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North of
downtown and on the northwest edge of Balboa Park, Hillcrest
is a lively and artsy area at the center of the city's gay
community . Go there either for something to eat - there's a
selection of interesting cafés and restaurants around
University and Fifth streets - or simply to stroll around
the fine gathering of Victorian homes.
Ocean Beach , six miles northwest of downtown and reached by
bus #35, rivals Pacific Beach in its surfing and party
atmosphere, although Ocean Beach has a more down-to-earth,
bohemian feel, and is replete with excellent secondhand
music shops.
Despite being
a former, notorious Hell's Angels hangout, this has become
one of the most sought-after San Diego addresses, with
Newport Street the prime spot where most young backpackers
spend their time, among rows of cheap snack bars, surf and
skate shops and T-shirt stalls.
The Cabrillo
National Monument (daily 9am-5.15pm; 7-day pass $5 per car,
pedestrians and cyclists $2), at the southern extremity of
the hilly and very green peninsula of Point Loma , stretches
south from Ocean Beach. |
It was at its southern extremity
where Cabrillo and crew became the first Europeans to land
in California. That's as far as the historical interest
goes, for they quickly reboarded their vessel and sailed
away again. The startling views from this high spot,
however, across San Diego Bay to the downtown skyline and
right along the coast to Mexico, easily repay the journey
here. From the western cliffs of the park, a platform makes
it easy to view the November-to-March winterwhale migration
, when scores of gray whales pass by en route to their
breeding grounds off Baja California, Mexico.
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