2 to 3 hours (approx.)
Daily Tour
4 people
English
Explore La Jolla, the Jewel of San Diego, on this Ultimate La Jolla Combo package featuring a self-guided driving and walking tour. Explore Coast Boulevard, Prospect Street, and La Jolla Village on the city's famous Coast Walk. Discover La Jolla's historic roots on the self-guided driving tour, showcasing epic ocean views and points of interest. Get the app, apply your code, and download the tour on your phone.
Welcome to beautiful, historic, and scenic La Jolla! Although technically part of San Diego, you’ll soon find that this neighborhood has a character and history uniquely its own.
Note: This long tour covers the essentials of Ultimate La Jolla in 2-3 hours.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
This is the La Jolla Cove Bridge Club, and it’s a clue as to how La Jolla got to where it is today.
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We’re walking through Ellen Browning Scripps Park, named for one of the most important figures behind La Jolla’s rapid expansion.
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See the small, rocky island just off the coast? That’s Seal Rock. Thousands of harbor seals and sea lions gather here every day to bask in the sun, rest after catching fish, and, if the season’s right, squabble over mates.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Coming up on your right is a famous, and curious, La Jolla spot: Children’s Pool Beach. Pullover and pause in front.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
On your right is Cuvier Park, the most popular place in San Diego to tie the knot. In fact, it’s such a beloved destination for soon-to-be-married couples that some call it The Wedding Bowl. Given its picturesque location by the water, I’m sure you can see why.
• Admission Ticket Free
Ahead, keep right and slow down as you drive. Of course, La Jolla’s history didn’t begin when humans arrived here. Life on the Pacific coast has been thriving for millions of years.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
In a few blocks, we’re going to see a small building with a long history. It’s the La Jolla Woman’s Club, founded by – who else? – Ellen Scripps. When the club began in 1901, American women lacked any sort of equality, with no right to vote, and no right to custody of their children.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Do you see a peach-colored belltower ahead? That’s St. James by-the-Sea Episcopal Church. It dates to 1908 and, like much of La Jolla, owes its existence to Ellen Scripps.
• Admission Ticket Free
The white Spanish-revival building with terracotta shingles and arched windows is a must for lovers of the arts. It’s the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library.
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The white cross on that hill marks a solemn and at times controversial location: the Mt. Soledad National Veteran’s Memorial.
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Windansea is what’s known as a surf break. Rocky obstructions under the water here cause waves to break and also form those classic barrel-shaped curls that make for radical surfing.
10 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
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