do and how to get around."

Maps

• Map Point from Microsoft.  Find maps to specific locations.
• MapQuest.com.  Find maps to specific locations.   

Parks

• Balboa Park.  "America's largest urban cultural park." 
  • Centro Cultural de la Raza.  "Centro Cultural de la Raza is dedicated to creating, promoting, and preserving Chicano, Mexican, and Native American art and culture. The colorful murals of the Centro, located on Park Boulevard, invite a visit to the art gallery, which has bimonthly rotating exhibits; "La Tiendita," a small gift and book shop; and a performance space where theater, dance, music, and film/video programs are presented year-round. Ballet folklorico dancing classes for youth and adults are held at the Centro, and educational tours are available when arranged in advance."
  • House of Pacific Relations.  "House of Pacific Relations is comprised of nearly 30 national groups dedicated to promoting an exchange of values and understanding among people of diverse national origin. This group of small cottages, each home to a different nation, holds open house to the public..." 
• Cabrillo National Monument.  "On September 28, 1542, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo landed at San Diego Bay. This event marked the first time that a European expedition had set foot on what later became the west coast of the United States. His accomplishments were memorialized on October 14, 1913 with the establishment of Cabrillo National Monument."  

Reservations

• Travelconsumer.com.  Airline, hotel, car, and other reservations.

Transportation

• Airport Limousine Service.  "Find Transportation To or From Any Airport." 
• OTIS - Online Transit Information System.  

Travel News

• Travel and tourism news about San Diego from Google News.

Weather Information for San Diego, California

• NOAA
• Weather Underground
• Weather.com

WiFi HotSpots

• WiFi HotSpots in San Diego, CA from JIWIRE.