This was a fabulous location for a trip to visit Balboa Park - there is SO much to see and do there! We planned four full days, and there's plenty we didn't get to. We like to walk, so even though we had a rental car, we were excited to find a house that was within walking distance of the Park. From this house, it was 0.7 miles to the Zoo, 1 mile to Fleet Science Museum, Museum of Us, etc.; 1.5 miles to Air & Space Museum and Comic-Con museum. So, we walked in to the zoo and Fleet - we drove minutes to the Air & Space. (Get an Explorer Pass - it covers everything other than the Zoo and Comic-Con, so it was easy to do quick little visits to places like the miniature railroad museum we might otherwise not have done.) Within a mile north or east of us were MANY restaurants. (We enjoyed Breakfast and Bubbles; Flap Your Jack; and the Prado restaurant.) The couch outside on the patio was great for early morning tea and reading, and also great when we got home from 8 hours walking around the zoo, and just collapsed on the couch outside the front door to rest for a while. The house was clean, and lovely - would work especially well for two couples because there's a bedroom and living room at each end with a kitchen in the middle.