Top 5 Most Romantic Places in San Diego.
Right, I agree. It’s not hard to find a romantic place in San Diego. A coastal city, Mexican culture, beautiful mountains and skylines, sunsets that take your breath away…San Diego is a pretty easy place to spend the day.
But if you want to be really good…
San Diego is not as compact as the east coast urban center. The maritime culture of the West is our heart, and its beauty is easily found in the ancient missions of the centuries, or the white beaches. The few spots I’ve mentioned are just a start, I think the places have a song that sings all its own. Each place is different, in its own eclectic way, and each place speaks differently to visitors. Maybe Coronado isn’t a dive… but, try La Jolla or Pacific. Take a cruise along the Boardwalk or take a trip to Mexico. San Diego’s coastal, west coast nature makes it ideal for exploring with a friend…
1. La Jolla – Remember the Beach Boy song “All through La Jolla/ at Waimia Bay / surfin’/ Surfin’ U.S.A..
Hmmm….maybe this could be just dating me. Anyway, La Jolla is a beautiful and safe area of San Diego. I say roof because you go to La Jolla along a mountain ridge and most notably, above a fault line. If it is good for you to be disturbed on a clear sunny day, it seems that there is no shortage of spectacle. At sunset, a small and trendy seaside town is bathed in warm, orange light.
There, he faced the first of many choices. You could walk in the public gardens and the elegant Prospect Street, in various high-end shops and in the ice cream parlor, Starbucks you have, go to a noble living room coffee shop, and explore the sea line. If dive shops aren’t your thing, head down to “lower” La Jolla and walk for about a mile through the marbles, first admiring Pelican colonies, steep cliffs and caves, (surfersdiverswimmers), finally ending up at Seal CoveChildren’s Cove, where dozens of seals bask in the winter the sands… barking at the passing hys.
Although the walks and views pale in comparison to the best and most pleasant La Jolla. By far the most flattering time is to ditch the wetsuits and go snorkeling in La Jolla Cove. Very popular with Garibaldi, Top Smelt, Kelp Bass, and the occasional ray, snorkeling in La Jolla Cove is fun, exciting and frankly, an inexpensive way to spend the day. (Note: The water tends to be cold on the Pacific side so bring a short wetsuit if you want, or run upstairs for Starbucks).
2. Mt Soledad – Also in La Jolla one of the largest monuments in San Diego, perhaps in Southern California< /a>. Reaching more than eight hundred feet above sea level, on a mountain that marks the crossroads between Pacific Beach and La Jolla, the Mt Soledad CrossVeteran Memorial is an open-air, quiet, park-like atmosphere. The cross itself stretches over fifty feet and is the center of an ongoing constitutional controversy surrounding the separation of Church and State. The law of enini, the view from a high mountain (Soledad on the Spanish way of the desert) is an incredible use. On a clear day, the view can stretch as far as Poway and as far south as Coronado. They look west and Scripps Pier, La Jolla Beach and Torrey Pines State Beach come into view. You can look inland at Scripps Ranch and Mira Mesa… sometimes as far inland as Marine Corps a> Air station Peaceful and peaceful, the top of the night is clear, If the place does not see the stars a little frosty. Also, not as romantic as it is moving, it’s still a wonderful place. How can a monument be romantic? Visit and try if you enjoy the view nothing else.
3. Coronado – Across the famous Coronado Bay Bridge lies island city Coronado. The famous explorer and General said, Francisco Vasquera de Coronado, “The City of Corona” is a rather quaint and old community, which is inhabited by a busy and fast-paced life in the town of San Diego. Take the 5 South coming down from San Diego County, or, if you’re already downtown, hop on East Harbor Drive overlooking San Diego Bay before climbing two hundred feet in the air (almost twenty stories above the water) onto the five-lane bridge… one of the largest modern bridges in the world.
Arise, can you feel without sense that your spirits are lifted and earthly constraints remain? At the 200 ft peak, one can see the eagle’s view of Tijuana, Mexico and the harbor and the Star of India far below. The Coronado Bridge is an exciting drive and the illusion (induced from the lower side) that you are actually driving in the air… for that reason alone, it may not be the best idea for those who don’t like heights. .
While in Coronado, seeing the old majesty “Hotel Del” is short for “Hotel del Coronado”. necessity Myth and lore surround the vast red and white estates of the old gem. A few years after the Civil War was built, hiding places for Hollywood movie stars, government officials and of course lay people. Ask a worker about the legendary ghosts that haunt the grounds, or enjoy a night of dancing in one of the many live jazz Spots scattered throughout the Hotel itself. Relax and enjoy the song, the sweet sounds of the singer, and drink. If you feel adventurous, try swing dancing.
4. Balboa Park– San Diego is a great oasis of peace and tranquility in downtown San Diego. Known to San Diegans for its beautiful Renaissance-like dome and bell tower visible from Sixth Avenue, Balboa Park captures the old Mission style of architecture, soothing tones of warm yellow in the crust, dark red tiles and soft amber light at sunset. Over the “Prado” bridge, you emerge from the forest cars and cement into the green forest and the silver eucalyptus… over the bridge and statutes reminiscent of the Moorish past of Spain. Nowhere is San Diego closer to its Spanish-American heritage than here…in the heart of the largest urban cultural park in the United States…Balboa.
Named after Vasco Núñez de Balboa, Balboa Park is beautiful throughout the summer and fall. From the car park in the courtyard under the shadow of the statue of El Cid (Charlemagne) among the Muses we walk to the giant open air fountain. Stop by the way to enter the San Diego Botanical Garden, past Lily’s pond with giant koi and turtles. A lily pond, perhaps the most simple of allurements, surrounds it…washed with purple, pink, white, and crimson flowers. Moving further into the park, pass the magicians, artists, and musicians down the street until a sublime, open-air fountain bursts with flowing water emerging twenty feet into the air.
Of course, if humanity is on your mind why not visit one of the fifteen or more museums and exhibits scattered throughout the gardens. Feeling avant-garde? Try the Museum of Fine Arts. Had he enlightened? Japanese friendship is always a good walk in paradise. Perhaps best known, Balboa Park is home to San Diego’s famous Old Globe Theater … a vibrant and lively company that constantly performs stimulating and often funny pieces. In the summer, make a trip to catch some theater under the stars at the Lowell Davies Outdoor Theater
5. Point Loma Lighthouse – Point Loma in the Old Lighthouse, high above San Diego Bay it is now within the greater area of Cabrillo National Monument, part and parcel of the Federal National Parks. It is, of course, in the greater community of Point Loma, a peninsular cut off the coast of San Diego… To point out, Loma is the oldest part of the western part of San Diego, as Point Loma was at the port of John Rodriguez Cabrillo. a conquistador whose Spanish explorations founded San Diego later in the 17th century.
On a clear day the Old Lighthouse offers a spectacular view over San Diego. Sitting nearly 400 feet above sea level, the Lighthouse allows for a panoramic view of the bay from the bend… near the Shell Stairs. Nearby is the center of Cabrillo National Monument, a more interesting place to visit and home to a spectacular view over San Diego Bay. Above all, Cabrillo himself, the conquistador explorer who discovered San Diego, was set. (Note: To get to the Lighthouse, you must first pass through Rosecrans National Cemetery, a uniquely moving and powerful experience).
