San Diego realty owners will find surfing is a favorite pastime in San Diego. Residents and visitors can ride the waves in any one of the beach town’s famous surfing destinations. With hundreds of miles of scenic bicycle paths, San Diego is often called a bicyclist’s paradise. If cycling is your passion San Diego homes for sale is a great option for you. Residents can take two-wheelers along the San Diego Bay Bike Route, a 25-mile ride that affords cyclists rich and varied scenery. San Diego realty owners can also pedal their way through a relatively easy 10-mile ride from Mission Bay to Cabrillo National Monument and be rewarded with gently sloping hills and spectacular views.

The city is the second largest city in California in terms of population, with 1.3 million people calling it home. San Diego realty in the downtown area is accessible and the city’s thoroughfares easy to navigate. San Diego’s homes for sale reflect the enchanting Spanish Mission architecture that splashes the city’s landscape and is a pointer to the city’s rich colonial past and ongoing interaction with Mexico. San Diego homes for sale can be found in one of the wonderful, surrounding San Diego neighborhoods of Mission Hills, Carmel Valley, Normal Heights, Mission Valley, Kensington, Talmadge, University Heights, La Jolla, Point Loma, Hillcrest, University City and many, many such areas.

The city covers roughly around 350 square miles of land and over 70 miles of Pacific Ocean coastline, San Diego sits on the southwestern tip of California, less than 20 miles from the U.S.-Mexican border. The added attraction of San Diego realty and San Diego homes for sale is of course the city’s proximity to Mexican towns. Many residents routinely take off to explore the neighboring areas.