La Jolla

Worth seeing in and around La Jolla

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Mount Soledad

   Mount Soledad, also known as Soledad Mountain, is a prominent landmark in San Diego, California, United States. The mountaintop is the site of the Mount Soledad Cross.

   2.3 km · mountain in San Diego, California, United States · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego

   The Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego is an art museum in La Jolla, a community of San Diego, California. It is focused on the collection, preservation, exhibition, and interpretation of works of art from 1950 to the present.

   500 m · art museum in San Diego, California · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Marine Street Beach

   Marine Street Beach is a public beach in the community of La Jolla in San Diego, California, on the Pacific Ocean. It sits at the western terminus of Marine Street, with Children's Pool Beach to the north and Windansea Beach to the south.

   500 m · public beach in La Jolla, San Diego, California · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Old Scripps Building

   The George H. Scripps Memorial Marine Biological Laboratory, known as the Old Scripps Building, is a historic research facility on the campus of the University of California, San Diego, in La Jolla, California. Built in 1909-10, it is the oldest oceanographic research building in continuous use in the United States and the historic center of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

   3.5 km · building in San Diego, California, United States · Wikipedia
5. 05
   La Jolla Shores

   La Jolla Shores, with its northern part Scripps Beach, is a beach and vacation/residential community of the same name in the community of La Jolla in San Diego, California, United States. The La Jolla Shores business district is a mixed-use village encircling Laureate Park on Avenida de la Playa in the village of La Jolla Shores.

   3 km · beach in La Jolla, San Diego, California · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Birch Aquarium

   Birch Aquarium is a public aquarium in La Jolla, a community of San Diego, California. It serves as the public outreach center for Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, with over half a million people visiting the aquarium each year.

   3.8 km · public aquarium in San Diego, California · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Children's Pool Beach

   Children's Pool Beach is a small sandy beach in La Jolla, a community of San Diego, California. The Children's Pool earned its name after the construction of a concrete breakwater in 1931.

   900 m · Beach in San Diego, California, United States · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Scripps Park

   Ellen Browning Scripps Memorial Park, often referred to as Scripps Park, is an urban park in La Jolla, a community in San Diego, California. The park is sited on a sandstone bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean.

   1.1 km · park in San Diego, California · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Mount Soledad cross controversy

   The Mount Soledad Cross is a prominent landmark located on top of Mount Soledad in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California. The present structure was erected in 1954; it is the third Christian cross in that location, the first having been put up in 1913.

   3 km · Large Christian cross, part of a veterans' memorial in La Jolla, California · Wikipedia
10. 10
    San Diego-La Jolla Underwater Park

    The San Diego-La Jolla Underwater Park is the historical name for a marine reserve that includes the San Diego-Scripps Coastal Marine Conservation Area and Matlahuayl State Marine Reserve, adjoining marine protected areas that extend offshore from La Jolla in San Diego County on California's south coast. The park also protects an important underwater archeological site.

    1.7 km · Underwater park in California · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   Athenaeum Music & Arts Library

   A nonprofit, membership library which sponsors art exhibitions, concerts, lectures, and art classes.

2. 02
   Birch Aquarium at Scripps
3. 03
   The Cave Store

   Built on top of a sea cave, this gift shop offers tours of a small cavern open to the ocean.

4. 04
   Children's Pool Beach

   This beach is a favorite breeding spot for harbor seals.

5. 05
   Mount Soledad

   A prominent landmark just to the east of La Jolla, overlooking much of San Diego.

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Things to do

1. 01
   Torrey Pines Gliderport

   2800 Torrey Pines Scenic Dr,.

2. 02
   La Jolla Cove

   A very popular beach for swimming, scuba diving and snorkeling, set against beautiful sea cliffs.

3. 03
   Windansea Beach

   This beach has no facilities, but is notable for playing host to a great number of talented and famous surfers.

4. 04
   Marine Street Beach

   A local beach with some rough and dangerous surf.

5. 05
   La Jolla Shores

   In north La Jolla, this beach has some of the gentlest waves of any beach in San Diego.

6. 06
   Black's Beach

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Where to eat

1. 01
   Brockton Villa

   Well known for their breakfast and lunch menus.

2. 02
   Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar

   8970 University Center Ln, adjacent to the Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine,.

3. 03
   Marketplace Grille
4. 04
   Shores Restaurant

   8110 Camino del Oro, in the La Jolla Shores Hotel (on the corner of Avenida de la Playa and Camino del Oro),.

5. 05
   Caroline's Seaside Cafe

   Kennel Way, carolines@giuseppecatering.com.

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Getting to La Jolla

Airports

San Diego (SAN), 14 km · General Abelardo L. Rodriguez (TIJ), 44 km · John Wayne Orange County (SNA), 108 km

• Santa Ana → La Jolla

  3500 km · quickest by air, 14h 52m · $780–1,160
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• Palm Springs → La Jolla

  128 km · quickest by road, 3h 11m · $16–22
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• Long Beach → La Jolla

  133 km · quickest by road, 2h 37m · $13–17
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