Tour San Diego at a Leisurely Pace on a Segway

A Segway is a personal transport vehicle. As long as you can stand comfortably, your motorized Segway will take you around town at about 6 – 9 mph. You can take a guided tour on Segways around San Diego or rent them for your own use. Listed below are the local Segway companies and the tours they offer.

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California Welcome Center

Location: Oceanside (39 miles / 40 minutes North of Downtown San Diego); 1st Visitor Center in San Diego County when heading south on highway I-5 from Los Angeles and Orange Counties.

Hours: Generally open daily 9AM – 5PM.

Services: Professionally trained staff to assist with San Diego vacation plans, brochures, maps, and discount tickets.

Host: Oceanside Chamber of Commerce

Printable Oceanside Visitor Guide – 102 Things to Do – 2 pages.

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Carlsbad Visitor Information Center

Location: Carlsbad (36 miles / 35 Minutes North of Downtown San Diego)

Hours: Generally open 9AM – 5PM Weekdays, 10AM – 4PM Saturdays, and 10AM – 3PM Sundays.

Services: Professionally trained staff and volunteers to assist with San Diego vacation plans, brochures, maps, and discount tickets.

Host: Carlsbad Area Convention & Visitors Bureau; 1-760-434-6056

Request a Carlsbad Visitors Guide

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La Jolla Visitor Information Center

Location: La Jolla (13 miles / 20 minutes North of Downtown San Diego)

Hours: Generally open 10AM – 4PM on weekends and 11AM – 4PM on weekdays; Extended Hours during Summer.

Services: Professionally trained staff and volunteers to assist with San Diego vacation plans, brochures, maps, and discount tickets.

Host: San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau

Printable San Diego Visitor Planning Guide – 175 pages.

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San Diego Visitor Information Center

Location: Mission Bay (7 miles / 8 minutes North of Downtown San Diego)

Hours: Generally open 9AM – 5PM with Extended Hours during Summer.

Services: Professionally trained staff to assist with San Diego vacation plans, brochures, maps, and discount tickets. Self service kiosk available for after hours tourists seeking maps, brochures, and information on accommodations and restaurants.

Host: Private Entity Established in 1969 – Oldest, Largest, and Most Visited Information Center in California

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International Visitor Information Center

Location: Downtown San Diego

Hours: Generally open 9AM – 5PM during the Summer and 9AM – 4PM during the Winter

Services: Professionally trained staff and volunteers to assist with San Diego vacation plans, brochures, maps, and discount tickets. (Great Deals on SeaWorld 2-Day Tickets and LEGOLAND Adult Tickets. Other tickets are generally $1 – $2 off standard or upgraded admission prices.)

Host: San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau

Printable San Diego Visitor Planning Guide – 175 pages.

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Coronado Visitor Center

Location: Coronado (6 miles / 15 Minutes South of Downtown San Diego)

Hours: Generally open 9AM – 5PM Weekdays and 10AM – 5PM Weekends.

Services: Professionally trained staff to assist with San Diego vacation plans, brochures, maps, and discount tickets.

Host: Coronado Historical Association

Printable Coronado Visitor Guide – 24 pages.

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San Diego Regional Visitor Information Center

Location: Alpine (35 Miles / 35 Minutes East of Downtown San Diego)

Hours: Generally open 10AM – 7PM.

Services: Professionally trained staff to assist with San Diego vacation plans, brochures, maps, and discount tickets.

Host: San Diego East Visitors Bureau

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Emergency Help Phone Numbers in San Diego County

Here are the Emergency Phone Numbers in San Diego for Medical, Health, Police and Natural Disaster Emergencies. There are also links to local emergency web sites that provide additional details and resources. As with most other cities, San Diego offers 9-1-1 service for Life Threatening Emergencies.

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Urgent Care Centers in San Diego

If you have a Medical Emergency, call 9-1-1 for an Ambulance. For other health care issues that need medical attention while you are visiting San Diego, you can get help at an Urgent Care Center. Listed below are Urgent Care Centers that are a part of the larger Medical Care Systems in San Diego.

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Emergency Eye Care in San Diego

If you have problems with your glasses or contact lenses when visiting San Diego, help is available. Here is a list of Optical Shops with Optometrists who can help you on a walk-in basis or who can schedule an appointment on short notice.

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Emergency Dentists in San Diego

When visiting from out-of-town, it is hard to know where to start when you have a dental emergency. The last thing you need to do is spend time searching for a dentist who will take you as a walk-in. You can do a Google Search for Emergency Dentists but once you call around to the list of dentists provided by the Google Results, you find most do not accept walk-in appointments. After culling through the lists, here are some places to start when looking for San Diego Dentists who do accept walk-in patients or offer emergency care.

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