But wait, there's more!

• Alcazar Garden - Located across from the Globe and behind the Mingei, this Spanish-style garden is known for its two ornate fountains and benches that are decorated with turquoise blue, yellow and green Moorish tiles. The formal garden is planted with 7,000 annuals for a vibrant display of color throughout the year. This beautiful garden is tucked away from all the hustle and bustle of the museum traffic - if you are looking for a quiet place to rest your feet, this is the perfect place for a little tranquility.

• Zoro Garden - This little garden is located between the Reuben H. Fleet Science Center and the Casa de Balboa. This 1915 stone grotto features a butterfly garden that has been planted with both the larvae and nectar plants needed for all cycles of the complete life cycles of butterflies. A special garden mural was recently installed by Alpine artist, Vaness Rusczyk. The former site of a nudist colony (during the 1935 California Pacific Exposition), Zoro Garden is located between the Ruben H. Fleet Science Center and the San Diego Historical Society.

• Inez Parker Rose Garden - This delightful place features 2,400 rose bushes in 180 varieties. The garden is in peak bloom during April and May, although many roses are in bloom from March through December. The rose garden is located south of the footbridge that crosses Park Boulevard near the San Diego Natural History Museum.

  Inez Parker Rose Garden

• Cactus Garden - Located directly next to the Rose Garden, the Cactus Garden features more than 150 species of cacti and other desert plants from North and South America. Trails located within this garden lead visitors along the hillside. There is a very nice picnic bench in between both of these gardens that is perfect for sneaking a little alcoholic beverage.

• Train Ride and Carousel -

  Balboa Park Carousel

  For over 50 years, a 48-passenger miniature train has run along 2200 feet of track adjacent to Spanish Village. Currently operated by the San Diego Zoological Society, the train carries passengers of all ages every day throughout the summer and on weekends and school holidays during the rest of the year.
  

  The Balboa Park Carousel is one of only a few built by Herschell-Spillman Co. of New York that are still operational. Built in 1910, the 50 carousel horses (with real horse hair tails) and assorted carousel animals arrived in Balboa Park in 1922. It is one of the few carousels left in the nation that still allows riders to try to catch the brass ring. Balboa Park's beautiful carousel operates daily during the summer and on weekend and school holidays throughout the rest of the year.