- At the Cabrillo National Monument, you'll see where the first Europeans set foot in western North America -- just 40 years after Columbus discovered the new world.
- You'll visit the site of the first Spanish mission in California, set in a verdant park overlooking Mission Bay.
- At the Plymouth Rock of the West (San Diego's Old Town), you'll experience the languid charms of one of its oldest adobes.
- You'll stand where bulls and bears once fought to the death, in the plaza at the heart of Old San Diego.
- At the city's first brick building, you'll glimpse the tragic spot that helped turn it into the most famous haunted house in America.
- In the largest historical district west of the Mississippi, you'll hear stories of how Wyatt Earp ran gambling parlors that competed with the ladies of pleasure, opium dens, bars, and other businesses catering to cavorting sailors.
- You'll ride across the bridge that helped make 20th Century San Diego a military powerhouse, and learn how Balboa Park became a Garden of Eden in just two years.
- Get a gourmet snack and a time line that summarizes all you've seen and heard.
Fitness level: easy Length: four hours
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