La Jolla
The Jewel
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Other Name: -, District: California, State: West, United States of America
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Languages Spoken: English
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Best Time to Visit: July to October and -
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La Jolla has been a favorite vacation destination. Boasting southern California`s most beautiful and majestic coastline and the finest weather in the world.La Jolla is a community in the city of San Diego, California.La Jolla, like most of Southern California, is an area of great natural beauty with a mixture of geology - sandy beaches and rocky shorelines good for a variety of outdoor activities. The area has a number of public beaches, parks, as well as shopping areas.Location
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Named for newspaper heiress and early La Jolla resident Ellen Browning Scripps, this community park offers one of the best views along the Southern California coastline. The park overlooks La Jolla Cove where clear Pacific waters crash against the rocky shoreline. Countless tourists and locals flock to this park for daytime picnics on the perfectly manicured lawns surrounded by palm trees.
The Scripps Aquarium belongs to the Institute of Oceanography founded in 1903 and an integral part of the University of California since 1912. This oldest and biggest American marine institute employs a staff of 1,000 scientists and other personnel. Its library is one of the most important of its kind. The aquarium, which has 300,000 visitors every year.
Climb 145 steps down into Sunny Jim Cave, the largest of the grottoes in La Jolla Cove. The area is now run by the Cave Store, which displays historic photographs of La Jolla and offers a small concession where visitors can purchase souvenirs, postcards and T-shirts. A trip here provides a fascinating glimpse into what lies under, as well as over, the scenic California coastline.
Originally built as a villa for Ellen Browning Scripps, who contributed much to La Jolla''s development, the Museum of Contemporary Art was first changed into a center for local artists in 1941, and then converted into a museum. Its extensive collections include southern Californian works of art, minimalist, pop-art, installations and other forms of modern art.
While touring this charming, affluent beach town, be sure to take the drive east along Nautilus Street until you reach the pinnacle of the city. From this vantage point, you can see far out into the blue Pacific, north to the North County beaches and past downtown as far south as the U.S. border. This view is also spectacular at night.