Coronado Things to Do

In 1887, riverboat Captain Charles T. Hinde and his wife Eliza built their first home on C Avenue in Coronado. When fire destroyed much of the original...

The Kirk Cottage was built in 1925 to be the home of Reverend Notley Hammock. Over the years it was home of many pastors up too 2007. It was called the Kirk...

Architect James Reid designed the church as well as the Hotel Del Coronado. The church was built in honor of Mrs. Babcock parents John and Susan Graham. Mrs....

the long Coronado-San Diego Bridge is an attraction in itself, this now toll free bridge is part of CA Route 35, connecting the Coronado Peninsula to Downtown...

Tidelands Park is not that well known, though it is well used. There is a Skate Park next to it and besides letting the kids play to let off steam or to have a...

John Spreckles, who once owned the Del Coronado, most of the island, and was the wealthiest man in San Diego to boot, loved this little bay so much that in 1908...

A visit to Coronado should include at least one trip across the bay to San Diego. In a day a tour of the Harbor area including Seaport Village, shopping and...

Centennial Park anchors the bay end of Orange Avenue and was where the ferries used to come in before the San Diego-Coronado Bay Bridge was built; the original...

April is an especially nice time for a walkabout of the island as it coincides with Coronado Flower Show: the largest tented horticultural exhibition in the...

Coronado’s Visitor Center is located a 100 year-old building that was once the first bank on the island. It shares space with the Museum of History and Art...

This little stretch of sand on the east side of Coronado fronts San Diego Bay and offers a spectacular view of the city as well as the aircraft carriers at the...

Coronado's Catholic church was built in 1920 and designated a Coronado historical site in 1980. It is Spanish Colonial Revival attributed to (according to the...

I’m adding this along with my previous review on Community Landscapes. Here are some close-up examples of some of the gorgeous blooms you’ll see on an April...

Coronado is a very pretty town with simply tons of interesting houses in all different styles: Italian Renaissance, Queen Anne, Craftsman, Stick, Victorian,...

If you want to know more about architecture on the island, you can get this little book at the Visitor Center for around $4. Inside is a numbered map and...

I picked this little brochure up at the Visitor Center and took it along on my walkabouts of the island. Some of my favorite pieces were the unmentioned mosaics...

Traveling often includes some time spent on learning what makes a specific destination unique. In Coronado this can be done at the Museum of History and Art....

There several areas that you can enjoy the marina, but I think the one nearest to Hotel Del Coronado is lovely. Just being next to the water and seeing all the...

Wandering Coronado, especially in the spring and summer, one can get warm. What better way to refresh but get an ice cold Gelato at Bottarga Italianate.