What can I say!! Brew Hop is fantastic, professional, accommodating, friendly, knowledgeable, and…read moreso much more!!! Summer was Amazing. After carefully searching for a company to take us brewery hopping for our birthday, we decided to call them. Loved how they offer small tours that you can customize. We did not wish to visit the bigger breweries but instead wanted to get a more craft beer feel, with speciality brews on tap. We also wanted to speak to a live person and not book something online. How do you choose between 153+ breweries to visit? How do you know they are right for you and what you have in mind? You hire professionals, which is what Summer and Lars are. We had the pleasure of having Summer as our Brew Hop tour guide, and you could tell her passion and knowledge of beer. The rapport she had with the breweries we visited was visible, and this made our afternoon even more special as the friendship with brewers and staff made us feel welcome. As one of the oldest established brewery tour companies in the San Diego area with over ten years of driving and visiting breweries, we highly recommend them for parties of any size. We chose The Connoisseur Tour

After speaking on the phone to many people a day company and calling back and forth around SD. I…read morefound brew hop. I talked to Summer. She is a great host and tour guide. She planned everything for me but only because I didn't know much about beer. She knows SD she knows the beer she knows the breweries and the industry. The group had doubts and didn't really care for my planning :| but after 20 minutes at the first brewery they started asking questions ... participating. And ended up glued to her words as she seeming mix dropped every other beer fact.

These are fantastic walking tours of San Diego…read more The fact of the matter is, San Diego DOES have history ... you just have to look for it. And there are few people better than Patty (Ms. Urban Safari herself) to show it to you. Urban Safaris offers guided walking tours of different San Diego neighborhoods, ranging from urban centers like the Gaslamp Quarter and La Jolla to Balboa Park and the open canyons around town. Patty, a long-time San Diego resident, teacher and historian, knows more about the city than anyone I know. And she has a knack for noticing fascinating things that most of us pass every day without even a second's notice. Usually, there's a tour every weekend, leaving on Saturday at 10am and lasting about two hours. The specific location depends upon the neighborhood of the week, but you can find out by making a reservation with Patty on the website, by sending her an email, or even by calling the number. Space is usually limited to about 15, so it's good to make your reservations early. On the other hand, San Diegans are notorious un-curious about their city, and so the tours often (and unfortunately) have plenty of space. The best way to find out about the tours is through the website, although they are occasionally advertised in the San Diego Reader (under 'Local Events') and Patty can give you a paper schedule when you go on your first tour. They don't happen every weekend (because Patty travels and spends a lot of her time researching new tours); but there are 'seasons', and when a new schedule comes out it will usually list tours for weeks and even months in advance. Really, I can't say enough about these tours. I've learned a ton. Most of all, I've found a great, new way to appreciate the wonderful city we share. PS - The tours don't necessarily leave from Horton Plaza. I just put that there because Yelp required that I put a specific location. Really, this isn't the kind of thing that has a specific location -- it changes each week with the particular tour. Just go to the website to find out where the next tour is leaving from.

Think you know San Diego?…read more If you don't, definitely come on one of these walking tours. And even if you think you do, still come, because there may be a thing or three that you may very well learn and give you a greater appreciation for the community. Like Ethan said, these tours take you to various neighborhoods in San Diego: North Park, Hillcrest, Gaslamp, South Park, East Village, Mission Hills, etc. Each last between 1.5-2 hours. Along the way, Patty points you to various landmarks and oddities in each neighborhood and provides the history and background of each. In addition, she also shows some historical pictures in context to today's landscape. In addition to researching herself, many people have donated their knowledge and information that have gone on the walks themselves, adding even more rich history from people who actually have grown up and seen the changes in San Diego. Go!

I visited San Diego for the first time at the end of March with my boyfriend. Since we just had a…read morelong weekend scheduled there, we wanted to maximize our time to sightsee as much as possible. I found the scenic tour through San Diego Ride & Tours on TripAdvisor and booked it for Friday, March 27, about a month in advance. The cost at the time was roughly $80pp. The meeting spot was about a 10-minute walk from our hotel, which was convenient. Our mini van was full and the group was a great mix of friendly folks from around the country. Jim was our tour guide, and my boyfriend was so pleased that he bought his book online when we got home. He was genuinely interesting to listen to and is definitely in the right field. The tour took us through Little Italy, past expensive homes on a hill, to La Jolla's Children Pool where we saw seals. We spent about 12 minutes there before heading to Mt. Soledad for some pretty views. We spent about 12 minutes there as well. From there, we traveled to Old Town San Diego for a quick visit - again less than 15 minutes, which permitted time to do some light shopping and that was all. We drove past allegedly the most haunted home in America as well as Heritage Park's Victorians. After that, we headed to Balboa Park. I think we had maybe 15 minutes there, which was just long enough to know I wanted to return on my own (which we did - multiple times). From there, we went to Coronado Island. I think we had 20 minutes tops there, which provided time to see the Hotel Del quickly as well as the beach and some famous folks' homes. We passed by the Gaslamp Quarter and some cool murals on the way back to the meeting spot. Traffic did impede our times at each spot. On TripAdvisor, it said the stops would be longer - La Jolla - 20 mins, Old Town and Balboa - 25 mins each, Coronado - 30 minutes. Since all of us on the tour mentioned not having set plans afterward, I wish we could've gotten slightly closer to those times as it did feel rushed to me. I think they should add a disclaimer on TripAdvisor explaining that times at each location will be cut if there's traffic. Another reason why I docked a star is that the tour was advertised as having waters and snacks included. One bottle of water was provided once the others on the tour asked about it. In terms of snacks, Jim plucked some fruit off a tree for us in Old Town. It was tasty but I guess I was expecting more in way of snacks. All in all, I had a really good time and was able to see more in a couple of hours than I would've been able to see on my own. For that, the tour was worth it.

