San Diego is a two-mile stretch of downtown waterfront where the gentle sea breeze will lull you into a zombie-like state in no time. To be more specific for those who don’t know San Diego is the second largest in California.

A lot of energy and money has been spent gussying up downtown’s Gaslamp Quarter, a 16-block neighborhood that was once an archetype of urban blight. People stroke during the lovely sunny day.

The city of San Diego itself has deep canyons, which create small pockets of natural parkland scattered throughout the city. The same canyons give parts of the city a highly segmented feel, creating literal gaps between otherwise proximal neighborhoods and contributing to a low-density, car-centered built environment.

One of the best place to explore in San Diego during your vacation is Balboa Park, the lush 1,200-acre public park that is home to the Old Globe theater has a gargantuan outdoor pipe organ and a half-dozen major museums.

Just to the south of the Ocean Beach Pier is a newly constructed concrete path that leads to one of Southern California’s most spectacular stretches of shoreline. Sunset Cliffs spans 68 acres.