Experience San Diego

Where blue skies keep watch on 70 miles of beaches and a gentle Mediterranean climate begs for a day of everything and nothing. Bordered by Mexico, the Pacific Ocean, the Anza-Borrego Desert and the Laguna Mountains, San Diego County's 4,200 square miles offer immense options for business and pleasure. And with the Mexican city of Tijuana just minutes from downtown, San Diego is an international experience with all the comforts of a city leading the nation in biomedical, high-tech and telecommunication industries.

San Diego is poised to curb any cultural craving. Spend the day at lush 1,200-acre Balboa Park, one of the nation's largest cultural complexes and home to the largest concentration of museums west of the Mississippi. Browse the spectacular array of fine art, science and natural history, aerospace, performing arts, photography, automobiles, and model railroads. Plan a picnic near one of the Park's many botanical gardens or arboretums. When the urge strikes for a little "Big-Apple" fare, there's always Tony Award-winning Old Globe Theater and world-class opera. Dance to the rhythm of blues, jazz, reggae and rock at one of the many clubs, festivals and outdoor concerts. And then there is the old-world Mexican architecture that shapes many of the Park's building and surrounding neighborhoods.

"Active San Diego" is canopied beneath a climate named "ideal" by meteorologists. San Diego's four microclimates, including mountains, deserts, inland valleys, and beaches can show you just how great the Great Outdoors gets.

San Diego Visitor's Bureau

last updated: 1/4/08