Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in San Diego, United States

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Tour Facts

Number of sights 7 sights
Distance 2.9 km
Ascend 65 m
Descend 63 m

Explore San Diego in United States with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Individual Sights in San Diego

Sight 1: Centro Cultural de la Raza

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The Centro Cultural de la Raza is a non-profit organization with the specific mission to create, preserve, promote and educate about Chicano, Mexicano, Native American and Latino art and culture. It is located in Balboa Park in San Diego, California.The cultural center supports and encourages the creative expression “of the indigenous cultures of the Americas.” It is currently a member of the American Alliance of Museums.

Wikipedia: Centro Cultural de la Raza (EN), Website

647 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 2: Zoro Garden

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Zoro Garden is a 6-acre sunken garden within Balboa Park in San Diego, California. It is located between the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center and the Casa de Balboa. The name refers to the Persian mystic Zoroaster.

Wikipedia: Zoro Garden (EN)

328 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 3: Timken Museum of Art

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The Timken Museum of Art is a fine art museum, established in 1965 and located at 1500 El Prado in Balboa Park in San Diego, California, close to the San Diego Museum of Art.

Wikipedia: Timken Museum of Art (EN), Website

75 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: San Diego Museum of Art

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The San Diego Museum of Art is a fine arts museum located at 1450 El Prado in Balboa Park in San Diego, California that houses a broad collection with particular strength in Spanish art. The San Diego Museum of Art opened as The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego on February 28, 1926, and changed its name to the San Diego Museum of Art in 1978. The official Balboa Park website calls the San Diego Museum of Art "the region's oldest and largest art museum". Nearly half a million people visit the museum each year.

Wikipedia: San Diego Museum of Art (EN), Website

179 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Mingei International Museum

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The Mingei International Museum is a non-profit public institution that collects, conserves and exhibits folk art, craft and design. The museum was founded in 1974, and its building opened in 1978. The word mingei, meaning 'art of the people,' was coined by the Japanese scholar Dr. Sōetsu Yanagi by combining the Japanese words for all people and art.

Wikipedia: Mingei International Museum (EN), Website

212 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Museum of Us

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The Museum of Us is a museum of anthropology located in Balboa Park, San Diego, California, and is housed in the historic landmark buildings of the California Quadrangle.

Wikipedia: Museum of Us (EN), Website

1418 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 7: San Diego Zoo

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The San Diego Zoo is a zoo in Balboa Park, San Diego, California, housing 4,000 animals of more than 650 species and subspecies on 100 acres (40 ha) of Balboa Park leased from the City of San Diego. Its parent organization, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, is a private nonprofit conservation organization, and has one of the largest zoological membership associations in the world, with more than 250,000 member households and 130,000 child memberships, representing more than a half million people.

Wikipedia: San Diego Zoo (EN), Website

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