There is a great walk in the gardens through the ruins of the early mission. It’s beautiful. The church is amazing as well, incredibly beautiful with a clock tower. There is a museum and beautiful gardens and memorial gardens as well. So worth the trip out to the mission. Make sure you see the pepper tree, apparently it’s the oldest one in the area and the offspring of that tree is “peppered” (excuse the pun) throughout the local country side.
This is a must see place if you're visiting Oceanside California. Beautiful Parish Church and Cemetery.
It was a great place to visit. So much history. Learned so much visiting the Mission
Wonderful place. So peaceful and quiet. It always feels so good to come back!
Beautiful mission. Comprehensive museum with lots to look at and learn. Very helpful & friendly staff.
Beautifully restored mission. The largest of all the California missions. Still home to the Franciscans.
Nice but couldn't tour much inside. Its a working mission. No access
Very interesting Mission with Beautiful church, the gardens out side and left side is gorgeous, the museum have a lot of history.
Great place to bring your family
Beautiful very peaceful. The lady in the front door of the church was really nice. I love going to all missions.
Came here for Engaged Encounter weekend and it was a great time. I was surprised by the quality of the food and cleanliness of the rooms.
As a mother, I cannot imagine how Jesus' Mom must have felt seeing her innocent son being tortured and forced to carry the cross.
A reminder to us all that no pain is greater than that of Virgin Mary and our Savior Jesus.
THANK YOU GOD FOR BLESSING and LOVING US MORE THAN WE DESERVE.
THANK YOU Mission San Luis Rey for providing us a place to mediate and reflect to be more grateful. Complain less, Appreciate more.
Incredibly well maintained mission. You can easily spend a few hours exploring the building and grounds.
Beautifully kept, sprawling, and still in service. This is one of the most pristine of the missions and arguably the largest. Worth a visit -you can also see here the first Pepper Tree planted in California.
I didn’t see all Missions in CA but Old Oceanside Mission was jaw dropping. It is so huge and his white gates look like they have so much to say.
Fascinating is Mission overall shape. It is very well preserved compared to other Missions I visited. Church interior reminded me of Italy.
Chapel and cemetery are still in operation. We had a quick half an hour museum tour, but I don’t recall ticket price. If you are near San Diego, be sure to visit this place, you won’t be disappointed.
Five star experience indeed.