San Diego Tourist

03/05/2026

When making plans to visit San Diego, don't forget about our amazing backcountry. Learn about the amazing story of thie 19th century ranch at the link.

Visit the Warner–Carrillo Ranch House Museum, 29181 San Felipe Road, Warner Springs, CA 92086. Guided tours Saturdays and Sundays, 12–4pm; group tours by appointment.

At a time when Southern California's open land vanishes beneath sprawl, the Warner–Carrillo Ranch House stands as a striking exception: a National Historic Landmark surrounded not by development, but by more than 40,000 rolling acres of protected watershed.

02/01/2026

It's back! Museum Month offers family FUN and value with 50% off to your favorite museums and cultural sites during February. If you're lucky enough to be visiting San Diego during February, you're gonna wanna take part in this opportunity!

It's back! Museum Month offers family FUN and value with 50% off to your favorite museums and cultural sites during February. A top pick by The San Diego Union-Tribune of the best "things to do" in San Diego. Read more from UT reporters Abby Hamblin and Carlos Rico at https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2026/01/29/san-diego-museum-month-is-back-with-half-off-admission-at-over-70-locations/

Get your Museum Month free printed passes at 85+ public libraries or online at https://sandiegomuseumcouncil.org/download-your-san-diego-museum-month-pass-here/

01/08/2026

If you're in San Diego this weekend, you won't want to miss this free event!

Info at:hcfi.org/sdexcursion

Story at: https://obrag.org/2026/01/vintage-car-parade-returns-to-point-loma-sunday-jan-11/

12/07/2025

Marston House Museum
3525 Seventh Avenue San Diego (northwestern edge of Balboa Park)
Friday • Saturday • Sunday • 10am-4pm
House tours start every hour and are 40-45 minutes in length

PURCHASE TICKETS
In Person Marston House Museum Shop
More details found HERE: https://www.sohosandiego.org/main/marston2.htm

09/16/2025

"Preservation’s role as a driver of cultural heritage tourism and local economic vitality is unmistakably evident in this year’s awards, with four hotel-related projects, including three historic resorts and a downtown landmark, a theatre and major attraction in Balboa Park among the honorees. These sites not only safeguard history but also enrich the region’s economy and strengthen its cultural identity."

Come and see them all!:
Botanical Building | Hotel del Coronado | Crystal Pier Hotel & Cottages | Paradise Point
The Joan and Irwin Jacobs Performing Arts Center | Granger Hotel Gaslamp Quarter

Email from Save Our Heritage Organisation View as Webpage Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO) is proud to announce the 2025 recipients of the People In Preservation (PIP) Awards, honoring outstandin

08/27/2025

Discover San Diego’s Architectural Heritage with SOHO's Third Sunday Tours.
Every month, SOHO opens the door to history with our Third Sunday Tours—a chance to explore the genius of Irving J. Gill, and that of his colleagues and peers, the world of the Marston family, civic leaders who shaped our city’s cultural and social fabric as well as our cultural landscape history. Whether it’s your first visit or your fifth, each tour offers a new way to see our historic neighborhoods, gardens, and homes.
With four unique experiences to choose from, it’s easy to make a day of it or come back month after month and collect them all. Bring a friend, bring your camera, and prepare to see San Diego in a whole new light.
*Bankers Hill Walking Tour (10:30am · 90 minutes)
Wander a neighborhood of hidden gems, pedestrian bridges, and sweeping bay views where Gill’s revolutionary Modernism took root.
*Seventh Avenue Walking Tour: A Progressive Vision (12:30pm · 45 minutes)
Step back into the Progressive Era, where George Marston, Gill, and their circle reshaped both architecture and society.
*Marston House Garden Tour (1:30pm · 45 minutes · seasonal March–October)
Lose yourself in two and a half acres of romantic gardens, from early 20th-century designs to the introduction of formal plantings in the late 1920s.
*The Marston House: Architectural Details of Master Architects Hebbard & Gill (2:30pm · 90 minutes)
Immerse yourself in Gill’s early Arts and Crafts masterpiece—where innovation, craftsmanship, and beauty converge.
Tickets are $20 per tour. Advance reservations are recommended, as tours often sell out.
PURCHASE TICKETS
• Online: https://www.sohosandiego.org/main/tourmhgill.htm
• In Person: Marston House Museum Shop • 3525 Seventh Avenue
• Walk-up tickets subject to availability

Join our expert docents every third Sunday of the month, as they tell you stories of the Marston House and its environs and of one of San Diego's greatest architects, Irving J. Gill. With four great tour choices we understand if you can't pick just one. Bring your camera and friends.

08/22/2025

37th Annual San Diego International Summer Organ Festival, the largest organ festival in the U.S. ~ featuring the Spreckels Organ, the largest open-air musical instrument in the world! And Free!

🎵 37th Annual San Diego International Summer Organ Festival, the largest organ festival in the U.S. ~ featuring the Spreckels Organ, the largest open-air musical instrument in the world!

🗓️ Monday, Aug. 25
🎶 Not So Silent Movie Night!
🎼 Balboa Theatre Organist Russ Peck, featuring Laurel & Hardy films.

➡️ The Not-So-Silent Movie Night returns as one of the most cherished summer events in San Diego, gathering thousands of San Diegans for a classy evening filled with humor and charm under the night sky.

🕰️ 7:30-9pm
📍 Spreckels Organ Pavilion, Balboa Park
🎟️ Free

07/04/2025

FABULOUS! A must-see when visiting San Diego.

The Hotel del Coronado is celebrated around the globe as a masterpiece of Victorian-era architecture. Designed by architect James Reid and developed in 1888 by visionaries Elisha Babcock, Jr. and Hampton L. Story, the Del is an excellent and captivating design example of its era but also a marvel of...

05/12/2025

Warner Springs is the 109th mile on the Pacific Crest Trail, measuring from the Southern Terminus in Campo. This National Scenic Trail, which starts in Mexico and ends in Canada, has become so popular that there is a lottery system to hike it.

05/07/2025

Warner Springs is the 109th mile on the Pacific Crest Trail, measuring from the Southern Terminus in Campo. This National Scenic Trail, which starts in Mexico and ends in Canada, has become so popular that there is a lottery system to hike it!

Learn more at the link and do come visit us at the Warner Carrillo Ranch House Museum while you're out our way!

Warner Springs is the 109th mile on the Pacific Crest Trail, measuring from the Southern Terminus in Campo. This National Scenic Trail, which starts in Mexico and ends in Canada, has become so popular that there is a lottery system to hike it.