Frommer's San Diego day by day

by Maribeth Mellin

San Diego is a touristic magnet, attracting an estimated 40 million tourists a year. That’s not the city boasts some of the most fascinating museum and historic sights in the nation, plus a vibrant nightlife scene (including cutting-edge restaurants), eye-candy nature sights and postcard-perfect beaches.Frommer's San Diego day by day advises the reader how to see the best of everything--in the smartest, most time-efficient way. The book The best of San Diego in one, two or three days, plus thematic tours for every interest, schedule or taste.- Walking tours of the city's best-loved neighborhoods, from the Gaslamp Quarter to La Jolla and Coronado.- Scores of evocative color photographs.- Bulleted maps that show the reader how to get from place to place, plus a tear-resistant foldout map in a handy, reclosable plastic wallet.- Highly opinionated appraisals of hotels, restaurants, shopping, and nightlife for all budgets from luxury to backpacker.- Exact pricing so there’s never any guessing.- Detailed information on the best outdoor adventures, beaches and day trip. 

Genres: Travel

430 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 9, 2016

Reviews

[Pat Murphy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Frommer's San Diego travel guide is ok. It has lots of info on what is where and what it is that is where. There is a city map tucked into a plastic envelope in the back of the book and a fold out map fastened to the front which shows a closer view of the more toured areas. I took a few notes of sites I haven't seen which I might be interested in. They include The museum of Photographic arts, The San Diego Automotive Museum, The Botanical Building and Lily Pond, the Gaslamp Quarter, and a scenic train ride from San Diego to Oceanside. There are intriguing lists of restaurants. I found some of the descriptions of parts of the city interesting as well. I must say here that I have traveled to San Diego about 4 or 5 times in the last twenty years so I didn't notate the things I had already done. I was a little disappointed in the lack of enthusiasm of the writing about San Diego. I suppose it could be the fact that there isn't that much to tell about in the town. I find that a little hard to believe, but if you have ever been there, I think you would know what I mean. There is a lot to do there. The beach and the surfing is plentiful, the quaint neighborhoods, the multiple farmers markets, and the stuff I had already done there. but anyway, I think the guide does it's job well enough. I think if the writer had a passionate love for San Diego and displayed that passion in the book it could have been better. One example of someone doing that is the book "On Mexican Time", by Tony Cohan, about San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. His writing made me want to do what he did. But not all documentation can be up to those expectations.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

The information is really good but somewhat outdated. There needs to be a post COVID update

[Jennifer Tse · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book to get a quick overview of what is there to do in San Diego. However, I feel like it should include bigger sections for popular tourist attractions like Waterworld, San Diego Zoo, and San Diego Safari. Most tourists visit San Diego because of these attractions, so a small paragraph highlighting those didn't seem enough to me. It does provide a variety of interesting attractions, restaurants, lodging, etc. A great book overall.