When I see that an influencer or anyone else is visiting San Diego, they tend to go downtown to the Gas Lamp, Little Italy, Hillcrest and North Park etc. and San Diego has some of the worst downtown parking because for some odd reason they don't really have any parking garages. North Park is one of the few neighborhoods that has "a" parking garage and it's relatively cheap and it's at 30th & University. If you know, you know!
However, if you ever come to San Diego, my recommendation is that you go to Mission Bay Park which is owned by the city of San Diego. It's well maintained, there's lot of city workers out there keeping that park in tip top shape.
Anyways, there is plenty of parking at Mission Bay Park unless there is a special event. However, I would avoid going to Mission Bay Park on long holiday weekends like Memorial Day or the 4 of July because you got to get there early in the morning to grab a table or a fire pit and get parking. There are plenty of restrooms and drinking fountains at the park. There are children's parks throughout with slides and swings. Mission Bay Park is not a dog park but there are lots of dog parks in San Diego.
You do have to bring your own food and drinks, if you plan to picnic at the park.
I will say it again that the park is very well maintained, it is right off of the I-5 freeway. It's like 10 minutes from downtown, 10 minutes from North Park, Fashion Valley Mall which is a designer mall, about 15 or 20 minutes (due to traffic) from Ocean Beach, it's about 20 or 30 minutes to the Mexican border depending on the time of day you are going and Coronado is probably about 15 minutes.
I am not a native San Diegan but if I was coming to San Diego on vacation, I personally would not stay in the Mission Bay nor Point Loma neighborhoods with the exception being I would stay at the Mission Bay Resort, if you can afford to do so.
Honestly, if you are coming to San Diego you should stay on Hotel Circle just google "hotels on hotel circle san diego ca" and it's probably the best hotel deals in San Diego. Hotel Circle is very close to Mission Bay Park, Fashion Valley Mall, Old Town San Diego, restaurants, movie theaters, downtown and you can catch the San Diego site seeing tours from Old Town.
Native San Diegans love Balboa Park and it's not far from Hotel Circle but can be a issue other, however, if you take the San Diego site seeing tours from Old Town, you can get off at Balboa Park and walk around and catch the next tour bus.
San Diego does have Indian Casinos that you can visit and we are about a 6 hour drive from Las Vegas. We are about an hour and half or two hours south of Los Angeles depending on the traffic.
If you are looking for your next vacation spot, you may want to head to San Diego!🏖️
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