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Welcome to San Diego, California’s
second largest city, where blue skies keep watch on 70 miles of beaches.
Bordered by Mexico, the Pacific Ocean, the Anza-Borrego Desert and the
Laguna Mountains, San Diego county’s 4,200 square miles offer immense
options for business and pleasure. And with the Mexican city of Tijuana just
minutes from downtown, San Diego is an international experience with all the
comforts of a city leading the nation in biomedical, high-tech and
telecommunication industries.
Downtown
Seaport Village
Balboa Park
Old Town
Cabrillo National Monument
Theme
Parks
Active San Diego
With
San Diego International Airport only 3 miles northwest of downtown San Diego
and the electric Gaslamp Quarter, you can move from jet lagged to jet
setting in one quick taxi trip. From suave steakhouses and eclectic ethnic
fare, dinner clubs to sultry jazz bars, the over 100 restaurants
intermingled with dance and drink are all situated within blocks of each
other. The best part: all this is within walking distance from the
Manchester Grand Hyatt. Also within easy walking distance of the hotel
is the USS Midway Museum. E
Seaport Village is located just steps from the
Manchester Grand Hyatt. This quaint waterfront village of international
shops, art galleries, entertainment venues and award-winning restaurants is
set among three distinctive plazas designed to capture the ambience of Old
Monterey, Victorian San Francisco, and traditional Mexico. Entertainment
features include a restored 1890s Looff carousel, live music, street
performers and horse-drawn carriage tours of the Embarcadero.
Home to 15
museums, eight delicious restaurants, various performing arts and
international culture organizations, as well as the San Diego Zoo, Balboa
Park is the largest urban cultural park in the nation. The museums feature
themes of aeronautics and aerospace, automobiles, art, man, natural history,
railroad, photography, sports…just to name a few. The Reuben H. Fleet
Science Center promises an out of this world experience while viewing the
IMAX. The Park is also renowned for the horticultural treasures on its 1,200
acres: brilliant displays of seasonal flowers, eight gardens including an
award winning rose garden and a butterfly garden, Japanese Friendship Garden
and a Botanical Building housing over 2,000 different tropical plants. A
free tram provides access within Park’s museums and attractions. Begin your
visit to Balboa Park at the Visitor’s Center, located in the House of
Hospitality.
For a taste of what San
Diego was like in its earliest years, take in the sights and sounds of this
colorful settlement, now preserved as a state historic park. Famous as the
first European settlement in California, this area is also well known for
its glorious year-round gardens, mouth-watering Mexican dishes, lilting
Mariachi music and free-flowing margaritas. Be sure to spend a little time
browsing through Bazaar del Mundo, truly a marketplace of the world.
Part military base and part national park, the
Cabrillo National Monument is a 160 acre park with trails, tide pools, an
1880s lighthouse and picture perfect views throughout. Recreational
activities include bird watching, fishing, hiking, nature walks and wildlife
viewing. Picnic areas are also available. Start your visit at the Cabrillo
Visitor’s Center to learn about Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo’s 1542 maritime
expedition, Fort Rosecrans and the San Diego Bay during World War II,
participate in interactive exhibits and more!
Being home to four theme parks,
San Diego is qualified to rinse away daily humdrum. So bring the family and
extend your business stay for a great vacation. See animals from around the
globe at the San Diego Zoo. Rub noses with an endangered rhino at the San
Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park. Set adventure (and kids) free at LEGOLAND
California, a vibrant interactive experience including kid-powered rides.
Devote a day to counting the teeth on a shark, at SeaWorld.
Check out these numbers: 92 golf courses, 1,200
tennis courts, 70 miles of beaches. All canopied beneath a climate named
“ideal” by meteorologists. And depending on your outdoor terrain of choice,
San Diego’s four microclimates, including mountains, deserts, inland valleys
and beaches can show you just how great the Great Outdoors gets. Explore
rural mountain-scapes or desert trails, run with the tide or swim against
it, scuba dive the depths of kelp forests or cycle pine forests.
