San Diego: harbor to Coronado

Transport

Planes on final approach pass low enough over downtown rooftops to read the tail numbers.

Lodging

A harbor-view high-rise close enough to Seaport Village to walk to dinner without a car.

Sights

Walk the same flight deck where jets once landed, with retired Navy crew narrating some of the audio stops.

Shop

A shoreline boardwalk of small shops built low enough that the bay stays the main view.

Activity

Habitats built open instead of caged, so the pandas and condors feel closer than a fence usually allows.

Activity

Roller coasters share a park with orca and dolphin shows, all built around the edge of a real bay.

Sights

A wooden Victorian beach hotel old enough that Some Like It Hot used it as a stand-in for 1920s Florida.

Food

A Saturday market takes over the main strip, with produce stalls threaded between the restaurant patios.

Transport

Harbor cruises leave from here past the Navy's actual working fleet, anchored right in the bay.

Transport

Planes on final approach pass low enough over downtown rooftops to read the tail numbers.