San Diego Harbor Self-Guided Smartphone Audio Walking Tour
- 1–2 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- Guided in English
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Explore San Diego’s waterfront through ships, stories, memorials and sweeping harbour views on a self-guided smartphone audio tour. Follow a 2.5-mile route at your own pace as GPS-triggered narration introduces the Maritime Museum, USS Midway, Homecoming Statue, Tuna Harbor Park, Bob Hope Memorial, Seaport Village, San Diego Convention Center, the Rady Shell and views toward the Coronado Bridge. A live GPS map shows your location and directs you between stops. Download the tour before arriving, listen without mobile data and pause whenever you want photos, food or extra time by the bay. This is an exterior, self-guided walking experience with no in-person guide. Attraction admission and interior access are not included, and the route can be enjoyed when nearby buildings are closed. Allow 1–2 hours. Begin at the San Diego County Administration Center and finish at Fifth Avenue Landing.
Inclusions
What's included
- No time constraints, take as long as you like to complete the tour
- Download on WIFI before (no signal required or data used during tour)
- Live GPS map shows route & your location
- Flexible dates - tour is yours to keep and enjoy anytime on Tripvia Tours mobile app
- Customer Service via Phone & Email
What's not
- Smartphone or tablet
- Headphones (optional - audio will play from device speaker too)
- Attraction Tickets
- **Recommended attractions may be closed/inaccessible due to season or reasons beyond our control.
- In-person tour guide
Itinerary
Admire the waterfront landmark known as the “Jewel on the Bay” and discover the story behind its distinctive design.
See historic ships from the promenade and get a quick introduction to San Diego’s rich maritime heritage.
Step onto the public viewing areas of this over-water dining destination for sweeping bay views.
Learn how San Diego’s busy cruise terminals connect the city with ports around the world.
Come face to face with the legendary aircraft carrier that became one of San Diego’s signature museums.
Discover the moving story captured in this joyful tribute to a sailor returning home.
Walk through a waterfront park shaped by San Diego’s colourful tuna-fishing history.
Pause at a powerful memorial to the sailors who fought in the largest naval battle of World War II.
Learn how an unforgettable 1945 photograph inspired this larger-than-life waterfront sculpture.
Meet the bronze figures honouring Bob Hope and the generations of service members he entertained.
Pay tribute to the cruiser USS San Diego and the crew who served aboard her during World War II.
Relax among greenery and public art in this peaceful 3.3-acre waterfront park.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Know before you go
- Meeting point
- The tour begins at the San Diego County Administration Center, 1600 Pacific Highway, beside the waterfront.
- Pickup
- Everyone meets at the starting point; there is no pickup.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Tripvia Tours
- Service animals allowed
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Wheelchair accessible
How it compares in San Diego
- Its from-price is 93% below the median of the 46 city tours we list in San Diego.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About San Diego
San Diego is a sunny Pacific port city in southern California, with long beaches, a park of museums, a Victorian Gaslamp district and the border close by.
San Diego is where Spanish settlers founded California's first mission and presidio in 1769, remembered today in Old Town. Balboa Park holds museums, gardens and Spanish-style buildings from the 1915 exposition, with the zoo beside it. The Gaslamp Quarter's Victorian streets, a restored waterfront, Coronado's grand seaside hotel and a retired aircraft carrier turned museum are other landmarks.
Top-ranked sights in San Diego: Downtown San Diego, USS Midway Museum, Coronado.
Special offers in San Diego
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