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Frommer's Guide
INTRODUCTION
GETTING TO KNOW
DINING
ATTRACTIONS
Suggested Itineraries
Special-Interest Sightseeing
Downtown
In Balboa Park
Especially for Kids
Free
The Three Major Animal Parks
Coronado
Exploring the Old Town
La Jolla
Mission Bay & the Beaches
NIGHTLIFE
SHOPPING
WALKING TOURS
ACTIVE PURSUITS
SPECTATOR SPORTS
FEATURES AND EVENTS
ATTRACTION Frommer
Spreckels Organ Pavilion

Given to San Diego citizens in 1914 by brothers John D. and Adolph Spreckels, the ornate, curved pavilion houses a magnificent organ with over 4,500 individual pipes. They range in length from less than a half-inch to more than 32 feet. With only brief interruptions, the organ has been in continuous use in the park, and today visitors can enjoy free hour-long concerts on Sundays at 2pm. There's seating for 2,400.

Open: Free 1-hr. organ concerts Sun 2pm year-round; free organ concerts July-Aug Mon 7:30pm; free Twilight in the Park concerts Tues-Thurs mid-June to Aug.Free.Bus: 7 or 7A/B.


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