Old Town San Diego State Historic Park

Preserved 1820s Mexican settlement where San Diego began

Address 4002 Wallace St, San Diego, CA 92110

The site of the original 1820s Mexican settlement that grew into modern San Diego, preserved as a state historic park with adobe houses, blacksmith demonstrations and the small Casa de Estudillo museum. The surrounding Old Town district is a tourist enclave of mariachi-fuelled Mexican restaurants and souvenir shops, but the historic core itself is quietly worth an hour's wander, particularly on weekends when costumed interpreters are out.

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