A Walking Tour of Little Italy, San Diego

The fountain at W. Date and State

One of the Stations of the Cross at Our Lady of the Rosary

A window at Our Lady of the Rosary

An ofrenda (it was the day after the Dio de los Muertos

One of our wine stops

The view from The GlassDoor restaurant in the Porto Vista Hotel

Our table at Sorrento

A girl on a tuna mural

We usually rush through Little Italy to get dinner.  So, we decided to take a leisurely group wine tour.  We learned about the history of the area.  I'm old enough to remember when this was a predominately residential area.  There are still a few bungalow style homes.  We first stopped at Our Lady of the Rosary, which I had never visited.  It is charming and well worth a stop inside.  We walked, stopped for wine and snacks, walked and drank and ate and then did it some more.  We got a light meal of charcuterie, pizza and bruschetta at Sorrento.  We will definitely go back there!

Little Italy is a great area for tourists.  It is a small area, but packed with Italian restaurants, other cuisines like Argentinean food and hip California, bars, ice cream places and other shops.  It is a very short walk from the harbor area.