Foodie Walks and The Sweet, Sleek, Fit & Fun Weight Loss Tool Kit - Old Town, Heritage Park, the Presidio, San Diego, California

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Old Town, Heritage Park, the Presidio, San Diego

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Old Town Bazaar del Mundo	Old Town Pretty Flowers	Old Town Casa de Bandini
Old Town Mercantile	Old Town Theater/Trolley	Old Town Museums & Shops
Old Town Jail Site	Old Town Wells Fargo Museum	Old Town Wells Fargo Museum

Old Town First Schoolhouse	Old Town First Schoolhouse	Old Town First Schoolhouse
Old Town Immaculate Conception Church	Old Town Immaculate Conception Church	Heritage Park First Synagogue
Heritage Park Bed and Breakfast	Heritage Park Entrance	Heritage Park Victorians
Presidio Park Fr. Serra Museum	Presidio Park Fr. Serra Museum	Presidio Park Fr. Serra Museum

Old Town is literally the first permanent place that the Europeans settled in California, around the 1820's. It is a small "town" of vintage buildings. There is a charming one-room school, the Wells Fargo Museum (in the Colorado House), several restored houses -- including the beautiful Casa de Bandini, the Bazaar del Mundo with it's rich, vibrant colors, Mariachis and Flamenco dancing, and the ever popular, quaint shops.
Even though the immediate park is about six blocks square, the Old Town shops and restaurants are pretty much as far as the eye can see and the feet can walk.
To the Southeast is Heritage Park with six beautiful Victorians (a Bed and Breakfast and some shops) and the first San Diego Synagogue. It's so pretty that it's definitely worth the walk.
To the East of Old Town is Presidio Park. It has the remains of the Presidio (first military fort). It was the site of the first California mission, 1769. The impressive white building on the hill is the Fr. Serra Museum.

Old Town, San Diego, CA
Telephone: 619 220-5422
(State Park Visitor Center @ Robinson-Rose Building, on Wallace between San Diego Ave. and Calhoun St.)
Guides of Old Town can be purchased there for $2. Free tours at 2pm.

Most shops are open daily 10am to 5pm.

Admission: Free

Parking: Free
There are several small to medium lots. If you go there on a holiday or during the summer, get there early so you can park.

Directions:
From 5 Freeway, exit at Old Town Ave (if you turn left at what looks like the first street, it is actually a freeway on ramp - go past that or you will be back on the freeway).
An easier way might be: going south on the 5 Freeway, you can exit at Sea World/Tecolate. There are signs directing you to Old Town.
From 8 Freeway, exit at Morena Blvd.