With all of the San Diego tour companies available, we were skeptical on which on to choose. Let…read moreme tell you right now, we made the right choice. If you don't want to settle for the rest, choose the best...Roxane and SDRT!!! Roxane was funny and accommodating throughout the trip. She provided all aspects that you would want to know about in a city that you're visiting for the first time. Not only that, Roxane went above and beyond to help my wife and I choose a romantic spot for our wedding anniversary dinner. After speaking with Roxane, and all she knew about the city, we ended up changing our hotel reservations!!! The new hotel we stayed at based on her recommendations was above and beyond! Thank you so much Roxane for making our trip to San Diego an unforgettable experience! XOXO ~ Mike and Michelle

Nate is Great!!! So…read moreinformative, you get to learn so much about tequila and find which one is yours. I'm a Reposado ;-)

My sister got me this as a surprise for my birthday which was really cool. Nate met us at Rocking…read moreBaja Lobster for the first stop. He was friendly and knowledgeable so it made for a good time. We tried a Blanco that was pretty good. The group we were with was really fun too so that helped make for a great time. Next stop was the Tequila Factory. Really cool place that used to be a restaurant we went to often in the past. We got a fish taco and a great explanation of the tequila that is made specially for them. The staff was so friendly too. Really beautiful view as well. For our final stop, we ended up at El Agave. They have an amazing collection of tequila bottles and more importantly, tequila. This is a location I will go back to soon. We got a flight of tequilas that went from Blanco to Añejo. Very cool. For a fun day of tequila tasting and learning, this is the tour!

Captain Jason along with his superb piloting skills was a great host, very knowledgeable about the…read moreSan Diego harbor pointing out local attractions. We also got to visit with the seals sunning themselves up close. He also took us very up close and personal along side the Midway....beautiful sunset then the city lights as we departed. Great time with family highly recommend

Such a fun day at sea! Trusted our captain Jason who cruised us all over the bay. My out of…read moretown guests had such an awesome day seeing San Diego in a unique and memorable way. Thanks Rockstar! Will definitely do again!

We took a 90 minute tour of Coronado with a very informative lady. She went at a pleasant pace and…read morewas very friendly with the entire group. She made us laugh by not collecting our fee until the tour was complete.

Puzzling adventures is simply overpriced. We had a great day…read moreout following the very simple web based scavenger hunt. It was very basic, not challenging at all really and only one puzzle. it was an ok way to get to see the area but I think there are so many better ways to get to know your local area. To put this into perspective, we could have paid the same amount for a guided hour long walking tour, probably one on one or a very small group. We would have learned more and had just as good a time. There's not even a basic app, just a simple website. I just changed my review to one star because I would never recommend this activity. Make it a free app with advertisements or something and stop gouging trusting people.

My girlfriend and I did the Balboa Park scavenger hunt this morning. The facts were fun and…read moreinteresting but it was a TON of walking. Pretty sure it was over 2.5 miles. Maybe more like 3. It was fun, i had a groupon for half off. Still wasn't worth the price tho. I thought it would be cooler. WHY IS THIS SO EXPENSIVE?!? I would never pay $50 for this. I was displeased with paying $25. I'd pay $10, its worth that. I wish there was a prize at the end. Its pretty unceremonious.

Reggie was so amazing! He told his stories very well and he spoke to everyone. This made us feel…read morelike everyone was included. We also got a picture with him! I would do this tour again but only with Reggie as he was pretty awesome!

If your feet hurts, then this ghost tour is actually good because the walks are in a couple of…read moreareas that aren't too far! We viewed about 12 different areas that is occupied by the folks of the other realm. Our guide Clara Hughes was well dressed up in costume to make the experience that more real. We were also using instruments for fun to see if there was any activity. Clara explained a lot of history from back then that was very interesting and mostly cowboy activities aka a lot of deaths and killings...They also have other tours as well if you're only free during the day, go on hauntedsandiegotours.com or sandiegohistorytour.com!