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San Diego Zoo vs San Diego Air & Space Museum
Both San Diego Zoo and San Diego Air & Space Museum are rated very highly by professional reviewers. On balance, San Diego Zoo is preferred by most reviewers compared to San Diego Air & Space Museum. San Diego Zoo is ranked #1 in San Diego with praise from 7 sources such as Lonely Planet, Where and Michelin Guide.
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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San Diego Air & Space Museum
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2001 Pan American Plaza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101
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Fodor's
"By day, the streamlined edifice looks like any other structure in the park; at night, outlined in blue neon, the round building appears—appropriately enough—to be a landed UFO."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"The round building at the southern end of the plaza houses an excellent museum with an extensive display of aircrafts – originals, replicas, models and Charles Lindbergh memorabilia."
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"In the International Aerospace Hall of Fame, oil portraits and biographical plaques salute notable inventors, industrialists and pilots."
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Where
"This cavernous museum traces the history of human flight, from the earliest contraptions to military jets, all suspended from the ceiling above interactive, educational exhibits."
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Frommer's
"The other big kid-pleaser of the museums (along with the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center), this popular facility has more than 60 aircraft on display."
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