Who doesn't want their trip to San Diego to provide them with adventures that go beyond the travel brochure experiences? Add some unique venues to your journey to create a vacation worthy of bragging about. Whether you're a thrill seeker or you long to take the road less traveled, San Diego holds treasures exclusively for you!
For an undeniably one-of-a-kind dining experience, try Opaque's dining in the dark. This latest European dining trend allows you to heighten your senses while abandoning the one you take for granted the most, sight.
Don't let your fear of the dark prevent you from trying something new. Located in La Mesa is a little piece of Cuba called Habana. This diner offers juicy, savory, flavorful foods, free salsa lessons, live music, drink specials and best of all, free parking!
When you're ready to put your talent to the test, hop onto the dance floor at Altitude. This is one of many outdoor, rooftop nightclubs located in the Gaslamp area. What makes Altitude stand out from the rest is that it houses San Diego's largest fire pit, which is surrounded by sofas. It also overlooks Petco Park stadium so that viewing the action of a game in progress is possible.
Looking to fill your appetite for adventure? Soar over California's coastline in a 1920s biplane, learn to fly behind the controls of a Varga VG-21, or experience top dog air combat as you and a friend battle for victory in the sky. If flying isn't your thing, you could always just jump out. Drink in the San Diego scenery from above, and then get a closer look with a sky dive. Instructor and lessons are available at Brown Field airport.
If being up in the air is your thing, try hang gliding in Torrey Pines. Soar off of a 300-foot cliff that overlooks Black's Beach. This two-mile sandy strip is a prime surfing spot and is notoriously a nude beach.
Other adventures San Diego offers are hot air balloon rides, a haunted ghost tour on a ghost bus, a three-hour food tour with succulent samples from numerous local eateries, helicopter tours and a GPS-guided talking Go Car tour that recites stories and historical information at various locations throughout the city.
When you've finally experienced more adventures than one vacationer could possibly handle, unwind at one of San Diego's day spa retreats. Many local spas offer special vacation packages that include unique facials, massages, scrubs and relaxation sessions that leave your skin glowing and your mind, body and soul rejuvenated. Some of the area spas include luxuries such as teeth whitening, waxing, acupuncture, eye lash extensions, tanning, body wraps, peels and much more.
Not only have you had a truly interesting trip, you've also had an opportunity to snap the best photos for a great slide show, the coolest scrap booking project and a genuine framed conversational piece.
This tidbit of travel advice was contributed by Alexis Stone.
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