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San Diego Zoo vs Mission San Diego de Alcala
Both are rated very highly by those who travel for a living. On balance, San Diego Zoo scores significantly higher than Mission San Diego de Alcala. San Diego Zoo comes in at #1 in San Diego with accolades from 7 publications like Michelin Guide, Travel + Leisure and Frommer's.
San Diego Zoo
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2929 Zoo Drive, San Diego, CA 92101
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Fodor's
"Balboa Park's—and perhaps the city's—most famous attraction is its 100-acre zoo."
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Concierge
"No other local attraction is more synonymous with San Diego than the Zoo, a 90-year-old institution that lives up to its reputation."
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This justifiably famous zoo is one of SoCal’s biggest attractions, showing more than 3000 animals representing more than 650 species in a beautifully landscaped setting."
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"One of the largest, most diverse and most celebrated zoological parks in the world."
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National Geographic
"World-renown 100-acre (40-hectare) facility in Balboa Park, with a botanical collection that rivals the animals. Bus tours skirt most enclosures quickly."
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Mission San Diego de Alcala
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10818 San Diego Mission Road, San Diego, CA 92108
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Fodor's
"It's hard to imagine how remote California's earliest mission once must have been; these days, it's accessible by major freeways (I–15 and I–8) and by the San Diego Trolley."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Although the site of the first California mission was on Presidio Hill, in 1774 Padre Junípero Serra moved it about 7 miles upriver to this location, closer to water and more arable land."
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Michelin Guide
1 Star
"California's first mission, with its gleaming white stucco façade and distinctive five-bell campanario."
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Note the 18C painting of St. Didacus, rescued from the fire of 1775, and the hand-carved wooden statues
Afar Magazine
"Mission San Diego is the very first Mission built in what is now the state of California and was built in 1769."
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"Founded by Father Junípero Serra in 1769, Mission San Diego de Alcala has served as a historic monument and a working Catholic parish."
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