Sunshine and exotic animals … theme parks and miles of beaches and museums to please everyone.
San Diego is our pick for Pacific Coast beach areas. Even if lay-in-the-sun weather doesn’t cooperate, you can’t do better than San Diego’s world-class zoo and safari park, SeaWorld and LEGOLAND California in nearby Carlsbad.
February is the 34th annual San Diego Museum Month when more than 60 participating cultural institutions offer half-priced admission. (You can download a digital pass for up to four people.)
There are 18 major museums and entertainment venues at Balboa Park, 1,200 acres that locals say is San Diego’s backyard with gardens, museums, hiking trails, restaurants, a miniature train and even a rare original menagerie carousel. The entrance to the San Diego Zoo is here, as is the Spanish Village Art Center, home to artists’ studios and art-making activities housed in an early 20th-century depiction of a Spanish village….