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You’ll find ample free things to do in all of San Diego’s communities. In Balboa Park, many things are free. There are free walking tours of the park, and each museum is free one Tuesday per month, on a rotating basis. Call the Balboa Park Visitors Center for information (619-239-0512). If you’re in the park on Sundays at 2 pm, treat yourself to a magnificent organ concert in the Spreckles Organ Pavilion. On any day of the week, walk through lovely tropical and flowering plant exhibits in the domed, wood lath Botanical Building and enjoy the spontaneous activity around the Lily Pond.
Downtown in Horton Plaza, mimes and minstrels stroll through the unusual structure, with its wandering paths, fountains, bridges and sculptures. A walk down the Embarcadero on a beautiful day is glorious, interesting and free. Take in all the activity around the harbor, stop by the USS San Diego Memorial, spend time walking through Seaport Village, venture on beyond the sail topped Convention Center to view the dramatic ceramic and mirror mosaic sculpture, “Coming Together.”
Take a walking tour of Old Town San Diego State Park at 11am and 2pm daily, or use the map inside the Old San Diego Gazette, free at local stores, to tour the restored adobe and wood houses and businesses on your own. Walk through nearby Heritage Park to admire the collection of restored Victorian homes clustered in a park setting.
Kick off your shoes and walk along Coronado Beach, one of the top 10 beaches in America; watch the seals frolicking and sunning in La Jolla Cove. In Pacific Beach, stroll along the boardwalk and check out the quaint cottages of the Crystal Pier Hotel, built out over the water in 1920. Watch the radio-controlled planes when they are flying at the South Shores Boat ramp at Mission Bay.
If you are exploring the Cabrillo National Monument at the end of Point Loma, be sure to see the Cabrillo tidepools at low tide. Between mid December and mid March, you might catch sight of the massive gray whales on their migration journey from the glass-walled Whale Watch Lookout.
San Diego has no shortage of spectacular views – the best view of the San Diego skyline is from the Coronado Ferry Landing; for the best sunset, head out to Ocean Beach Pier.
On all these adventures, don’t forget your camera.
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