On Sundays, a large stretch of Golden Gate Park is closed to cars and turns into a sea of cyclists and in-line skaters. Cable cars are for tourists. Locals use the city's bus and streetcar system, Muni.
Read the articleDestinations: San Francisco · SoMa · Richmond and Sunset Districts · The Haight · Fisherman's Wharf · Japantown · Financial District · Marina · Embarcadero · Cow Hollow
Themes: Affordable Vacations · Family
Inspired by: Three Cities for a Song
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Ideal for first-time visitors, this four-story hotel is within walking distance of the wharf and less than two miles from the Embarcadero and Union
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Renovated in 2006, this 1950’s motor lodge is now a vibrant boutique hotel painted in festive shades of yellow, orange, and blue. The hotel is situ
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They say the third time’s the charm, and so it is for the third branch of this top-notch local temple to neo-Vietnamese cuisine. The location is su
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Pasta Pomodoro in Laurel Village is the perfect family restaurant: authentic Italian food, quick service, and reasonable prices. While the stainles
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People have been drawn to waters of Black Point Cove just west of today’s Fisherman’s Wharf since President Fillmore annexed it in 1850. The Works
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A chance meeting with a four-wheel, multi-passenger surrey cycle in Italy 24 years ago was Brian McInerney’s inspiration for this shop. Wheel Fun R
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Interactivity is key at this well-named museum, where the exhibits are meant to be touched, messed around with, and even—in the case of the wonderf
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The 1,000-acre park, which straddles the line between the Richmond and Sunset districts west of downtown, is the heart and soul of the city. Built
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Think the Brooklyn Academy of Music meets Mass MoCA, all under one roof. At this arts complex, you can find groundbreaking performances—from such l
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Even if you miss the famed farmers’ market held here every Saturday, there are plenty of other reasons to swing by the beautifully refurbished 1898
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Amoeba Music on Haight Street is a must for music lovers: 24,000 square feet packed with 2.5 million new and used CDs, DVDs, video games, and vinyl
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Union Square, Nob Hill + Russian Hill, Marina, Hayes Valley
Some news doesn’t need to be sugarcoated: retro candy stores are back in style. In San Francisco, a handful of brightly colored shops trigger a trip down memory lane.
San Francisco, Berkeley, Marshall, Union Square, Chinatown
San Francisco is green, clean, and organic—the architecture is high-tech and eco-friendly, and the food is excruciatingly fresh and local. Is this the world’s first true 21st-century city?In the fu
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San Francisco, Outside San Francisco, Napa Valley, Union Square, Financial District
LEED-certified hotels, restaurants using organic produce, and iconic (and very energy-efficient) cable cars make The City by the Bay one of America's greenest.
Theater District/Tenderloin/Civic Center, SoMa, Financial District, Hayes Valley
The San Francisco Opera has presented world premieres, innovative productions, and dazzling singersfor more than 80 years—while the San Francisco Jazz Festival is a veritable who's who of jazz and
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Union Square, North Beach/Telegraph Hill, Nob Hill + Russian Hill, Pacific Heights, Embarcadero
Even as the City by the Bay welcomes an ultramodern era, its vintage hallmarks—the camera obscura at Cliff House, the WPA murals in Coit Tower—continue to impress.
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