Travel Reference
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walk-in $5/3, good for 7 days; 9am-5pm; )
Atop a steep hill at the tip of the peninsula, this is San Diego's finest locale for history,
views and nature walks. It's also the best place in town to see the gray-whale migration
(January to March) from land.
The
visitors center
has a comprehensive, old-school presentation on Portuguese ex-
plorer Juan RodrÃguez Cabrillo's 1542 voyage up the California coast, plus exhibits on nat-
ive inhabitants and the area's natural history.
Ocean Beach
San Diego's most bohemian seaside community is a place of seriously scruffy haircuts, fa-
cial hair and body art. You can get tattooed, shop for antiques and walk into a restaurant
barefoot and shirtless without anyone batting an eye. Newport Ave, the main drag, is a
compact business district of bars, surf shops, music stores, used-clothing stores and an-
tiques consignment stores.
