San Diego is a major city in Southern California known for its mild climate and beaches. It has many historic and cultural attractions such as Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Mission San Diego de Alcalá, and Balboa Park which contains museums and the San Diego Zoo. The city is also home to sports venues like Petco Park, Viejas Arena and historic sites including the Mission Brewery and Belmont Park amusement park.

1. SAN DIEGO
Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
San Diego Zoo Safari Park
Mission San Diego de Alcalá
Balboa Park
Belmont Park
Mission Brewery
San Diego Convention Center
Hepner Hall
Qualcomm Stadium
Petco Park
Viejas Arena

2. SAN DIEGO
San Diego is a major city in California, on the coast of the Pacific Ocean
in Southern California, approximately 120 miles south of Los Angeles and
immediately adjacent to the border with Mexico.San Diego is the eighth
largest city in the United States and second largest in California and is
one of the fastest growing cities in the nation.San Diego is the birthplace
of California and is known for its mild year-round climate, natural deepwater harbor, extensive beaches, long association with the U.S. Navy,
and recent emergence as a healthcare and biotechnology development
center.

3. Old Town San Diego State Historic Park
Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, located in the Old Town
neighborhood of San Diego, California, is a state protected historical park
in San Diego. It commemorates the early days of the town of San Diego
and includes many historic buildings from the period 1820 to 1870. The
park was established in 1968.In 2005 and 2006, California State Parks
listed Old Town San Diego as the most visited state park in California.

4. San Diego Zoo Safari Park
The San Diego Zoo Safari Park, known as the San Diego Wild Animal
Park until 2010, is an 1,800 acre (730 ha) zoo in the San Pasqual
Valley area of San Diego, California, near Escondido. It is one of
the largest tourist attractions in San Diego County. The park houses
a large array of wild and endangered animals including species from
the continents of Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America,
and Australia.

5. Mission San Diego de Alcalá
Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá was the first Franciscan mission in the
Las Californias Province of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Located in
present-day San Diego, California, it was founded in 1769 by Spanish
friar Junípero Serra in an area long inhabited by the Kumeyaay Indians.
The mission and the surrounding area were named for the Catholic Saint
Didacus, a Spaniard more commonly known as San Diego.

6. Balboa Park
Balboa Park is a 1,200-acre (490 ha) urban cultural park in San
Diego, California.In addition to open space areas, natural
vegetation green belts, gardens and walking paths, it contains
museums, several theaters, and the world-famous San Diego Zoo
where 3500 animals. There are also many recreational facilities
and several gift shops and restaurants.

7. Belmont Park
Belmont Park is a historic oceanfront amusement park located in the
Mission Bay area of San Diego, California. The park was
developed by sugar magnate John D. Spreckels and opened on
July 4, 1925 as the Mission Beach Amusement Center.In addition
to providing recreation and amusement it also was intended as a
way to help Spreckels sell land in Mission Beach. Located on the
beach, it attracts millions of people each year.

8. Mission Brewery
Mission Brewery is a historic brewery building in the Middletown
neighborhood of San Diego, California. Built from 1912 to 1913, the
brewery was the first in the U.S. to be designed in the Mission Revival
style; it is still the only Mission Revival industrial building in San
Diego. The brewery was operated by the San Diego Consolidated
Brewing Company, a group led by August F. Lang.

9. San Diego Convention Center
The San Diego Convention Center is the primary convention center in San
Diego, California. It is located in the Marina district of downtown San
Diego near the Gaslamp Quarter, at 111 West Harbor Drive. The center
is managed by the San Diego Convention Center Corporation, a nonprofit public benefit corporation.As of 2009 it was the 24th largest
convention facility in North America.It was designed by Canadian
architect Arthur Erickson.

10. Hepner Hall
Hepner Hall, designed by the senior architectural designer of the
California Division of the State Architect, Howard Spencer Hazen,and
completed in 1931,is the iconic academic building in the center of San
Diego State University (SDSU)'s campus, just north of Malcolm A.
Love Library at the entrance to the Campanile Walkway and main
quad.

11. Petco Park
Petco Park is an open-air ballpark in downtown San Diego, California,
USA. It opened in 2004, replacing Qualcomm Stadium as the home
park of Major League Baseball's San Diego Padres. Before then, the
Padres shared Qualcomm Stadium with the National Football League's
San Diego Chargers. Petco Park is named after the pet supplies retailer
Petco, which is based in San Diego and paid for the naming rights.

12. Viejas Arena
Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl (formerly named Cox Arena), located on the
San Diego State University (SDSU) campus in San Diego, California,
is the home of the San Diego State Aztecs men's basketball and
women's basketball teams.The facility also hosts SDSU's
commencement ceremonies.Previously, the Aztecs played at Peterson
Gymnasium also on the SDSU campus.