Patient & Visitor Information
Things to Do in San Diego
The visitors bureau offers a variety of suggestions for events, hotels, outdoor sports, hotels, restaurants and nightlife.
Movie Theaters
7037 Friars Road (9 miles)
888-262-4386
5500 Grossmont Center Dr., La Mesa (3.2 miles)
800.FAN.DANG
800.FAN.DANG
Shopping
Alvarado Hospital Gift Shop
Located on the first floor of the main hospital
619-229-5601
Grossmont Center
5500 Grossmont Center Dr., La Mesa (3.2 miles)
619-461-0630
619-461-0630
Mission Valley Shopping Center
1640 Camino Del Rio North, San Diego (7.1 miles)
619-296-6375
619-296-6375
Fashion Valley Shopping Center
7007 Friars Rd, San Diego (9.3 miles)
619-688-9113
Tickets and Shows
The San Diego Performing Arts League is a membership-based, not-for-profit, umbrella organization whose mission is to promote San Diego County's performing arts by increasing awareness of and encouraging attendance and participation in arts events. Serving theater, music, and dance companies throughout San Diego County, the League develops cost-effective, collaborative programs that bring new audiences to the arts and strengthen San Diego's performing arts with new sources of earned income and management support.
Sporting Events
San Diego Chargers (football)
San Diego Padres (baseball)
San Diego Gulls (hockey)
San Diego Highlights
Cultural Highlights
It may surprise you to know that there are over 30 museums in San Diego, and that only one of them is dedicated to surfing. With 15 museums and nine theaters and performing arts centers, Balboa Park is San Diego's cultural heart. "The Smithsonian of the West," this beautiful park houses its treasures among green expanses, cultivated gardens and Spanish colonial architecture, making it a magical place to spend the day.
Downtown San Diego is one of the newest dynamic metropolitan areas in the country, drawing visitors and residents alike with the tantalizing sights and sounds of a unique sophisticated city center. Framed by inland mountains and one of the most beautiful natural harbors in the world, downtown San Diego’s dazzling cityscape is a testament to years of redevelopment and urban revitalization.