A Fitness Retreat For Everyone: San Diego, CA 🌅
Find your finest self in "America's Finest City" 💪🏖️🏐
Note: A collab with Roy Belzer Fitness’s San Diego Retreat.
Stretched along 70 miles of Pacific coastline at the southwestern edge of the lower 48, San Diego is the kind of place that people visit once and quietly begin making plans to return to permanently. The weather is the first thing everyone mentions, and it is hard not to. More than 260 days of sunshine a year, temperatures that rarely punish, and an ocean that is actually swimmable distinguish it from nearly every other major American city on the coast.
San Diego is more than its climate. It is a city of distinct and walkable neighborhoods, each with its own character and its own reason to linger. The Gaslamp Quarter pulses with nightlife in the heart of downtown. Little Italy has evolved from an immigrant enclave into one of the finest dining and café neighborhoods in Southern California. North Park and South Park carry the city’s creative energy, lined with independent restaurants, record shops, and breweries that reflect San Diego’s standing as one of the craft beer capitals of the world. La Jolla sits above the Pacific on sandstone cliffs, elegant and unhurried, with tide pools, world-class seafood, and the kind of light that painters move here for.
The city’s military heritage runs deep, with the largest naval fleet concentration on the West Coast and the USS Midway aircraft carrier permanently moored downtown as a museum. Balboa Park, one of the great urban parks in the United States, holds more than a dozen museums and the world-famous San Diego Zoo within its 1,200 acres.
Travels:
American Airlines | AA 2360: Philadelphia ➡️ San Diego
🛫 19:01 EST PHL (10m Early)
🛬 21:42 PST SAN (25m Early)
Duration: 5 hr, 41 min
Stay:
The retreat was organized by Roy Belzer at a property in Spring Valley, San Diego County.
Daily meals, yoga sessions, meditation practice and nutrition education were all included. Participants also received a one-on-one consultation focused on their individual fitness goals.
Beyond the week-long retreat, Roy also serves as a tour guide, which he leads participants to local landmarks for sightseeing.
Activities:
USS Midway Museum (4.8 ⭐️)
910 N Harbor Dr, San Diego, CA 92101
The USS Midway Museum is one of most iconic attractions in San Diego.
It is a historic aircraft carrier turned museum docked on North San Diego Bay with over 30 restored aircraft and helicopters displayed across both the Hangar and Flight Decks.
The museum is about 10 mins drive from the San Diego International Airport or 20 mins walk from the Gaslamp Quarter.
Balboa Park (4.8 ⭐️ 🏳️🌈)
1549 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101
The Balboa Park is one of the oldest and largest urban cultural parks in the United States with over 1,200-acre located right in the heart of San Diego.
The park features multiple art & science museums, theaters, gardens and the famous San Diego Zoo.
Tips: Consider getting the Balboa Park Explorer Pass and spend all day there.
