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The Balboa Park Walking Tour 20% OFF
San Diego, California, USA
$95.20
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Overview
The Balboa Park Walking Tour in San Diego, California offers a deep dive into America’s largest urban cultural park. With a knowledgeable guide from Another Side Tours, you will visit historic sites and cultural attractions, ensuring a memorable experience.
- 🏞️ Balboa Park: A national treasure featuring open areas, natural vegetation, and a rich history waiting to be explored.
- 🌅 El Prado: The main promenade showcasing Spanish Colonial Revival architecture, connecting various plazas, museums, and gardens.
- 🏛️ Casa De Balboa: A historic building housing the San Diego History Center and other museums, originally known as the Commerce and Industries Building.
- 🌸 Botanical Building and Lily Pond: Home to vibrant water lilies and lotus blooms, originally constructed for the Panama-California Exposition in 1915.
- 🎨 Village Art Center: An artistic hub featuring studios of local artists, including the San Diego Mineral and Gem Society.
- 🌼 Alcazar Garden: A formal garden inspired by the gardens of Alcazar Castle in Seville, Spain, offering a serene atmosphere.
- 🎶 Spreckels Organ Pavilion: The world's largest outdoor pipe organ with over 5,000 pipes, hosting free concerts every Sunday.
- 🏰 California Tower: A 198-foot landmark featuring Spanish and Mexican architectural elements, part of the California Building.
- 🖼️ San Diego Museum of Art: The region's oldest and largest art museum, showcasing diverse collections from various cultures.
- 🌳 Moreton Bay Fig Tree: A champion tree over 100 years old, known for its size and impressive crown width of 123 feet.
- 🌵 Desert Garden: Established in 1976, it features over 1300 drought-resistant plants and succulents.
- 🍃 Japanese Friendship Garden & Museum: A 12-acre garden reflecting the friendship between San Diego and Yokohama, with traditional Japanese design elements.
- 🎭 The Old Globe: California's oldest professional theatre, renowned for its diverse programming and beautiful location within the park.
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The Balboa Park Walking Tour
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 2 hours
Availability depends on seasonality and number of participants. Bookings can not be made for the same day. Please read our TnC’s.
When giving as a gift, your recipient can choose a date at their convenience during a booking process. Otherwise, you can choose one after checkout and voucher redemption.
When giving as a gift, your recipient can choose a date at their convenience during a booking process. Otherwise, you can choose one after checkout and voucher redemption.
Check available dates by emailing us at [email protected]
- Bottled water
- Small snacks. For example, chips or a granola bar
- Tour Guide Gratuity is not included.
Meeting point
This Tour Starts At: El Prado Building (Where the Balboa Park Visitors Center and El Prado restaurant is located) Inside Courtyard where the fountain is located.
Return details
This Tour Starts At: El Prado Building (Where the Balboa Park Visitors Center and El Prado restaurant is located) Inside Courtyard where the fountain is located.
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Balboa ParkWe take our guests to Balboa Park daily and we are the experts on this crown jewel in the heart of San Diego. Balboa Park is America’s largest urban cultural park, but it is so much more than that! Balboa Park is a national treasure and it is just a fascinating place with a rich history and it is here waiting to be explored by YOU!
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El PradoEl Prado in Balboa Park is the central, long, and wide promenade that serves as the main thoroughfare, connecting various plazas and leading to numerous cultural institutions, museums, and gardens, all while showcasing Spanish Colonial Revival architecture.
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Casa De BalboaThe Casa de Balboa, located in Balboa Park in San Diego, is a historic building originally named the Commerce and Industries Building, now housing the San Diego History Center, Museum of Photographic Arts, and San Diego Model Railroad Museum, among others.
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Botanical Building and Lily PondA vibrant array of water lilies and lotus bloom along the shallow reflecting pond, originally constructed for the Panama-California Exposition in 1915.
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Village Art CenterThe Spanish Village Art Center is an art center in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. Anni von Westrum Baldaugh was among the artists who had studio space at the Spanish Village. Current tenants include the San Diego Mineral and Gem Society and the Southern California Association of Camera Clubs.
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Alcazar GardenAlcazar Garden is a formal garden in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. It is named for Alcazar Castle in Seville, Spain; its design is patterned after the castle's gardens.
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Spreckels Organ PavilionThe Spreckels Organ Pavilion in San Diego's Balboa Park is home to the world's largest outdoor pipe organ, featuring over 5,000 pipes and hosting free Sunday concerts. Marvel at the sight and sound of the amazing Spreckels Organ, which consists of more than 5,000 pipes ranging in length from 12 inches to 32 feet. Housed in an ornate vaulted structure with highly embellished gables, the 100-plus-year-old organ comes to life each Sunday during free weekly concerts.
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California TowerThe California Tower, a prominent San Diego landmark within Balboa Park, is a 198-foot, three-tiered structure with Spanish and Mexican architectural elements, and it's part of the California Building, which houses the Museum of Us (formerly the San Diego Museum of Man).
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San Diego Museum of ArtThe San Diego Museum of Art (SDMA), located in Balboa Park, is the region's oldest, largest, and most visited art museum, offering a diverse collection spanning various periods and cultures, including Spanish and Italian old masters, South Asian paintings, and American art.
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Moreton Bay Fig TreeThe iconic Moreton Bay Fig tree in San Diego's Balboa Park, a champion tree in California, is a massive, evergreen fig tree (Ficus macrophylla) planted in 1914, and is estimated to be over 100 years old. It's one of the largest of its species in California, with a height of 78 feet, a crown width of 123 feet, and a trunk girth of 486 inches.
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Desert GardenThe Balboa Desert Garden was established at the Park Blvd. location in 1976 and contains more than 1300 plants, including succulents and drought-resistant.
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Japanese Friendship Garden & MuseumThe Japanese Friendship Garden (JFGM), also known as San-Kei-En, in San Diego's Balboa Park, is a 12-acre garden celebrating the friendship between San Diego and its sister city, Yokohama, featuring traditional Japanese garden design elements like koi ponds, stone lanterns, and a cherry blossom grove.
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Zoro Garden is a six-acre sunken garden in Balboa Park in San Diego, California. It is located between the Fleet Science Center and Casa de Balboa. The name refers to the Persian mystic Zoroaster. The stone garden was originally built for the 1915–16 Panama–California Exposition.
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Bea Evenson Fountain is an outdoor fountain in San Diego's Balboa Park, in the U.S. state of California.
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The Old GlobeThe Old Globe Theatre in San Diego is a renowned regional theatre complex, California's oldest professional theatre, and San Diego's largest theatre organization, known for its diverse programming, commitment to both classic and contemporary works, and its beautiful location within Balboa Park.
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The Balboa Park Walking Tour 20% OFF
San Diego, California, USA
$95.20
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!