San Diego - Category of Things to Do

You could hardly find a more intriguing day-trip out from San Diego than Tijuana , just over the border in Mexico. While far from the most culturally rich place in Mexico, every year twenty million people cross here from the US. ... more

Sumptuous Balboa Park contains one of the largest groups of museums in the US, scattered either side and to the south of El Prado, the road that bisects the park. Yet its greatest charms are its trees, gardens, statues, ... more

Most of eastern San Diego County, which otherwise consists largely of sleepy suburban communities, is taken up by the more than 600,000-acre Anza-Borrego Desert , much of it a state park (free; $5 per vehicle). ... more

Although San Diego's money is lavished on classical music, opera and theater (half-priced tickets and information available at the Times Arts Tix booth at 28 Horton Plaza; tel 619/497-5000), ... more