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Birch Aquarium
Birch Aquarium, off N Torrey Pines Rd, isn't as blatantly razzle-dazzle - or immense - as those other aquariums you'll find in Monterey or Long Beach, but this top-notch educational and research institution has brilliant displays on marine life. The staff has the time and the inclination to answer any underwatery question you can throw at them. Check out the touch tidepool overlooking the ocean, and don't leave without glimpsing the diminutive weedy sea dragons, in the Art of Deception hall.
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Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater
The Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater puts on shows at , and Wednesday to Sunday (reduced show times in winter), and has puppet-making workshops for kids.
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Old Globe Theater
Built in the style of Shakespeare's Old Globe in London, the Old Globe Theater won a Tony award in 1984 for its ongoing contribution to theater arts. You can catch performances year-round.
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San Diego Zoo
One of San Diego's biggest attractions, this superb zoo has a worldwide reputation, a colourful history and an enlightened zoo management program. Highlights of the zoo include the Tiger River bioclimatic exhibit, which realistically re-creates an Asian rainforest environment, and Gorilla Tropics, which does the same with an African rainforest.
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SeaWorld
Undoubtedly one of San Diego's best known and most popular attractions, SeaWorld opened in Mission Bay in 1964, and Shamu, its resident killer whale, has become an unofficial symbol of the city. SeaWorld is very commercial, very entertaining and slightly educational.
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Wild Animal Park
Since the early 1960s, the San Diego Zoological Society has been developing the Wild Animal Park, an 1800-acre, open-range zoo where herds of giraffes, zebras, rhinos and other animals roam the open valley floor. A spiffed-up new route of the Wgasa Bush Line Railway (included in admission price) is currently under development, and you can take a shortened, 45-minute ride, which gives spectacular views of the animals and is accompanied by commentary.
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