Golden Gate Park
Watch San Franciscans do what comes naturally: roller-discoing, drum-circling, petting starfish, sniffing orchids and racing bison toward the Pacific. Strawberry Hill is a showcase of amazing explosion of every shade of green imaginable. This Golden Gate Park attraction is a gift from nature in the form of an island that is situated in the middle of Stow Lake.
Golden Gate Bridge
One of the world's most beautiful bridges and an engineering marvel. With its tremendous towers, sweeping main cables, signature International Orange color, and Art Deco styling, it is a sensory experience featuring color, light, and sound. With more than 10 million visitors stopping by each year, be ready for crowds, especially during the summer months.
Alcatraz
Spend a little time behind bars in America's most infamous prison. One of the most famous landmarks in the City, feels a bit like going to purgatory; this military fortress turned maximum-security prison, nicknamed “The Rock,” has little of warmth or welcome on its craggy forbidding shores.
Cable Cars
That this Victorian steampunk invention has hardly changed since 1873, but don’t look now: what goes up all 338ft of San Francisco’s Nob Hill must come down. The San Francisco cable car system is the world's last manually operated cable car system.
The Presidio
This sweeping stretch of land running along the San Francisco Headlands down to the Golden Gate has been a military installation since 1776, when the Spanish created their El Presidio del San Francisco fort on the site.
Lombard Street
Otherwise known as “the crookedest street in the world.” The truth is, Lombard Street is a major artery running through San Francisco. So, why bother braving the bumper-to-bumper cars navigating its zigzag turns? For one, you can’t beat the view from the top. With its 27-percent grade, Lombard Street offers unobstructed vistas of San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz Island, Fisherman’s Wharf, Coit Tower, and the city.
Fisherman’s Wharf
The spot where tourists to San Francisco come to visit and snap photos. If you’re not into crowds, avoid the area in the summertime. The area sprawls along the waterfront and inland several blocks, creating a large tourist neighborhood.
Pier 39
One of the most-visited spots in San Francisco, Pier 39 hosts a wealth of restaurants and shops. Farther down the pier, get personal (but not too close) to the local colony of sea lions. A perennial family favorite, the San Francisco Carousel is painted with beautiful scenes of San Francisco.
Ghirardelli Square
Jammed in with Fisherman’s Wharf and Pier 39, Ghirardelli Square has recently reinvented itself as an upscale shopping, dining, and living area. Its namesake, the famous Ghirardelli Chocolate Factory sits at the corner of the square. Here you can take a tour of the factory, getting a mouth-watering view of how chocolate is made.
Coit Tower ( Telegraph Hill )
Coit Tower has beautified the City just as benefactor Lillie Hitchcock Coit intended when she willed San Francisco one-third of her monumental estate. Inside, murals depicting city life and works of the 1930s cover the walls. From the top of the tower on a clear day, you can see the whole of the City and the Bay.
Napa and Sonoma Wine Country
If you love wine, you won't want to miss the chance to visit the famous Sonoma and Napa Valley wineries on a day trip from San Francisco! You'll taste wines from North America's premium wine country, learn how the wines are made, and enjoy lovely vistas of rolling hills dotted with vineyards!
Yosemite and Canyons
Get out and explore America's great outdoors. Be awed by the splendour of Yosemite National Park.
This is but a few of the marvelous things to see and do in San Francisco Area.
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