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By car, you can most likely see all these places in one day!

San Diego Has a bus and trolly system that travels almost any were,
within a 2-hour time zone. You can take both the bus and trolly for just one fare.

Old Town This area was the site of the first civilian Spanish settlement in California,
known as the Pueblo de San Diego.Old Town is 2.5 miles (4km) northwest of downtown.
It remained the center of San Diego until 1872, when the city's focus moved to the current downtown area. In 1968, Old Town became a State Historic Park, and a few surviving original buildings were restored. Visit the 1820s Casa de Carrillo, the oldest house in San Diego.

Coronado Beach Next to the Coronado Hotel is one of the most spectacular beaches in San Diego, this beach actually has flecks of gold in the sand. It can become hard to find parking some days during the summer months, but is well worth it once you are on the sand. This beaches known for limited surf and is mainly a hot spot for see very rich and well to do.

Gaslamp Quarter is the place you are going to want to visit. Not only known for its night life it holds a variety of shopping and dining to satisfy your needs.

San Diego Zoo The San Diego Zoo has a worldwide reputation. It hosts more than 3000 animals in beautifully landscaped grounds in the northern part of Balboa Park. Evening hours allow visitors a glimpse into the nocturnal world of wildlife. After-dark viewing opportunities are ideal for animals such as bats and wombats whose nocturnal lifestyle has them wide awake once the sun sets.

Wild Animal Park is a 1800 acre Wild Animal Park, 32 miles/50km north of the city in Escondido. The zoo and associated park breed endangered species in captivity for reintroduction into their natural habitats. Kids can touch small animals at the children's zoo. a zoo unlike traditional zoos -- in which animals roam in entire herds and flocks, in enclosures measured in acres rather than feet. It is a facility designed first for the animals, and second for the people who come to observe them. Nearing the end of its third decade of study and preservation, it remains, as dubbed at its birth, "the zoo of the future."

SeaWorld Undoubtedly one of San Diego's best known and most popular attractions, SeaWorld is 5 miles (8km) northwest of downtown. Come face-to-face with sharks of all shapes and sizes at the Shark Encounter. This 280,000-gallon attraction features a 57-foot, walk-through acrylic tube running the length of the sharks' habitat. Let the kids climb aboard the "Wahoo Two," a ready-to-explore fun ship for pretend pirates docked right in the center of Shamu's Happy Harbor. Don't forget the best attraction, The Shamu Adventure, which features the world-famous killer whale, Shamu, performing along with Baby Shamu and Namu, in a seven-million-gallon stadium.

La Jolla This status-conscious seaside suburb, 12 miles (20km) northwest of downtown San Diego, is known for its beautiful beaches and wave crashing cliffs and sunsets settings, and let not forget its' posh lifestyles. La Jolla has many nice shops and Museum of Contemporary Art, Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum and the nearby Torry Pines State Reserve, home to the last mainland stands of the Tarred pine and some superb viewpoints out over the ocean.

Horton Plaza was designed to be discovered. New and interesting things around every corner, and there are many corners to go around! With 7 levels twisted through 6 1/2 city blocks, you just have to ask your way around when you get there. Tour 140 shops, restaurants, boutiques and bistros or shop on-line.