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If you want to see almost all of the greatest sights that San Diego has to offer. The Downtown San Diego and Balboa Park tour is THE essential San Diego Tour to do. You will visit Balboa Park up close and personnel with your scooter. Stop at one of a dozen of museums and explore the fragrant flower gardens or outdoor organ pavilion. Head up to Hillcrest which has a variety of shops and restaurants and is known to have some of the best food in the country. See Downtown San Diego’s Maritime Museum or the Historic Gaslamp Quarter. San Diego will be one of the most diverse and visually appealing cities your will ever visit and the Balboa Park scooter tour is one of the best ways to take it all in.
Drive through Little Italy.
Drive through the heart of downtown.
Drive through Balboa Park.
Drive by the San Diego Zoo.
Drive through Old Town San Diego.
Pass by the USS Midway.
Learn about the Maritime Museum as you drive by.
Take the Ferry
See the Unconditional Surrender Statue
Drive by the Convention Center
Drive by Petco Park
San Diego GPS Guided Scooter Tour: Downtown & Balboa Park Sights lasts about 2 hours. The itinerary has 11 stops.
Prices start at $82 per person for this San Diego experience, booked through Viator with the price shown before checkout. There is 1 booking option, so the final price depends on the option you choose.
Yes. Cancel at least 1 day before the start for a full refund. Later cancellations are non-refundable.
The meeting point is Just look for the yellow GoCars and Scooter in front of the building.. Hotel pickup is not part of this experience.
The experience is available in EN.
It is a small-group experience with a maximum of 10 participants.
Yes, bookings are confirmed instantly.
Travellers rate it 4.4 out of 5 across 29 verified reviews; it is run by GoCar Tours San Diego. Most-mentioned highlights: Rider orientation; Electric scooter; Helmet.
There is no tour guide. The location is short staffed and it took us 40 mins to get set up. The GPS software is glitchy and doesn’t work. Please do not waste your money on this tour. It unsafe to sent people out on the streets of San Diego to follow a tour without a guide and an unreliable GPS.
We decided to upgrade to the buggy and did a he tour. We ran out of time to hear all the historical points and only stopped once. So it goes by quick with traffic.
I was a walkin on a sunday afternoon and got the escooter very quickly. Staff is very friendly and explained about how the vehicle works with an excellence. Handling the vehicle is pretty easy and smooth. The GPS guider is pretty good and explains the main points through out the tour is exceptional. I enjoyed the downtown and the park tour thoroughly. The staff at the end is very nice for not charging the extra half hour that i took to return.
Consider traveling less distance so you can stop and enjoy some of the landmarks. Dress in layers. Great service and extremely helpful and accommodating.
We had a tour booked for later in the day and Marlon called to let us know it would likely rain and be less fun. He allowed us to come in as soon as we could. We had originally booked for scooters but had some technical difficulties. We were able to pivot and change our ride without any problems. Marlon and his staff made sure we had a great time! Very friendly and easy to work with!
That kind of proactive customer service really stands out—big kudos to Marlon and the team for making sure you had the best experience possible, even with weather and equipment changes. Being able to easily switch plans and still enjoy the ride shows just how flexible and guest-focused GoCar Tours is. It’s one of the top San Diego attractions for a reason—fun, customizable, and a great way to explore the city’s highlights like the Embarcadero, Little Italy, and Balboa Park, no matter what the day throws your way. Perfect for visitors looking for a unique and hassle-free way to see San Diego!
The GPS guided tour was a super fun way to see the city. I was a bit intimidated at first to realize that we would not have an actual tour guide. It was not easy to stay on the tour path but making wrong turns was part of the fun. We also had a physical map and found our way back to the path pretty easily. We were in the go cart-like car with a back seat—so much fun!
Great customer service. The tour was wonderful. It is guided but you go at your own pace. The goCar was easy to drive and the course was well planned.
Fabulous experience! We had booked scooters but were offered to change to Go Cars if we wanted with no extra cost. We took them up on this and were so glad we did! Great GPS instructions and super helpful person who can be called at any time during the tour. Thoroughly enjoyed!
This was not a guided tour.. this is a self-guided with a speaker assisted GPS system. So abit misleading info. I did gave a good time but alone.
Awesome tour! Lots of fun and excitement on the scooters with our 19 and 20 year olds….a great family memory and lots of laughs (once we figured out how to ride!)
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego GPS Guided Scooter Tour: Downtown & Balboa Park Sights | 2 hours | 4.4 (29) | $82 | |
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