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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.
Read the articleDestinations: San Francisco · Outside San Francisco · Napa Valley · Union Square · Financial District
Themes: Eco-Travel
Inspired by: Going Green in America's Cities — by Keith Rockmael, Published Oct. 2007
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The Leed Gold-certified hotel boasts Solatube tubular skylights.
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Set in San Francisco’s tiny, unofficial French Quarter, the Orchard Garden feels exactly like a spiffy little Left Bank hotel—one that’s LEED certi
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Located in the artistic SoMa district, Mixt Greens is a casual, eco-friendly eatery housed in a high-ceilinged space with light wood accents. Part
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This Napa Valley winery produces Bordeaux-style varietals and hosts wine tastings in a bright, yellow-toned room as well as on its wide, wrap-aroun
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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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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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San Francisco, SoMa, Richmond and Sunset Districts, The Haight, Fisherman's Wharf
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,
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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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