1000 Best, Eat, Shop, Attractions & San Diego Things to do by air, land & sea via 50 FREE map tours + Tijuana

200 Best Restaurants 

San Diego’s many historic sites and theme parks are must-see attractions, but where you dine is an EQUALLY BIG San Diego attraction. So, expect to dine like royalty & even eat free on your birthday at the restaurants we have personally reviewed. Seeing all of the theme parks and attractions is only part of the fun San Diego has to offer. We are also a major restaurant town and thus our county is also home to impressive wineries. Some have had their wines served at the White House. San Diego is also the micro-brewery capital of America. Thus, we offer a fun DIY microbrewery tour featuring world famous breweries.

Tijuana Shop & Dine

Getting to Tijuana is half the fun. This internal city features international cuisine served by tuxedo clad waiters as well as shopping bargains galore. As Tijuana is also a duty free international city. So, expect to buy French perfume at duty free prices. An extra bonus on the U.S. side of the border are literally hundreds of duty free outlet stores to explore.

56th Annual City Guide 

San Diego is a great place to vacation, and an even greater place to live, work and play. Thus, not surprisingly a third of the attendees to San Diego’s attractions are locals. Plus, San Diego is a restaurant town. Thus, we feature the top 200 personally reviewed restaurants reviewed by Barry Berndes, San Diego’s Dean of Restaurant Reviewers. He has literally dined in 10,000 restaurants since 1969, paying for his own meals and inspecting their kitchens. The same extensive research is done for attractions, museums, cities, suburbs and more. It’s like your best friend is giving you a personal tour of their hometown. So, San Diego isn’t a one and done vacation getaway. There is just so much to do that most visitors are repeat vacationers with a high percentage once were vacationers, who realized that a 4.2 day vacation once a year would never be enough, and moved here.

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City Gives BARRY a San Diego Day

The Mayor of San Diego and all of the city council members gave Barry a BARRY BERNDES DAY on Jan. 14th, 2018. This prestigious award was given to Barry in recognition of his over 50-years of showing his hometown to millions of people. 

Sandiegan.com is an Internet Pioneer

In 1995, three years before Google was founded SanDiegan.com was an active resource for Newcomers, Visitors and Residents. With its vast 650 pages of content Google categories the San Diegan as an authority site just as it does The New York Times.

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(1) Click here for instant access to 50 suburbs & city walking & driving tours with maps. (2) Click on the Barry Icon at the top left corner of every page to return to the home page. (3) Click on the little box with the arrow in it in the right corner to instantly return to the top of any page. (4) SEE Today’s most visited Pages at Bottom of the Home page. 

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200 Personally Reviewed Restaurants Recommended

Having literally dined in 10,000 Restaurants in San Diego, publisher Barry Berndes knows all of the great restaurants and recommends the best San Diego restaurants to you. He often suggests a specific table offering a spectacular ocean or bay view. Barry is always on the lookout for spectacular views or special seating to make your excursion memorable. Check out Eat FREE Free on your Birthday in San Diego and where Kids Eat Free in San Diego for an extra FUN Adventure. So, without a doubt, his 200 personally reviewed restaurants are indeed one of the 1000 fun things to do in San Diego.

Outlet Shopping Attractions

San Diego has awesome factory outlet centers, where you can literally shop till you drop!  Outlet Shopping is one of the TOP 100 San Diego Attractions and one of the 1000 fun things to do in San Diego by air, land and sea. We also showcase the major shopping centers, as they are glamorous major attractions too. 

Coupons Galore

Enjoy major discounts for major attractions and high-end shopping. No less wonderful are the host of restaurant discounts. We are also top ranked on Google for Eat FREE on your birthday and where kids eat FREE.

Beach Towns Attractions

Aquatic activities abound including visiting the world-famous La Jolla Shores for swimming, surfing, sunbathing and strolling on beach. Beach towns are one of the  most popular TOP 100 San Diego Attractions and one of the 1000 fun things to do in San Diego by air, land and sea.Be sure to read the chapters titled Ocean Beach, Pacific Beach, La Jolla, Del Mar, Solana Beach, Encinitas, Carlsbad, and Oceanside to introduce you to these fun beach town adventures.

Calendar of Events

The HUGE constantly updated calendar of events page is under construction. It is a constant resource for fun things to do and attractions to discover in San Diego and regionally. One seasonal adventure discovered via the Calendar page is  San Diego’s freeway close wine country. Also freeway close is a day excursion to Temecula and  Baja, California, Mexico.

Churches

Click on Churchfinder.com for an extensive and informative list of over 100 places of worship. Since San Diego is Paradise on Earth, it should come as no surprise that locals love to worship God. Also, unique to San Diego and the state of California were the establishment of the 21 Missions founded by Father Serra as the… Read more »

Romantic Getaways

Being visited by 36 million visitors annually, San Diego is a perfect vacation getaway. But when locals really want to get away their favorite destinations include romantic Catalina Inland, the nearby gold rush town of Julian, the desert getaway of Borrego Springs, the wineries in Temecula and Baja California, Mexico. Each destination has its own chapter with a may featuring stayed, dine and what we suggest do, which we independently researched and paid for ourselves. Plus, Romantic Getaways is one of the 1000 fun things to do in and around fabulous San Diego.

Brewery Hopping Attractions

San Diego County is the Microbrewery Capital of the World. Thus, a fun self-paid-for-personally-researched easy-to-navigate brewery tour of 13 must-visit breweries can be discovered by reading the Mission Valley Chapter. Included on the tour are two of the top microbreweries in America. They are Stone Brewery & Coronado Brewery. Microbrewery hopping is one of the TOP 100 San Diego Attractions. Plus, Cabrillo Monument is one of the 1000 fun things to do in San Diego by air, land and sea. The idea of the Top 10 Attractions is nonsense. The truth is there are easily 1,000 must-see attractions in San Diego, which is why visitors, military stationed here, and college students end up relocate here. San Diego is a FUNNER PLACE TO LIVE, WORK & PLAY.

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HOTELS: Where you Stay is a deal breaker

Where you rest your head even for a night is an important decision. Therefore, we personally reviewed every hotel as if we going to stay there by inspecting three rooms and inspected all of the amenities at the hotel we have recommended. Plus, the added enjoy of finding 1000 fun things to do in San Diego by air, land and sea. WE WERE NOT PAID FOR OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.

San Diego Relocation

A high percentage of San Diego residents were once visitors, in the military or college students. Thus, the need for an online relocation chapter arose out of the necessity for where to live, find a job and navigate the city with ease arose to find and enjoy the 1000 fun things to do in San Diego by air, land and sea. We personally research our recommendations before we recommend them including best places to live near each military base and military housing with personal inspection of multiple units and apartment complexes.  Thus, SanDiegan.com is a trusted resource.

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