Balboa Park is San Diego's 1,200-acre cultural heart — 17 museums, the world-famous San Diego Zoo, Spanish Colonial Revival pavilions from the 1915 Panama-California Exposition, and gardens you could wander for a week.
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Balboa Park is San Diego's 1,200-acre cultural heart — 17 museums, the world-famous San Diego Zoo, Spanish Colonial Revival pavilions from the 1915 Panama-California Exposition, and gardens you could wander for a week.