San Diego Driving Tour: Discover America's Finest City

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Discover the rich history and iconic landmarks of San Diego on a self-guided audio driving tour. Explore at your own pace and learn from local experts with the VoiceMap app.

Duration: 3 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

Mission Bay - Our tour begins at the edge of Mission Bay and takes in legendary landmarks including SeaWorld San Diego, the Cabrillo National Monument at Point Loma, Balboa Park, the San Diego Zoo, Old Town State Park and Presidio Park.

What's Included

Lifetime access to the tour
Offline audio, maps, and geodata
VoiceMap app for Android and iOS

What's Not Included

Tickets or entrance fees to any museums or other attractions en route
Smartphone and headphones
Transportation
Food and drink

Additional Information

Uncover the reasons behind San Diego’s nickname as “America’s Finest City” with our pocket-friendly driving tour.
• Discover the city’s rich Spanish colonial past as you navigate through some of its most cherished neighborhoods and landmarks
• Gain insights from our producers Jerry and Mindy Flanagan, California residents and proprietors of TourFreely…

Location

The Mission Bay Beach Club

East Mission Bay Drive

Before arrival, please install the mobile app and use the code provided on your confirmation ticket. This is a self-guided audio tour that you can start, pause, or restart at any time and complete at your own pace. Detailed starting point instructions are available after downloading.

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

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Ruffem26

Aug 25, 2024

Tour without the hassle - What a bargain. If you have a car, this is a definite must. I had not been to San Diego since the 70's, and then only for a day. This guided tour of the area was exactly what I was looking for. It took me on a complete easy-to-follow tour of the entire area accompanied by an informative narrative. You can go at your own pace, exlpore any area when you want for as long as you want. I highly recommend

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Michaelhger

Aug 25, 2024

For the price -unbeatable! - I can only recommend to anyone who travels with their own car! Good tour to all the sights of San Diego. At your own pace, you stop where you like (in the US the parking situation is usually easier than in other countries). The tour is easy to follow and you can also board from the road (there is the possibility to “find” the tour again). There is detailed information about the sights, from him also on the way, which you can (if you want) partly also deepen! For the price -unbeatable!

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406richardz

Jul 2, 2024

eye opener - been to SD many times over the years for business and family. Never much of a fan of the city. Had some free time and a car, so tried this recorded tour. Easy to use and follow. More importantly, the tour guided us to areas and sights we weren't aware of, that were beautiful, interesting and off the beaten path. highly recommended. (If you get a chance, hit Mitch's for great seafood on the water)

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Megzakin

Jun 23, 2024

Great Local's Guide to San Diego via GPS Self-Guided Tour - My husband and I took the Local Guide to the San Diego Sights Tour two weeks ago. We both had been to San Diego before to visit relatives but we really didn't do any sightseeing as part of those previous trips. First of all this self guided GPS tour is very easy to use. It covers a lot of ground that one would probably not have figured out how to cover on one's own. The sights included are scenic, cultural and historical. We both learned so much especially regarding the historical origins of the city from the Spanish explorers to development of the military bases, etc, and how its history has shaped modern day San Diego. There are even recommendations of where to eat along the route that are the tour operators own personal favorites. I highly recommend this tour as a great, self guided option to learning about this beautiful city. Enjoy!!

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Melindasm8095nw

Feb 28, 2024

Enjoyed it! Worked great! - I loved that didn't need a tour guide, so I could easily stop where I wanted along the drive - Lunched at El Indio and stopped to walk at Presidio Park and at Windansea Beach. As a local and history buff, I was surprised by all learned about San Diego.. Definitely recommend it!

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Golfergg

Feb 23, 2024

Informative fun!! - Super cool GPS tech…we got to wind our way through the best of San Diego. Made several stops along our journey and had lunch in the Gaslamp. I recommend it for both SoCal natives or those visiting – fun to be entertained and learn along the way!

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Brandon_s

Aug 7, 2024

Great tour and good nav info. - The narrative and information about the stops was great. The app worked reasonably well and dialogue was cued appropriately at the destinations.

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500tawanaa

Sep 8, 2023

Not for those directionally challenged - I found this self audio tour very confusing and frustrating. I frequently got lost and then had to put in the street names into my GPS to get on track. Also the app would literally wait until you were at the turn before telling you to turn. I ended up ending the tour and heading back to my hotel.

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Scott

Sep 3, 2023

Use Siri instead, she keeps talking. - We started out fine, but made a couple unscripted stops and we lost the audible turn by turn directions and could not get back on track. We also did not like the way the narrator’s voice stopped communicating to us for sometimes 3-5 minutes at a time. We abandoned the tour within 20 minutes because we couldn’t get back on course. Overall great idea, poor technology. Won’t do self guided tours with TA again. Wouldn’t mind a refund??

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Thomasbg1752gh

Aug 28, 2023

Bad. - If it worked. GPS vocal instructions worked less than half-the-time. Very difficult to download. Because the GPS did not work most of the time I would say this is dangerous.

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