Balboa Park features numerous different highlights including restaurants, museums, theaters, gardens, shops, and the San Diego Zoo, as well as, the typical open space and natural vegetation that you would expect to find in any park.
The park has been deemed as a National Historic Landmark as the 1,200 acres of land that Balboa Park sets on is one of the oldest sites in the United States that has been dedicated to public recreation. The Park also features the Balboa Park Golf Complex which consisits if an 18-hole golf course and a 9-hole executive golf course.
Other attractions include the Museum of Man, the San Diego Museum of Art, the Museum of Photographic Arts, the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center, Timken Museum of Art, Spreckels Organ Pavilion, The Old Globe Theatre (a replica of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre), the House of Pacific Relations, and a Botanical Building which is accompanied by a reflecting pool.
