| Selected: Sunset Dinner Cruise aboard the Hornblower with a stay at the Manchester Grand Hyatt Resort |
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Included: A stay at the Manchester Grand Hyatt San Diego, Hornblower Cruises & Events - San Diego - Three Hour San Diego Sunset Dinner Cruise Sunday-Friday. | | Optional: Bike Tours San Diego - Waterfront Tour, San Diego Insider Tours - 3.5-hour Beads, Baubles, and Jewelry Junket, Five Star Tours - Southern California - Baja Wine Tour - SAVE $10!, San Diego VIP Nightlife Passport - VIP Passport, San Diego Metropolitan Transit System - 1-Day Tripper, San Diego Metropolitan Transit System - 2-Day Tripper, San Diego Metropolitan Transit System - 3-Day Tripper, San Diego Metropolitan Transit System - 4-Day Tripper. |
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| San Diego Insider Tours - 3.5-hour Beads, Baubles, and Jewelry Junket |
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San Diego has been recognized as a gemological treasure house for more than a century. Today it has also become a Mecca for lovers of gems and jewelry, as well as for professional jewelers.
This is a shopping-oriented tour that combines the pleasures of finding amazing bargains with the opportunity to use your creativity to the fullest.
- Visit the largest wholesaler of beads, gems, and jewelry in the United States – an Ali Baba’s cavern of sapphires, turquoise, amethysts, Swarovski crystals, garnets, rubies, tiger’s eye, jade, hand-made glass, pearls, onyx, coral, silver, and more.
- Unearth incredible bargains (typically 75% off retail)
- Take a 90-minute beginning beading class and get a DVD recap of the basic techniques.
- Learn about the activities of the Gemological Institute of America - the world's leading research and education facility, located in northern San Diego County.
- Hear amazing stories about the wild gem-mining boom that exploded here 100 years ago, ignited by the appetites of the infamous Dowager Empress of China.
- Get an overview of the San Diego's layout and remarkable history.
- Enjoy a gourmet snack.
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