It is a getaway prime for European-style romance: a charming pensione, relaxing piazzas, sidewalk cafes, bocce ball courts and mouth-watering homemade pastas — all steps from the sparkling ocean. But no passport is necessary to visit Little Italy, a charming San Diego neighborhood that has been revitalized in recent times to capture its history, as well as the modern-day needs of a thriving city.

Little Italy, once a bustling fishing village in its locale just a few blocks from tuna-abundant Pacific waters, fell into decay when the 1970s fishing industry shifted to other countries like Thailand and Taiwan. Most of the Italian population moved; buildings and homes were abandoned.

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Source: http://www.mydesert.com