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With 14 museums, four theaters, a sporting complex, numerous gardens, an open-air pipe organ, and the world's most famous zoo on its premises, the 1,200-acre Balboa Park is the cultural and tourist center of San Diego. The official entrance to the park is from the west on Laurel Street, which turns into El Prado, a tree-lined boulevard that is also the park's main pedestrian mall. One of the first buildings to greet the arriving visitor is the California Tower, whose facade is adorned with carved statues of famous Californians. The tower houses the Museum of Man, an anthropological museum documenting the Southwestern and Mexican cultures. Next to the museum, the Simon Edison Center for the Performing Arts houses the venerable Old Globe Theatre.

Continuing east on El Prado, you will soon come to the Plaza de Panama. On the south side of the square is the House of Charm, home to the delightful Mingei International Museum. The San Diego Museum of Art and the Timken Museum of Art are also located on this square, as well as the House of Hospitality, which functions as the Balboa Park Visitor's Center.

The Pan American Plaza is another highlight in Balboa Park, featuring the Japanese Friendship Garden complete with koi pond and tea room. If you are here at the right time, you may even be able to hear the lilting strains from the 4,445-pipe Spreckels Organ next door in the Spreckel's Organ Pavilion. Of course, Balboa Park's most notable feature is the world-famous zoo. As the premier attraction in the city, the top-notch San Diego Zoo is home to more than 4,000 species of rare and endangered animals.







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Balboa Park
San Diego
Balboa Park
Old Globe Theatre


Modern and classic plays
 1363 Old Globe Way
San Diego, CA 92101
+1 619 234 5623
http://www.oldglobe.org
Old Globe Theatre
San Diego Museum of Man


Anthropology Museum, Architectural Marvel
 1350 El Prado
(Balboa Park)
San Diego, CA 92101
+1 619 239 2001
http://www.museumofman.org/
San Diego Museum of Man
San Diego Zoo


World-famous for a reason
 2920 Zoo Dr
San Diego, CA 92101
+1 619 231 1515
http://www.sandiegozoo.org
San Diego Zoo
Balboa Park


1200-acre cultural center
 Invalidenstraße 3
San Diego, CA 10115
+1 619 239 0512
http://www.balboapark.org
Balboa Park
San Diego Museum of Art


Finely presented fine art
 1450 El Prado
Balboa Park
San Diego, CA 92101
+1 619 232 7931
http://www.sdmart.org/
San Diego Museum of Art
Japanese Friendship Garden


Our garden
 2125 Park Boulevard
(Balboa Park)
San Diego, CA 92101
+1 619 232 2721
http://www.niwa.org
Japanese Friendship Garden
Timken Museum of Art


See the old masters
 1500 El Prado
(Balboa Park)
San Diego, CA 92101
+1 619 239 5548
http://www.timkenmuseum.org
Timken Museum of Art
Mingei International Museum


Ideas of the people
 1439 El Prado
(Balboa Park)
San Diego, CA 92101
+1 619 239 0003
http://www.mingei.org/
Mingei International Museum
Spreckel's Organ Pavilion


4,445 pipes
 2211 Pan American Road
San Diego, CA 92101
+1 619 702 8138
Spreckel's Organ Pavilion
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