Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
La Jolla Village
Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego - La Jolla
ART MUSEUM
child $10/free, free 5-7pm 3rd Thu each month; 11am-5pm Thu-Tue, to 7pm 3rd Thu each month)
La Jolla's branch of this museum gets changing, world-class exhibitions. The original
1916 building was renovated by Philadelphia's postmodern architect Robert Venturi and
has an Andy Goldsworthy sculpture out the front. Tickets are good for one week at all
three of the museum's
locations
.
Athenaeum
LIBRARY
858-454-5872;
www.ljathenaeum.org
; 1008 Wall St;
10am-5:30pm Tue-
Sat, to 8:30pm Wed)
Housed in a graceful Spanish renaissance structure, this space is devoted exclusively to art
and music. Its reading room is a lovely place to relax and read, and it hosts a series of con-
certs from chamber music to jazz.
La Jolla Coast
A wonderful walking path skirts the shoreline for half a mile. At the west it begins at
Chil-
dren's Pool
, where a jetty protects the beach from big waves. Originally intended to give
La Jolla's youth a safe place to frolic, this beach is now given over to sea lions, which you
can view up close as they lounge on the shore.
Atop Point La Jolla, at the path's eastern end,
Ellen Browning Scripps Park
is a tidy
expanse of green lawns and palm trees, with
La Jolla Cove
to the north. The cove's gem
of a beach provides access to some of the best snorkeling around.
White buoys offshore mark the
San Diego-La Jolla Underwater Park Ecological
Reserve
, with a variety of marine life, kelp forests, reefs and canyons.
Cave Store
CAVES
858-459-0746;
www.cavestore.com
; 1325 Coast Rd; adult/child $4/3;
10am-5pm;
)
