USS Midway Museum
$25–$50A retired aircraft carrier turned floating museum, docked right on the downtown waterfront.
Transit: reachable by public transit

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Waterfront shopping and dining complex on San Diego Bay, with boutiques, eateries, and live music.
849 West Harbor Drive · San Diego, CA
Seaport Village sits on the edge of San Diego Bay near the convention center in downtown San Diego. The complex brings together dining with bay views, boutiques and gift shops, casual cafes, cocktail and wine spots, and sweet treat shops. Visitors can also ride a historic carousel, join Old Town Trolley Tours, or catch live music on the lawn. Wikipedia describes the complex as having more than 70 shops, galleries, and eateries across about 90,000 square feet of waterfront land, with buildings in several architectural styles, from Victorian to traditional Mexican.
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