all the recs you need so you'll be soaking up the sun like a local! Food, hikes, shopping, I've got it all for you!
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Food
Beaches
Hikes
Shops
entertainment
essentials to bring
Food
Few locations in the area. Get the churros and carne asada y mar fries!
The Taco Stand - Authentic Mexican Tacos Across America
Coconut Shrimp, Lumpia, Fish Tacos!
Fish Shop San Diego | Fresh Seafood & Local Tradition
Manhole pancakes are a MUST! Breakfast potatoes are all you can eat! Get with cheese on top and ask for the homemade salsa! Then walk up to the I street lookout to see the ocean!
Potato Shack Cafe
yummy donuts right next to the beach!
VG Donut & Bakery
delicious breakfast! Get the mexican hot chocolate!
Pipes Cafe
Best fish tacos!!
El Pueblo Mexican Food - Cardiff
take sandwiches to the beach!
Board & Brew
yummy hot pots!
East Village Asian Diner
delicious mexican food and super neat outdoor space
Cafe Coyote
yummy pizza with a great view and breeze
village-pizzeria-bayside - Coronado Ferry Landing
get some ice cream and walk along downtown at night all lit up!
Cali Cream
great donuts!
Leucadia Donut Shoppe
Beaches
Fun sand playground, park on street nearby!
Moonlight State Beach - California State Parks
Lots of stairs going down, but beautiful bluffs (stay away though) and great at low tide!
SWAMI'S BEACH
Park and cross the train tracks. There is a cute garden you can walk through right by the tracks.
Cardiff State Beach - California State Parks - CA.gov
Hikes
Check before going that it is open!
Annie's Canyon Trail
Lots of trails, beautiful!
Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve - California State Parks
lots of trails, birds, beautiful nature!
San Elijo Lagoon Ecological Reserve and Nature Center
Shops
The yummiest balsamics and olive oils! you can taste them all too! We love the Peach White Balsamic and the Gravenstein Apple Balsamic!
Baker & Olive
Cute surf shop that has all the Encinitas Surfboard merch you could ever want. Comfiest tees!
Encinitas Surfboards
our favorite dentist our kids have seen since they were babies!
Warner Pediatric Dental
our favorite baby and kid bath products! The AOO (All Over Ointment) is a neccesity! We also love their body and hair wash, conditioner, barrier balm, sweet cheeks diaper paste, and sweet cheeks spray!
Tubby Todd Bath Co
entertainment
there are always coupons for tickets!
Legoland
one of the coolest zoo's! Go on a value day!
San Diego Zoo | Home
very cool museum! Check out the mexican restaurant bear by, Cafe Coyote
Mormon Battalion Historic Site
Fun area!
Old Town
beautiful area to walk around
Balboa Park
fun to walk around, especially at Christmas Time
Hotel del Coronado
cool tour of aa navy aircraft carrier
Aircraft Carrier Memorial
go watch a Padres game!
Petco Park: Home of the Padres - San Diego - MLB.com
take it along the coast going north towards Anaheim. You can take it to the Anaheim Transportation Center. You will pass Camp Pendleton and ride along the coast!
COASTER Commuter Rail Service - North County Transit District
BEAUTIFUL flowers in the spring
The Flower Fields: Home
essentials to bring
a must for those beach days! We love Tubby Todd! The mineral sunscreen and sunstick are our favs!
Shop Baby Sunscreen Products
for those almost every day sunny days! Love that its reef safe too!
Badger Reef Safe Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50
sunhat for those beach babies!
FURTALK Baby Smile Face Sun Hat UPF 50+
a nice place to put your stuff and yourself! Love that you can just throw it in the wash after!
