Old Town San Diego State Historic Park preserves a fascinating collection of 19th-century buildings that offer a glimpse into ...

Take a trip back in time at Old Town San Diego State Historic Park, an approximately mile-long and half-mile-wide area contained stretch of preserved or reconstructed shops and houses on the ...

the “birthplace” of California Established in 1769, Old Town is the oldest neighborhood in San Diego and the site of the first permanent Spanish settlement in California. Visitors don’t have ...

Serra also founded the first mission in California, San Diego de Alcalá, in 1769. It was constructed in present-day Presidio Park near Old Town, although the church was later moved into Mission ...