San Diego Sights

El Prado

#7 of 154 things to do in San Diego

#357 of 19968 things to do in USA

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Good for: architecture, Picnics, palm trees, a classy date, date

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    • Balboa Park

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Lonely Planet review for El Prado

El Prado. Originally built for the 1915-16 Panama-California Exposition, these Spanish colonial buildings are particularly beautiful in the morning and evening. The original exposition halls, which were mostly constructed out of stucco, chicken wire, plaster, hemp and horsehair, were only meant to be temporary. However, they proved so popular that, over the years, they have been gradually replaced with durable concrete replicas.

 

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    A must see for San Diego

    bgreig4 recommends this,

    If you go to San Diego, you have to see El Prado. The whole section of Balboa Park is just beautiful, with stunning Spanish architecture and tropical vegetation. You cant help but feel gone from the city and immersed into another world (until a plane flies overhead).
    Leave your watch, throw away the map, and just get lost. Well worth it.

    Good for: architecture, Picnics, palm trees, a classy date, date

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