1 week in San Diego with kids
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Anonymous
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I will be going to San Diego for a week with my 6yo daughter and 11yo son.
Can you recommend a family friendly hotel, preferably by the beach? Can you recommend must sees and dos? So far I have: La Jolla Children’s Pool San Diego Zoo New Children’s Museum Fleet Science Center Balboa Park USS Midway Legoland Seaworld Coronado |
Anonymous
| If you can afford Coronado...I would stay there! |
Anonymous
| A week is too long. |
Anonymous
OP here. I was considering going to LA and/or Disneyland but thought we may not have enough time. |
Anonymous
You definitely have time to go to Disneyland for a day or two. Don’t miss the chance when the kids are such great ages for it. |
Anonymous
| Torrey Pines State Reserve |
Anonymous
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We enjoyed Old Town, an African American museum near Old Town, and desserts in Koreatown. Also enjoyed visiting the different nhoods, though I can’t remember the names of them all. The different little beach towns, each had it’s own vibe. Loved the Little Italy area, thought Gaslamp district was overrated.
We stayed at the Marriott Residence inn on the bay and it was spacious and perfect. But it’s not on the beach. Our room was a corner room and overlooked the water. The view was fantastic. It was a fun, great trip, very laid back. |
Anonymous
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Stay in La Jolla.
Take a picnic out to Anza Borrego state park...beautiful high desert experience. |
Anonymous
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Safari Park
Scripps Aquarium |
Anonymous
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You can easily do a day trip to Disneyland, it's an hour and a half drive. But leave early in the morning, before 6am (which isn't hard to do if you do it before you've adjusted to the time change).
Other things to do Birch Aquarium Torrey Pines State Park Old Town state park |
Anonymous
The Del is the most overrated hotel in America. |
Anonymous
I spent a fabulous day on the beach and would have loved to stay over if I could. |
Anonymous
The beach there is nice but I personally was not a fan of having to drive back and forth over the bridge to Coronado every day. That got old very quickly. There’s also a water taxi you can take, but my family prefers staying on the mainland instead of Coronado. |
Anonymous
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A week is great in SD!
Zoo, Safari Park, Science museum for rainy day, Belmont Park, Bikes around Mission Park, Seaworld, LegoLand, surfing lessons, sandcastle building lesson, Boardwalk at Pacific Beach. We stayed a week in a VRBO at Pac Beach, so no help on the hotel there. VRBO had beach stuff to borrow, which was great! |
Anonymous
| You have time to go to Disney. I would definitely fit that in. |