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Architecture buffs
Art Enthusiasts
Children
Churches and Temples
Foodies
Literary Types
Parks and Gardens
Shoppers
Explore San Francisco
city development
Center stage
Contemporary appeal
Geography
Diverse neighborhoods
Climate
Earthquakes
THE PEOPLE
Living standards
Health and Environment
Recreation
Food and Drink
INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS
SUSTAINABLE FOOD MOVEMENT
PLACES TO Eat
Cafés
Neighborhood bars and eateries
High-end restaurants
WHAT TO EAT
EATING PATTERNS
DRINKING CULTURE
Shopping
LOCAL DESIGN
WHERE TO SHOP
Downtown
Best streets for boutique hopping
Other neighborhoods
Entertainment
MUSIC
Classical and opera
Jazz
Contemporary
THEATER
BARS AND CLUBS
The Movies
a movie-making tradition
Star Locations
North Beach
Downtown
Local Film Heavyweights
Film Festivals
History: Key Dates
EARLY HISTORY
Settlement and Founding
20th Century
21st Century
Fisherman’s Wharf
PIER 39
seafood and SOURDOUGH
JEFFERSON STREET attractions
PIER 45
Musée Mécanique
SS Jeremiah O’Brien
THE CANNERY
HYDE STREET PIER
AQUATIC PARK AND SAN FRANCISCO NATIONAL MARITIME MUSEUM
GHIRArDELLI SQUARE
POWELL–HYDE cable-car
Alcatraz
VISITING THE PARK
On the island
Back on the mainland
North Beach and Telegraph Hill
North Beach
Columbus Avenue
City Lights Bookstore
Vesuvio Café
Red-light district
Washington Square
Saints Peter and Paul Church
Telegraph Hill
Filbert Steps and Napier Lane
Levi’s Plaza
EXPLORATORIUM
Chinatown
CHINATOWN GATE AND GRANT AVENUE
Dragon House
ST MARY’S SQUARE
OLD ST MARY’S CHURCH
Niche shops
PORTSMOUTH SQUARE
CULTURE CENTER
UNITED COMMERCIAL BANK
TOWARDS STOCKTON STREET
GOLDEN GATE FORTUNE COOKIE FACTORY
TIN HOU TEMPLE
CHINESE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA
BACK TO CHINATOWN GATE
South of Market and Union Square
CARTOON ART MUSEUM
MUSEUM OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA (MoAD)
CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART (SFMOMA)
YERBA BUENA GARDENS
SOCIETY OF CALIFORNIA PIONEERS MUSEUM
49 GEARY STREET
MAIDEN LANE
UNION SQUARE
WESTFIELD SAN FRANCISCO SHOPPING CENTRE
Civic Center and Hayes Valley
SAN FRANCISCO PUBLIC LIBRARY, MAIN BRANCH
ASIAN ART MUSEUM
The collection
SAN FRANCISCO CITY HALL
WAR MEMORIAL VETERANS BUILDING
WAR MEMORIAL OPERA HOUSE
LOUISE M. DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL
HAYES VALLEY
The Painted Ladies
Nob Hill and Russian Hill
exclusive enclave
Inter-Continental Mark Hopkins
Renaissance Stanford Court
The Fairmont San Francisco
PACIFIC-UNION CLUB
BROCKLEBANK BUILDING
HUNTINGTON PARK
GRACE CATHEDRAL
The interior
cable-car MUSEUM
INA COOLBRITH PARK
FEUSIER HOUSE and 1907 FIREHOUSE
SAN FRANCISCO ART INSTITUTE
LOMBARD STREET
HYDE AND POLK STREETS
Japantown, Pacific Heights, and Cow Hollow
JAPANTOWN
FILLMORE STREET
ALTA PLAZA PARK
LAFAYETTE PARK
SPRECKELS MANSION
HAAS-LILIENTHAL HOUSE
WHITTIER MANSION
JAMES LEARY FLOOD MANSION
3119 Fillmore Street
OLD VEDANTA SOCIETY TEMPLE
UNION STREET
OCTAGON HOUSE
Golden Gate Park and Haight-Ashbury
GOLDEN GATE PARK
De Young Museum
Japanese Tea Garden
California Academy of Sciences
Garden of Shakespeare’s Flowers
San Francisco Botanical Garden
Koret Children’s Quarter
National Aids Memorial Grove
Conservatory of Flowers
Haight-Ashbury
Haight Street
The Castro
BUENA VISTA PARK
THE CASTRO district
Harvey Milk Plaza
Castro Theatre
Cliff’s Variety
The Mission District
MISSION DOLORES
16TH STREET
THE WOMEN’S BUILDING
MISSION DOLORES PARK
VALENCIA STREET
MISSION STREET
24th Street
Balmy Alley
Galería de la Raza
Fort Mason and The Marina
Fort Mason
Center highlights
YACHT HARBOR to the wave organ
The Wave Organ
PALACE OF FINE ARTS
CHESTNUT STREET
Golden Gate Promenade
GOLDEN GATE PROMENADE
FORT POINT
Highlights
GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
Berkeley
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELeY CAMPUS
Campus libraries
Sather Tower
Berkeley Botanical Garden and Lawrence Hall of Science
BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND pacific FILM ARCHIVE
TELEGRAPH AVENUE
SPROUL PLAZA AND SATHER GATE
Tilden Park
Accommodations
Fisherman’s Wharf
North Beach and Telegraph Hill
Union Square and Financial District
SoMa and Civic Center
Nob Hill
Central Neighborhoods
Haight-Ashbury and Golden Gate Park
The Mission and Castro
Restaurants
Fisherman’s Wharf
North Beach
Chinatown
Financial District
Union Square and Tenderloin
South of Market
Civic Center and Hayes Valley
Nob Hill and Russian Hill
Marina
Central Neighborhoods
Haight-Ashbury and Golden Gate Park
The Mission and Castro
Outer Neighborhoods
Nightlife
Bars and Clubs
Cabaret
Classical Music
Comedy
Contemporary Music
Dance
Jazz and Blues
Theater
A-Z
A
Age restrictions
C
Children
Climate
Clothing
Crime and safety
Customs
D
Disabled travelers
E
Electricity
Embassies/consulates
Emergency numbers
Environmental issues
F
Festivals
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
G
Gay travelers
Guided tours
H
Health
Drugstores (pharmacies)
Insurance and hospitals
I
Internet
M
Media
Money
Currency
Banks and currency exchange
ATMs
Credit cards
Traveler’s checks
P
Police
Postal services
Public holidays
S
Smoking
T
Taxes
Telephones
Time zones
Tipping
Tourist information
Transportation
Getting to San Francisco
Getting around San Francisco
Getting Around the Bay Area
V
Visa information
W
Weights and measures
Books and Film
Books
Non-fiction
Fiction
Memoir
History
Films
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